My thoughts on the DStv Catch Up Plus
By Garikai Dzoma Ok, so we are slowly approaching that accursed day of the year again where we have to confirm our love to those close to us by conforming to the prescribed norms of buying meaningless...
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Zim hosts seed traders congress
ZIMBABWE will from March 3-5 2015 host the African Seed Trade Association Congress (AFSTA) at Elephant Hills Resort in Victoria Falls. Established in 1999, AFSTA was created out of the need to have a...
View ArticleHypercube Hub to host entrepreneurship workshops with US based mentors
By Nigel Gambanga Last year a handful of Zambian and Zimbabwean entrepreneurs and upcoming business leaders were selected for the Professional Fellows Program which was a five-week fellowship in the...
View ArticleHow to get Android Lollipop on a Samsung Galaxy S4, while everyone else waits…
By Prince Jones Anyone that’s up to date with the developments of Android will know that the latest flavour out there is Lollipop 5.0.1. Unfortunately for most of us, knowing this also means that we...
View ArticlePodcast: Econet Dial a Doc,MobiLedger App, m-learning & the future of telecoms
By Nigel Gambanga We are back with the latest edition of the weekly podcast. In this episode, we were joined by a guest from the Techzim community, Stanley Choto. We discussed some of the highlights in...
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Fidelity to embark on gold mining
THE central bank said yesterday it had mobilised US$50 million to fund Fidelity Printers and Refiners to accelerate gold production in Zimbabwe. The move came as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)...
View ArticlePodcast: Understanding Zimbabwe’s Digital Future
By Nigel Gambanga Next month Techzim and TBWA will be hosting “Zimbabwe’s largest gathering of digital minds” at Digital Future. This two-day event slated for the 17th and 18th of March will bring...
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Democracy in Zim still a pipe dream
Former Vice President, Joice MujuruDEMOCRACY continues to elude the Zimbabwean body politic with the two main political parties showing beyond any reasonable doubt that dissenting voices will not be...
View ArticleSparing the rod, spoiling the child?
SPARE the rod and spoil the child is a popular expression. Taken from Proverbs 13:24, which reads: “He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him,” the verse...
View ArticleElementary OS: A good looking cheap Apple lookalike
By Garikai Dzoma So after spending the not-so-bad-after all-valentine watching “romantic” movies I decided to go on a cleanse and get back in my geek groove. What better way to do this than testing a...
View ArticleZimboLove Foundation and its social media strategy for a red cause
By Nigel Gambanga You still might not know Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but you’ll definitely remember the Ice Bucket Challenge from last year. It was probably the largest internet-driven campaign from last...
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Meikles suspended from ZSE
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has suspended Meikles Limited from trading with effect from today pending clarification over their latest financial results.Brokers and analysts said the suspension was...
View ArticleZimbabwean startup to exhibit its app at Apps World Germany 2015
By Nigel Gambanga Towards the end of last year, a group of African tech entrepreneurs, including some Zimbabweans took part in the 2014 Ampion Venture Bus. Like the Startup Bus road-trip/hackathon from...
View ArticleDoes your payment startup need funding? Interswitch has $10 million for you
By Nigel Gambanga News coming out of Nigeria is that Interswitch, an African payments company based in the West African country launched a $10 million growth fund for African startups that are at any...
View ArticleMore Fibre on the horizon as Liquid Telecom secures $150 million for expansion
By Nigel Gambanga Sometime last year we wrote about the $150 million that Liquid Telecom was trying to source for the expansion of its fibre network throughout Africa. Now, according to its website the...
View ArticleWe need an accessible cloud in Zimbabwe
By Garikai Dzoma I don’t know when it began, but it has been going on for a while now in the boutiques and other indigenous clothes stores. As soon as you enter the store you notice that all the...
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GMB silos collapsing
SILOS at the country’s leading grain trade institution, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which also bears the national burden of building strategic grain reserves to feed the country in crisis periods,...
View ArticleSolar Power for Dummies part 4: The Batteries
By Garikai Dzoma If you ask anyone with a Solar Power system what the most vulnerable part of their system is, you will no doubt be told it’s the batteries. Batteries are perhaps the most delicate part...
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What’s in store for us?
THE summer season is almost three quarters gone and a lot of stakeholders are eager to know what’s in it for them. Some of the questions stakeholders are now asking are; will there be good maize...
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ZANU-PF expels Mutasa, Mliswa
ZANU-PF former secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, and his mercurial nephew, Hurungwe West legislator, Temba Mliswa, were yesterday expelled from the ruling party following recommendations by...
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