ZOL upgrades fibre internet caps, $39 for 25GB & $89 for 50GB
By L.S.M KabwezaIn a significant upgrade of their capped fibroniks packages, ZOL has raised the cap on its $39 package from 15GB to 25GB and the $89 package from 30GB to 50GB. The upgrade seems to have...
View ArticleJordan, Beckham are richest retirees in sport
Charlotte Bobcats team owner Michael Jordan. Image by: CHRIS KEANENBA legend Michael Jordan and English football superstar David Beckham are the world’s richest retired sports stars, according to a...
View ArticleSome highlights from the Stimulus Africa Entrepreneurship Symposium 2016
By Nigel GambangaThe Stimulus Africa Entrepreneurship Symposium which kicked off earlier this week in Harare came to a close on Friday following a two-day exploration of ideas, existing solutions and...
View ArticleThe Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ Review
By SamsungA review of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ which shows how the company continues to push boundaries with premium Galaxy smartphones that offer users the best in media consumption and the...
View ArticleMissing Wright brothers patent found in cave
THE patent file for the Wright brothers’ ‘flying machine’ – missing since 1980 – has been discovered in a limestone cave.A cold case team from the US National Archives recently ramped up its efforts to...
View ArticleSeven things pregnant women should do to make an intelligent baby
The moment you find out you’re pregnant, stress shouldn’t be allowed in your home or outside. Everything and everyone that can cause you to feel anxious or worried need to be taken out of your life for...
View ArticleTelecoms regulator, POTRAZ, has NOT banned WhatsApp bundles
By L.S.M KabwezaEvery year, we post something drastic for April Fools and this year we decided to go touch something a lot of people clearly love; their WhatsApp Bundles. So we ran with “Local telecoms...
View ArticleHow much the iPhone SE will be priced in Zimbabwe, and why most won’t buy it...
By L.S.M KabwezaBeing a fan of the iPhone but never having owned one (because I don’t want to pay more than $500 for a phone), the announcement of the new iPhone SE some weeks ago, made for quite...
View ArticleDanai Gurira, Rihanna to be honoured at ‘Black Girls Rock 2016’
Danai Gurira will be honoured at this year’s Black Girls Rock Awards on April 9.BLACK Entertainment Television (BET) and Beverley Bond, founder and creator of “Black Girls Rock” have revealed that...
View ArticleMobile money is the most credible solution to Zimbabwean cash crisis
By Nigel GambangaDespite its mass adoption across the country where it has outpaced formal banking services, mobile money has only been mentioned as one alternative and not as the leading solution that...
View ArticleSteward Bank to lend to SMEs, sources US$15 million
Steward Bank to lend to SMEs, sources US$15 millionSTEWARD Bank said on Tuesday it would start lending to the country’s small to medium scale enterprises (SMEs) from a pool of funds sourced from...
View ArticlePOTRAZ/RBZ working on MoU for mobile money services regulation; developing...
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Zimbabwe and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe are currently working on a Memorandum of Understanding to clarify how the mobile money services...
View ArticleWhatsApp has just made all your messages safer by introducing end-to-end...
By Nigel GambangaWhatsApp has announced that it is enabling end-to-end encryption for all of its users on the latest version of the application.Articles appeared first on Techzim;WhatsApp has just made...
View ArticleZimbabwe to protect local industry
Finance Minister, Patrick ChinamasaZIMBABWE’S Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, says government will protect critical industrial sectors from cheap imports, as the country struggles to stem...
View ArticleGovernment taking over DTZ-OZGEO claims
Government now wants DTZ-OZGEO’s diamond interests consolidated into ZCDC and will pay for all assets acquired from the company.Kenneth Matimaire MUTARE — Diamond concessions belonging to the...
View ArticleOld Mutual’s forays into informal economy
Group chief executive officer, Jonas Mushosho… Micro finance bank in pipeline DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe, is to set up a micro financial bank to cater for Zimbabwe’s...
View ArticleGovernment rejects highway funding
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Patrick ChinamasaTHE cash-strapped government has revealed that it turned down funding from an undisclosed potential investor for the dualisation of the 900...
View ArticleCzech firm wins RBZ tender
Central bank governor, John MangudyaA CREDIT checker from the Czech Republic, Creditinfo, has been engaged by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to set up the country’s Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) at...
View ArticlePresident Mugabe spokesman hospitalised
George CharambaPRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s spokesman, George Charamba, was on Monday released from a Singaporean hospital where he had been admitted for seven days for treatment of an undisclosed...
View ArticleZANU-PF wants Josephine Ncube for town clerk
Josephine NcubeZANU-PF is pushing for the appointment of a female town clerk in the capital and has ratcheted pressure on government to thwart the appointment of former banker James Mushore to the...
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