Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

The rise of mobile money in Zimbabwe has proved very popular over the years, as financial institutions and telecoms have come up with different packages, fundamentally changing the way people do business to pay for goods and services using cell phones. Some of the products that have brought convenience to…

The Parliament of Zimbabwe launched a mobile app to keep us up to date on issues being discussed and dramas occurring inside the Parliament from the likes of Joseph Chinotimba among others. Reminiscing on some of the 2016 events we witnessed the Parliament of Zimbabwe taking technology seriously as they embraced it…

Making reference to POTRAZ’s recent industry report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2017, Zimbabwe’s telcos revenue in the quarter to June increased by 3.2 percent to $185.6 million from $179.8 million recorded in the previous quarter. Econet Wireless Zimbabwe maintained its leading market position with over 50% customer market share…

Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Global, is supporting start-ups entering the DataHack4FI innovation competition by providing free high-speed internet access and cloud-based services sector across Africa. DataHack4FI is in its second year, is an initiative by insight2impact (i2i) that brings together innovative minds from across the continent to harness…

Netflix’s advantage may come from its global reach and paying audience of over 100 million, but it’s worth remembering that syndicated shows are an important anchor for the company’s audience. As it steps up its focus on originals, the company needs to be careful not to lose too many of…

Netflix has released at least 34 original movies so far in 2017. According to Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos,with obviously a fair share of some of the movies going to be really boring. That’s more titles than most movie studios release in a year. Disney—which also owns Pixar, Marvel Studios,…

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is here and ready to download.  Microsoft started testing its Fall Creators Update back in April, and now all Windows 10 users will be able to experience the improvements today. The latest iteration of Windows 10 is now ready to be installed on your…

The social media giant Facebook is currently testing a new Resume / CV feature. The update could indicate a larger interest in the job searching and recruiting space, putting Facebook in direct competition with LinkedIn. Of course, Facebook already lets people share their professional experience with their friends in its…

Are you having a hard time keeping up with everything Netflix is putting out? …well, you are not alone, so is the company’s budget. Netflix on Monday celebrated its biggest gain ever in subscribers for this time of year, in a report detailing its finances for the third quarter. But…

Netflix miraculously blew past subscriber growth targets, and hits an all-time high. In the last published report, total membership stood at 103.95 million. The US market accounted for 51.92 million subscribers while curiously the international market (outside US) accounted for more subscribers, with 52.03 million. Netflix crushed its Q3 subscriber growth targets,…

Huawei launches first smartphone with its own AI chip to challenge Apple’s iPhone X Huawei recently launched a new flagship smartphone, the first to contain its own artificial intelligence (AI) chip that could help it compete with Apple and Samsung. The Huawei Mate 10 series of high-end devices includes the Mate 10, Mate…

Huawei is in the process of unveiling its next flagship smartphones, the Huawei Mate 10 and Huawei Mate 10 Pro. The Mate 10 series of smartphones includes the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro Key features include a Leica dual-lens camera and its own AI chip, called the Kirin 970…

Kwesé TV has provided customer convenience through an innovative payment option, that comes in the form of an online sales and distribution channel branded the Kwesé eStore. Some people within the Econet Group certainly know what they are doing given the potential that eCommerce has in Africa because of the convenience it…

Telecom operator Etisalat announced its fastest 5G live trial at Gitex 2017, reaching 71Gbps, setting a global record in the industry. Alongside a fleet of humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles and ‘connected cars’, UAE telecoms giant Etisalat broke the record at its stand in Dubai World Trade Centre, reaching 71Gbps. The trial…

The free bouquet will feature at least five channels including Kwesé Free Sports Channel which offers live sports games from the English Premier League, the NBA, general entertainment, news, some religious channels and national free to air channels. DStv now faces a tough challenge as a new and fierce rival…

Econet Media has chosen broadcast compliance, monitoring and analysis software, Mediaproxy, for its African pay-TV platform Kwesé TV. Mediaproxy, a provider of software-based IP broadcast solutions, has announced that Econet Media has chosen its unified broadcast compliance, monitoring and analysis solution for Kwesé TV. As the world’s largest scale HEVC via…

NetOne is now the second largest mobile communications company in Zimbabwe and has over 4,000,000 subscribers. NetOne has unveiled a $100 000 promotion as part of festivities to mark its 21 years of existence. Through the recently launched promotion, the company’s subscribers will be given cash prices ranging from $20 to…

On the 22nd of June , EcoCash and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) announced a partnership that saw tollgates linking directly with customers’ EcoCash wallets. EcoCash went on to launch a mobile app in partnership with ZINARA specifically designed for paying tollgate fees. Considering the worsening cash crisis prevailing in the…

Capacity recently announced the shortlist for the 2017 Global Carrier Awards and Liquid Telecom is again among the shortlisted for “Best African wholesale carrier.” But the big question on everyone’s mind is if they can win this prestigious award 6 years in a row? Liquid Telecom is Africa’s leading independent…

Launched in 2015, Yoco gives SMEs the tools to accept card payments and grow their business, and is used by more than 14,000 companies across South Africa. Now the South African fintech startup Yoco has launched its enhanced, free point of sale (POS) solution, purpose-designed to give small and emerging businesses the…