Agribank has so far spent $1,1 million on information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure hardware, as it presses ahead with efforts to ensure system stability and provide more functions for effective service delivery.
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Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe and its sister company ZOL were both recognised at last week’s Mashonaland Annual Business Awards hosted by The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC).
To further promote financial inclusion in Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) a financial development organization funded by DFID, and Co-creation Hub (CcHub), have called on Fintechs to lead the move by creating solutions that can push the initiative.
IBM lands $740 Million deal to supply data security to Australia.
The Premier League has agreed its first broadcast deal with social media giant Facebook, worth £200million over three years.
ICASA is not discussing the possibility of an out-of-court settlement in the dispute over the implementation deadline for new data regulations.
Customers to pay a new government tax on social media accounts before they can access them.
Amnesty International called on Uganda to scrap the tax, saying it robbed “many people of their right to freedom of expression, with a chilling effect on other human rights”.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni unashamedly defended the country’s new social media tax, saying Ugandans were using such platforms for “lying”, and squandering the nation’s hard currency on fees to foreign-owned telecoms firms.
Uganda’s new tax on social media access limits basic rights and harms business, according to a petition filed by activists to the constitutional court against a levy that civic groups and opposition parties say is onerous.
TelOne is on a financial come back as revenues increased to $117 million last year driven by growth in broadband income, while they narrowed their loss by 42% to $7 million in 2017, owing to cost containment and a growth in broadband revenue.
There looks to be more drama at Telecel Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and as long as these…
Tsitsi and Strive Masiyiwa are the latest recipient of the Points of Light award, which recognizes outstanding volunteers who are making a difference in their community and inspiring others.
The Digital Africa initiative launched by the President on behalf of the country’s development agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) aims to provide a platform to promote African entrepreneurs, through encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing, providing an online database of resources, hosting events, and facilitating access to funding.
FundoLinker has clearly filled a gap, and now has 600,000 registered users in Zimbabwe. The startup hopes to expand to other countries within the SADC region by January of next year.
My Web Self-Care, giving customers total control at their fingertips.
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe takes charge in the use of clean energy, putting the entire H/Office complex in Msasa, Harare on solar power.
It’s not the first long-standing chat app to shut down — AOL Instant Messenger shut down December 15th of last year.
The parliament of Uganda passed a tax on social media use, with a bill the President Yoweri Museveni defended by saying such platforms promote “gossiping.”
As of July 1, users of internet messaging services including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Viber must pay 200 shilling, or about $0.05 per day