Just recently Econet Media’s Kwesé to almost everyone’s utter joy officially launched the Kwesé-iflix mobile app here in Zimbabwe, a joint venture between Econet Media and iflix. The recent launch of Kwesé-iflix mobile app comes after Kwesé TV was finally awarded three broadcasting licenses through Econet Media by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ). The three licenses are for Web Casting, Video On Demand and Content Distribution. Therefore, the Kwesé-iflix mobile app will allow Econet Wireless mobile subscribers the choice to access a wide array of ‘on demand’ content, as well as live broadcast content.
Besides bringing live Fifa 2018 World Cup matches, this newly launched Kwesé-iflix mobile app presents a flexible digital entertainment platform that is set to deliver top entertainment programmes to millions of Zimbabweans via the mobile phone, anywhere and at any time.
What has triggered us to write this article only emphasizing on how to get and especially use the Kwesé-iflix mobile app is merely because we have encountered and assisted a lot of people who seem to struggle when it comes to viewing content on the Kwesé-iflix mobile app.
Downloading the Kwesé-iflix mobile app appear to be easy after one simply follows the link but viewing content is where the real issue is, right? How many people have you encountered saying, probably you are actually one of them, “My Kwese data bundles are not working … or I have got my kwese data bundles but I am failing to view content on the Kwesé-iflix mobile app, what should I do?” Trust us when we say this, your Kwese data bundles work but it’s just a matter of how to use them to view your favorite TV show or movie.
What is Kwesé-iflix?
…but wait a minute! What exactly is Kwesé-iflix?
Kwese iflix is an app made by Kwese in partnership with iflix – a global Video on Demand (VOD) service provider. Kwese iflix has VOD (Video-On-Demand) and Kwese Live Channels (Linear Channels), a market disruptive initiative to the VOD service were customers have access to not only VOD content but also Live TV.
Kwese iflix is bringing the World Cup, on the go, anywhere and everywhere to all customers through mobile devices (Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore), tablets (Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore) and web (www.iflix.com) A customer needs to have an active subscription (Pass) and the Kwese Data Bundle to access the premium content (VIP) on the Kwese iflix App. Content labeled “free” can be viewed if a customer has a Kwese data bundle.
How to Get The Kwese iflix Mobile App?
You can simply download the Kwesé iflix mobile app from either Google Play (Android) or the Apple App store (iOS). Kindly note that when you are searching for the mobile app on both app stores it is simply written iflix not Kwesé-iflix.
How to Use the Kwesé-iflix Mobile App?
We have encountered and assisted a lot of people with almost a similar problem – “I have got my kwese data bundles but I am failing to view content on the Kwesé-iflix mobile app, what should I do?”
After downloading the Kwesé iflix mobile App from the Google Play or the Apple App stores. Thereafter, you are supposed to pay for any content of your choice via EcoCash or InApp for flexible subscription options of a daily pass, a 3-day pass, a 7-day pass or a monthly subscription. You can as well use the USSD code *119#.
Duration | Cost |
---|---|
1 Day | US$0.60 |
3 Days | US$0.99 |
7 Days | US$1.99 |
1 Month | US$3.99 |
Econet’s Kwesé-iflix Promotion Campaign
For Kwesé-iflix users to start enjoy watching shows, Econet started a promotional campaign by offering all its customers 1GB of free data upon registration. And with any standard data bundle that customers buy, they get the same amount of data free to use on Kwesé iflix, valid for the same period as the purchased data bundle. In other words, when an Econet customer buys their 1 gig data bundles, they will be given a further 1 gig data bundles for Kwese-iflix.
Since Econet’s data bundles have durations (daily bundles, weekly bundle, and monthly bundles), the amount of The Kwesé-iflix data bundles will depend on the different data plans they subscribe to. Despite this, Telecel, Netone or Telone users with internet access can still be able to watch their shows on the Kwesé-iflix. Not to mention that even on wi-fi, users can still watch shows on Kwese-iflix.
As for now if you sign up you can watch shows for free after you download the app.
1 Comment
Pingback: iflix Confirms Sale of Kwesé iflix to Econet - spiked