Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Just a few days after ZBC-TV started showing on Kwesé TV channel 230 ZBC-TV is now available on the Kwesé TV App meaning that you have access to the latest news on-the-go. Otherwise apart from news, especially after the latest developments, ZTV content still lacks and what’s available really sucks. Apart from…

According to a reliable source Apple is believed to have started working on the product that ultimately became the HomePod for many years dating back to 2012, but was blindsided by Amazon’s release of the Echo in 2014. The company also decided to focus on sound quality over smart assistant features for the…

Watching a friend’s Instagram Live video and feeling the urge to participate instead? Now you can, as long as the host agrees. This new feature is available via version 24 of the Instagram app for iOS or Android. Just a couple of weeks ago, Instagram made it easy to invite a friend to view…

Apple’s HomePod was originally set to be released in December. Priced at $349, and the HomePod is slated to take on higher-end sound systems like Sonos, as well as smart assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. With the December holidays coming soon hopefully you weren’t counting on giving…

Last month, the Head of Kwesé Zimbabwe, Dorothy Zimuto adviced that ZBC-ZTV1 was going to be available on Kwesé TV. And indeed, ZBC-TV has now finally come on board on Kwesé TV as it is a requirement of Zimbabwean law that every licensed service carries the national broadcaster. ZBC-ZTV1 is now available on…

This is indeed some good news for Mozilla Firefox fanatics after more than a decade of coping up with either the internet browser running really slow or stop running altogether. Even those who have used Mozilla Firefox before can too attest to that. When scrolling or typing in text fields,…

Africa has been the fastest-growing mobile market in the world during the past five years. With mobile technology and mobile phones reshaping the future of the African continent, millions of Africans rely on they mobiles phone daily not only for communication but to run their day-to-day lives. It is easy to…

Ericsson is a global leader in delivering ICT solutions. In fact, 40% of the world’s mobile traffic is carried over Ericsson networks. We have customers in over 180 countries and comprehensive industry solutions ranging from Cloud services and Mobile Broadband to Network Design and Optimization. Over the past 140 years, Ericsson has been at the forefront…

Could this be a cause for concern for apple users? Awaiting Apple’s feedback after a Chinese security firm known as Bkav thwarted Apple’s iPhone X face ID with a mask, therefore, is it necessarily a practical security concern? When Apple introduced Face ID security alongside the iPhone X, it boasted that even Hollywood-quality…

Earning more than $25.3 billion in sales in just one day is a whole lot of money. Could you try to imagine how many companies combined needed to reach that kind of amount? If you needed evidence that internet shopping still has room to grow, you just got it. Chinese…

Guy Verhofstadt sparked a social media frenzy after he suggested Vladimir Putin’s agents in Russia could have meddled with Britain’s Brexit referendum. EU members then backed an investigation, claiming it was “beyond laughable” that Russia had any influence on the vote. Russia’s social media disruption campaign was far-reaching. Russia’s attempt to influence Western…

Chinese smartphone maker TCL Communication started selling BlackBerrys this year — and its US market share is sinking. The BlackBerry KeyOne didn’t help TCL with sales, yet on the other hand, Motorola is making a comeback.  The last few years saw BlackBerry phones slide into irrelevancy as consumers opted for flashier offerings from Apple or Samsung. Some…

Somaliland is a self-declared republic in northwestern Somalia and its National Electoral Commission recently announced that social media platforms would be shut down on Monday to avoid the spread of fake news and misinformation on the election results. This shut down will start tomorrow, the 13th and it’s believed to continue…

After a trial run, Twitter is officially doubling its signature 140-character limit. It will be pretty interesting to see what President Trump does with it, for sure. Though people tweeting in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese will remain at the 140 character limit for now. Meanwhile, larger issues remain. I know when you think…

Let’s not mince words: Eight months after Snapchat went public, the company is a disaster. Parent company Snap Inc. on Tuesday turned in its third earnings report as a public company, and for the third time its shares tanked when both revenue and user growth were disappointing. Snapchat also disclosed it would…

In the beginning many of us had lots of questions pertaining the newly-created Ministry of Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation. Some of the questions people tended to ask was why such a technologically oriented ministry was given to a 70-year-old former Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, who does not even have…

Many of us can’t help but wonder why here in Zimbabwe mobile money solution providers keep hitting a brick wall in the taxi industry, yet being accepted in some other developing African countries? Kenya’s adoption of M-PESA mobile money payment solution to pay for bus-fares among other things is really…

ZOL Zimbabwe is Zimbabwe’s leading Internet Service Provider (ISP). As part of the Liquid Telecom Group ZOL offer a range of affordable, high quality managed communication solutions and Internet connectivity to customers all over Zimbabwe, from SMEs to home users. Some of ZOL’s services include high-speed fibre internet, radio and…

Steward Bank’s recent financial performance shows the progress that the bank has so far made building a new banking model that is mobile centric and digitally driven. Steward Bank has registered a 232,17% increase in profit after tax to $8,52 million at the end of the half year period ending August…

Indeed, the future is certainly looking bright for Econet Wireless as far as figures are concerned, posting a 17% increase in revenue of $353 million, and an increase in profit to $49 million. As was also evidenced by POTRAZ’s latest industry report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2017, the contribution of voice service…