Exclusive: Dandemutande, iWayAfrica & AfricaOnline merging into single entity
By Nigel Gambanga We have received information that local Internet Access Provider Dandemutande, the company behind the uMAX service, will be merging with two internet service providers, iWayAfrica and...
View ArticleUnderstanding that awful internet speed: Why am I not getting what I paid for?
By Nigel Gambanga It’s 2015, so the conversation around the availability of the internet in Zimbabwe is not so different from what you get in any other part of the world. Almost half of the population...
View ArticleMorata sends Juve into Champions League final
Juventus will meet Barcelona on June 6 in BerlinANDREA Pirlo has rarely run as fast. As the final whistle sounded on a night of glory for Juventus, seeing them reach their first Champions League final...
View ArticleDelta Corporation revenue down 4% on soft demand
Delta’s financial results showed operating income decreased by 14 percent to US$ 111, 1 million in the year.SABMiller’s Zimbabwe beverage manufacturer Delta Corporation reported a four percent decline...
View ArticleBid to push out Mwana Africa’s Zim directors
In a circular released to shareholders on Wednesday Mwana Africa is urging shareholders to reject and vote against the proposed resolutions.MWANA Africa has called for an extra-ordinary general meeting...
View ArticleTough rules for open air worshippers
As part of the amendments, churches that assemble at open spaces will be required to pay rates to council, while their worshiping hours have been restricted to between 1000hrs and 1800hrs.CHURCHES that...
View ArticleTelecel basks in Judicial sympathy, Great..but what happens next?
By Nigel Gambanga The name Nicholas Mathonsi isn’t a household name, but in some weird way it should be, for millions of people. He’s the guy who passed a High Court order granting Telecel Zimbabwe the...
View ArticleAndy Murray beats Jeremy Chardy at Italian Open
Andy Murray claims 10th straight winBRITAIN’S Andy Murray took his winning run on clay to 10 matches with victory over Jeremy Chardy at the Italian Open.The third seed, who considered skipping Rome to...
View ArticleAll The Bids pulls out of Castle Tankard
The Corne Spies trained horse was expected to dominate the race.THREE year old gelding, All The Bids, considered by many to be the best horse currently racing in South Africa, has pulled out of...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s new shortage: Will the real programmers please stand up?
By Nigel Gambanga Talent shortage is a big problem in tech, and if you ask anyway in Zimbabwe who’s cared to find the best man for any particular tech job, they quickly agree. Even here at Techzim,...
View ArticleDepp’s Dogs Must Leave Australia Or Face Death
JOHNNY Depp has just two days to take his dogs out of Australia or face them being put down.The movie star and his wife Amber Heard flew by private jet to Australia with his Yorkshire terriers Pistol...
View ArticleLiquid Telecom increases its Zambian investment, buys the ISP Realtime
By Nigel Gambanga Today Pan-African infrastructure group, Liquid Telecoms, announced an increase in its existing investment in the Zambian market with the acquisition of an Internet Service Provider...
View ArticleEcocash adds local language menu
EcoCash users will immediately be able to use Ndebele and Shona on the platform, more local languages will be added onto the menu shortly.USERS of EcoCash, the mobile money offering of Econet Wireless,...
View ArticleDandemutande mergers with iWayAfrica and AfricaOnline
DANDEMUTANDE Investments (Private) Limited, a licensed Internet Access Provider operating as Utande and uMAX, has entered into a definitive agreement with iWayAfrica. Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and...
View Article‘Mr Amasiko’ Returns with a scorcher
The album, armed with an array of up-tempo compositions, reveals a diverse new ace of Stach’s musicURBAN grooves hall of famer, Shawn Chitsiga, Popularly known as Stach has broken his several year...
View ArticleAstro Mobile Launches the Astro V2+
The V2+ is packed innovative and educational applications which cater to the specific needs of the Zimbabwean ConsumerLOCAL mobile devices and software company, Astro has launched – the Astro V2+. the...
View ArticleAs local languages are added to EcoCash, lets hope an update of its App is...
By Nigel Gambanga Listen to that…..silence. It seems like besides launching a group savings product, EcoCash has been rather quiet lately. I say this not because I was a fan of the product blitzkrieg...
View ArticleEconet offering free 640 MB, discount of up to 25% if you’re browsing on its...
By Nigel Gambanga Mobile data is expensive and there’s nothing that can be done about it in the short term. Let’s not flood the regulator, POTRAZ, with our complaints. Our best bet is in the shift in...
View ArticleRTG launches affordable Rainbow delights menu
Part of the the menu that completes RTG’s strategic drive to deliver fresh foodRAINBOW Tourism Group (RTG) on Friday launched a new affordable, versatile menu – Rainbow Delights in response to market...
View ArticleApril annual inflation down to -2,65%
Prices decreased by an average -2,65 percent between April 2014 and April 2015ZIMBABWE’S annual inflation for April shed 1,45 percentage points to -2,65 percent from the March rate of -1,20 percent...
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