Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Samsung still remains the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker with more than a fifth of the global market, but it’s facing increasing pressure from Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi Inc. and Oppo Electronics Corp., which sell similar devices at a cheaper price point.

YouFarm is also providing farmers with expert agronomists, access to technologies such as satellite and drone data, and accurate weather forecasting.

MTN Nigeria is the first service provider in the region to deploy Nokia Cognitive Analytics for Customer Insight with Nokia Service Quality Manager (SQM) software.

Parliament records show what each MP said.

As part of a new agreement, Liquid Telecom will deliver connectivity and provide access to cloud-based tools to AfriLabs innovation centres located within its fibre footprint.

Scoop Network, which is already broadcasted in multiple territories around the world, will join Kwesé TV’s entertainment line-up with an exclusive tailor-made feed produced by a dedicated editorial team from Dutch Indie FCCE based in Nairobi, Kenya for English speaking African territories.

Agribank has so far spent $1,1 million on information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure hardware, as it presses ahead with efforts to ensure system stability and provide more functions for effective service delivery.

Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe and its sister company ZOL were both recognised at last week’s Mashonaland Annual Business Awards hosted by The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC).

To further promote financial inclusion in Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) a financial development organization funded by DFID, and Co-creation Hub (CcHub), have called on Fintechs to lead the move by creating solutions that can push the initiative.

IBM lands $740 Million deal to supply data security to Australia.

The Premier League has agreed its first broadcast deal with social media giant Facebook, worth £200million over three years.

ICASA is not discussing the possibility of an out-of-court settlement in the dispute over the implementation deadline for new data regulations.

Customers to pay a new government tax on social media accounts before they can access them.

Amnesty International called on Uganda to scrap the tax, saying it robbed “many people of their right to freedom of expression, with a chilling effect on other human rights”.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni unashamedly defended the country’s new social media tax, saying Ugandans were using such platforms for “lying”, and squandering the nation’s hard currency on fees to foreign-owned telecoms firms.

Uganda’s new tax on social media access limits basic rights and harms business, according to a petition filed by activists to the constitutional court against a levy that civic groups and opposition parties say is onerous.

TelOne is on a financial come back as revenues increased to $117 million last year driven by growth in broadband income, while they narrowed their loss by 42% to $7 million in 2017, owing to cost containment and a growth in broadband revenue.

There looks to be more drama at Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and as long as these kind of dramas keeps hanging on this company’s neck, may irrevocably lead to its final demise. Truthfully assessing, these kind of squabbles are negatively impacting the company’s overall performance in the telecoms sector. Telecel Zimbabwe…

A year after introducing the more incremental High Sierra (it’s right there in the name), Apple has returned with a macOS update that’s jam-packed with new features.

iOS 12 beta testers have encountered a variety of problems in the days since the update’s arrival. iOS 12 beta problems range from small bugs to serious performance issues including freezes, UI lag, and random reboots.