Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Safaricom has plans to expand in east African neighbours but its big prize target would be Ethiopia. The big question is will it succeed? Many of their initiatives have worked very well but not all. Safaricom, Kenya’s main mobile phone operator, is planning cross-border expansion for the first time, into the untapped…

Huawei’s mobile artificial intelligence-centered processor (Kirin 970 chip) not-so-secret weapon against Apple and Samsung. Smartphone makers are betting on camera features to help their flagship devices stand out. Samsung launched its first dual cameras on the Note 8, Apple’s new iPhone X uses your face to unlock the phone, even authenticate and pay using…

“Oh gosh! I have accidentally sent a wrong message to my boss on WhatsApp…” Guess what? WhatsApp Beta has your back. Truth of the matter is there is a good chance you will end up in a drunken stupor and on a random fail video on YouTube if you drink a…

I know many have a lot to consider before deciding on purchasing a product or service. Therefore, in many instances, people are usually influenced by their friends and family when making purchase decisions. Yet some turn to online reviews on social media platforms,especially from Facebook and Twitter. The question many…

Breaking news for today is that Kwesé TV has won the court battle against termination of its content distribution partnership with Dr Dish by Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). This was confirmed by Econet’s legal representative Tawanda Nyambirai via a post on his Facebook Page This means that Kwesé TV can re-commence…

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…