Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

It had been widely speculated that Samsung or Huawei would be the first company to launch a folding phone.

As the new year-round the corner we are getting numerous updates about the launch of new smartphones by the mobile manufactures. We could expect that the next several new smartphones and devices of various categories to be available in 2019 and that too includes the Huawei Y7 2019. Huawei, which has…

Earlier this week, Vivo launched the Y93 budget Android smartphone in India. Currently, the smartphone is available in a single memory configuration with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage. However, it now appears the company may soon launch another storage variant of the Y93 in the country. Vivo Y93 3GB…

LG is all set to launch the successor to LG G7 ThinQ which didn’t manage to grab more eyeballs with LG G8 later next year. As per the source, the new LG G8 will launch globally by end of March 2019. It will feature 3D camera which has now become…

Huawei’s budget phone is new and improved for 2019

Hyundai Motor Corp has developed a biometric system for cars that will help the drivers to unlock and start engine with a light touch.

MTN Uganda has also partnered with MTN Rwanda and Safaricom to facilitate regional cross-network mobile money transfers.

Indian operator Bharti Airtel has decided to sell a further 32% stake in Bharti Infratel, valued at close to Rs 15,500 crore, to create a war chest to bolster its countrywide 4G networks and counter Reliance Jio Infocomm. Separately, the Sunil Mittal-led telco on Thursday also appointed a panel to explore various other…

Kenya’s mobile phone penetration crested the 100 per cent mark, says the Communications Authority of Kenya. Kenya has now joined three other African countries, Tunisia, Namibia, and Morocco, as the 4th country to cross the 100 percent market in mobile penetration in Africa. According to the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) statistics,…

Tawanda Kanhema took a bunch of 360-degree cameras to the streets of Zimbabwe and even managed to map the Zambezi river on a speedboat.

The labour court has issued an order, with the consent of ex-Vodacom exployees, to enforce their restraints of trade after reports emerged in November that they were working with rival MTN South Africa.

TelOne is forecasting an 8 percent jump in revenue to $128 million this year, driven by broadband and data revenue, which have been performing relatively well throughout the year.

iflix, the leading entertainment service for emerging markets, is pleased to confirm the sale of the rest of its African business to Econet Global Limited. iflix first announced the launch of its service in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in June 2017. Following eight months of rapid growth, the company joined forces…

MTN paid $53 million to settle a dispute after Nigeria’s Central Bank accused it of illegally repatriating $8.1 billion in profits.

A recently published patent shows the company may launch a similar looking device like the Samsung’s fordable smartphone in the future.

Naspers, the South African investment giant, is back at it in India! Days after backing educational startup Byju’s by leading a $540 million investment, it has led a $1 billion investment in food delivery company Swiggy, a popular online food delivery start-up. The new round sees Chinese internet and Naspers ally Tencent join…

The company plans to spend $150 million to move into new areas, including selling videogames online.

Zimbabwe’s Postal and Telecommunications sector registered a 9,2 percent revenue growth in the third quarter to September, 2018 on the back on increased usage of data and internet.

Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore has said the telco is expanding its M-Pesa systems to take 1,200 transactions per second.

Strive Masiyiwa, Econet Wireless founder, this week consolidated his position as one of Zimbabwe’s richest investors after his fintech company, Cassava Smartech (CSZL), became the most valuable counter by market value on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) when the company listed on the ZSE through an initial public offering. Masiyiwa, whose…