Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

This year Huawei’s phone sales rose 20 percent year over year in the second quarter. This was really a cause for concern for Apple as the results were a reflection of the future. The results showed that the gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei was smaller than ever. Apple…

Looking back on her failed presidential election campaign, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said that she takes responsibility for every political decision she made, but “that’s not why I lost.” The former Secretary of State said that she was subjected to an unprecedented campaign of fake news and social engineering on…

Across the networks, MTN has the highest number of unverified lines with 2.5 million lines questioned out of a total of 16.9 million subscribers active on the network. Airtel on the other hand is yet to verify the details of about 941,000 lines out of a total of 11 million…

There has been a whole host of great tech at IFA 2017 in Berlin. IFA Berlin isn’t over just yet, but all the products worth talking about have already been unveiled days ago. As another edition of Europe’s largest technology tradeshow is wrapping up, we’re here to look back at some…

Google recently announced the official rollout of Android 8.0 Oreo, and Apple walked us through iOS 11 for the iPhone back in June. Combined, these software platforms will power practically every phone in the world. So which one’s winning? The short answer: Android Oreo. Here’s why. Google is killing it on Artificial Intelligence — that’s…

MultiChoice has announced price increases for its DStv packages for 2021, with now the group’s Premium package seeing a marginal increase of R10, taking it to R829 per month. Similar R10 price increases are being introduced for the DStv Compact and DStv Compact Plus packages, with DStv Family seeing a…

Huawei CEO Richard Yu Unveiled the Kirin 970, HUAWEI’s first mobile Artificial Intelligence computing platform. Yesterday at IFA 2017, Huawei Consumer Business Group unveiled a new era in smartphone innovation. As part of CEO Richard Yu’s keynote address, he revealed Huawei’s vision for the future of artificial intelligence with the…

If you aren’t a celebrity then chances are high that you may find yourself on the mercy side of the hackers since a group of hackers targeting A-list celebrities’ Instagram accounts may have accessed millions of users’ private data, the social media site has warned. Singer Selena Gomez appeared to be one…

Wagona Maths is an e-learning platform that supports the teaching and learning of mathematics in Zimbabwe and throughout the world. The e-learning platform was built by a maths teacher named Rex Ndengeya and his team. It offers content on ZIMSEC, IGCSE core and extended maths for students to learn. The…

The Zimbabwean government is finalising a new cybercrime bill to criminalise false information posted on the internet, revenge porn, cyber-bullying and online activity against the government, among other activities. Zimbabwe government is at an advanced stage of implementing new laws to deal with crimes on the Internet and other electronic…

25 August 2017 The Chief Executive Officer Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe 27 Boscobel West Drive Highlands HARARE Dear Sir Re: Invalid Notice of cancellation of License No. CD0004 held by Dr Dish (Pvt) Ltd Introduction We act for Dr Dish (Pvt) Ltd. We have been instructed to respond to your…

Earlier this month many Econet subscribers were left with smiles on their faces after downloading the Kwesé Free Sports App and were mesmerized to a LIVE NBA Africa Game match that was FREE of charge, the app was zero rated for watching that live game. Econet has done it again! It has announced that the app…

Third largest mobile operator, Telecel Zimbabwe is finally moving along with technology and is set to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) services next month in September. The government has continued to invest in the mobile telecom firm after buying out VimpelCom’s 60% stake last year. Telecel announced that the LTE network will…

…well, especially here in Africa, Chinese are well-known for being really fast, breaking records of probably finishing a building i.e a house, bridge and so forth, within a day or two, now have finally put their expertise in good use by dominating on something else different, China’s fleet of high-speed…

It’s happening…Don’t miss the unveiling of Samsung’s latest and potential greatest. Samsung’s biggest device of the year is about to take center stage. As you might recall, last year’s phablet release ended in tragedy: widespread battery issues led to explosive results, and Samsung had to recall the whole bunch, leaving a void in…

Who knows, you may be that person going to brush shoulders with Strive Masiyiwa for two weeks in South Africa, plus a $100, 000 investment, as Kwesé #GoGettaz competition was launched today. Some may first of all want to know what is Kwesé? Kwesé is Africa’s newest, fastest-growing, most dynamic entertainment…

ZImbabwean Agribank confirms that it will invest US$5 million for its Information Communication Technology (ICT) upgrade as it eyes further growth driven by digital banking channels. Chief executive Mr Sam Malaba said the bank has been aggressively investing in technology based self-delivery products and services. “The bank will continue investing…

Who will become NetOne’s next CEO…well, we are likely going to find out in a month’s time. State-owned telecoms operator, NetOne is looking for a new chief executive officer following the dismissal of Reward Kangai last year on allegations of corruption. Brian Mutandiro has been acting CEO since then. Word…

Google’s latest Operating System (OS) update, Android 8.0 Oreo packs in many small but important additions, all of which make the Operating System more polished and mature than ever.. Some Android releases represent massive sea changes for Google’s OS, overhauling technical underpinnings or introducing new design elements. Others are content…

Android Oreo officially arrives, but it isn’t on phones just yet. After months of waiting Google finally announced today next version of Android — previously known as Android O — will officially be going by the name of Android Oreo. The use of an existing brand makes sense for Google here — there…