Government has given under-performing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals it has earmarked for disposal — among them NetOne, TelOne and People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) — between six and nine months to conclude privatization deals.
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Undeniably the first thing the new ICT Minister, Hon Kazembe Kazembe irrevocably had to do was to simply bring a hard broom to sanitize the sector and start at NetOne with firing the whole incompetent NetOne board (he already did), which has prioritized politicking at the expense of the state-owned mobile entity. My…
Breaking news this morning is that the newly appointed Minister of ICT and Courier Services, Hon Kazembe Kazembe has heeded calls from the industry to dissolve the incompetent NetOne board, a first sign towards bringing sanity to the state owned mobile network operator. We can exclusively confirm that the NetOne board, has with…
As many as 500,000 Google+ accounts were infected, Google says, and as many as 438 applications might have used the API.
After the Registrar of Companies approved Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe’s name change to First Capital Bank Ltd effectively concluding the take-over of one of the country’s iconic banking institutions by its new shareholders African Financials member, First Merchant Bank of Malawi – now FMB Capital Holdings (FMBCH) –last year, it became obvious…
TSP reforms to fast track, NetOne, POSB and TelOne privatisation
NetOne’s suspended Chief Executive Officer Mr Lazarus Muchenje is scheduled to appear before a disciplinary committee on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe’s beleaguered and now the smallest mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe woes continue haunting the network provider that according to POTRAZ’s recent second quarter report Telecel lost 13% subscribers, and guess who partook of the spoils? Econet and NetOne. On many fronts, Telecel is losing its battles against its competitors. Although the economic environment has…
Just recently, after being selected by the World Economic Forum to join its Young Global Leaders Class of 2018, Natalie Jabangwe, Ecocash CEO, is yet again amongst the three Zimbabwean business executives and entrepreneurs who have been nominated for the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA), established to honour business…
The country’s telecommunications regulator, POTRAZ (Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe), recently released its latest quarterly sector performance report, that covers the second quarter of 2018. Though the report always comes a bit late, it does give a comprehensive snapshot of local telecoms performance and their industry in its totality.…
The Windows 10 October 2018 Update, known as version 1809, has been pulled amidst user files being deleted upon upgrade.
After a downturn in Q2, Samsung is once again back to shattering profit records.
The complete Windows 10 October 2018 changelog, detailing all the new features and improvements coming in this release.
We’re still a week out from the official rollout, but it’s possible to manually download and install the next Windows 10 feature update.
The Surface lineup got a new color and a whole lot more power today. Here’s a look at everything Microsoft announced.
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Bytedance’s said to be valued at over $75 billion in new round.
Google plans to launch a search app in China that would block sensitive websites and search terms to comply with Chinese government censorship.
The sour relationship between Safaricom and the regulator, Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) does not seem to be end any time soon. In recent news, Safaricom has secured a temporary injunction to prevent the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) from imposing a Kshs 449 million (US$4.5 million) fine for alleged refusal to…
The Africa Data Centre Association is a Trade Association for organizations in Africa and beyond, who affect and are affected by Data Centres growth, Internet of things and Digital Transformation. In the latest news, the Africa Data Centre Association (ADA) was recently launched in Zimbabwe to support the country’s migration towards a…