Here is how you can get Kwese in Zimbabwe right now (unofficially)

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Econet Zimbabwe has now announced the availability of Kwese TV officially at Econet Shops. Click here for full story.

The excitement is building up. The wait is agonising now. Does Kwese have a licence yet? It looks like they have it or at least are about to get it. It is just a matter of time before they announce but that’s not good enough for some of us. If you absolutely can’t wait here is what you can do. Keep in mind this is not official though.

The Kwese set top box (decoder) is on sale in Zimbabwe right now, in Harare at least. We actually went to one such store where the decoders are being sold and can confirm this. There was even content playing on a TV from a Kwese decoder. The decoders are being imported from countries where Kwese is already licenced, like Zambia.

The decoders come with their own satellite dishes and a fresh installation is required. You can’t just connect the Kwese decoder to your Dstv satellite dish as the satellites they receive information from are different. This means the dishes face different directions. If you can do that yourself, good for you but the merchants selling the decoders also provide installation services.

Let’s talk price. The decoder and dish set will set you back about $60- $70. That’s steep isn’t it. That price however also includes $33 for the first month’s subscription to the full bouquet, which makes it reasonable. This bouquet is the only one available at the moment unfortunately. Let us break down that price then.

The full bouquet costs $33 which is comparable to the Dstv compact bouquet. That price is not in line with what is being charged in other countries. In other countries the same bouquet costs around $24-$28. The difference is probably these merchants’ charge for the trouble they are going through to make it happen for us. When Kwese officially launches it will probably be in the $24-$28 range for the monthly full bouquet subscription as it is in other countries.

Interest in the Kwese decoder has risen sharply because of the current challenges in making Dstv payments and the rumours of the licencing of Kwese in Zimbabwe. Now that there is a way to get Kwese right now, are you going to give it a try?

 

 

27 comments

  1. JAYDEEBEE

    Wow – will we be able to pay in bond notes, as well as Ecocash??

    1. Abdoulaye Sankara

      Yes of course

  2. Master

    Techzim you are so unethical there is always better way of reporting than giving people lies

    1. L.S.M Kabweza

      Which lies exactly?

    2. Edward Dube

      You better be ethical, so that people can rely on your info rather than propagating lies or false hopes.

  3. dadaddie

    And they tend to report on Econet stuff only and how to do stuff on whatsapp. You need a content developer to grow the exceptional idea u have

    1. Sam

      i thought these businesses are driven by advertising revenue of which some businesses succeed through advertisements

    2. Tyrion Stark

      Dude there’s like a lot of Netone stuff on there right now. The smartphone thing from Netone has a couple of articles. The funeral cover thing. The Telecel LTE. Where are you getting your stats? I myself have an Econet line as do most Zimbos so we expect more Econet stuff but I get why they write about Netone.

  4. Leslie Nyamayaro

    Econet sucks one fusion is the future. And what channels is Kwese TV offering for it’s full bouquet.

  5. Donato power

    Econet ndizvo
    Kwese ndizvo

  6. Mncedisi Ncube

    I want kwese TV decoder, we and can I get it in Bulawayo

    1. busani Sibanda

      ls kwese TV available in Bulawayo

  7. Edward Dube

    Lets be professional guys. Broadcast licence are issued by Broadcadting Authority of Zimbabwe after a public invitation through the media, which has not been done. You can read the Broadcasting Services Act for your diligence.

    1. Tapiwa✓

      Lets be professional guys. Broadcast licence are issued by Broadcadting Authority of Zimbabwe after a public invitation through the media, which has not been done.

      …or you could parner with an entity that was awarded a license previously. Kwese executed the same move the government-owned Skynet (trading as Multichoice Zimbabwe) did. All of a sudden the BAZ thinks there is problem

  8. busani Sibanda

    ls kwese TV available in Bulawayo

  9. Juru

    Why buying another dish ? This is crazy

    1. Bruny Surin

      No no . Its not crazy .You are crazy.

  10. Wellington

    No EPL broadcasting NO DEAL

  11. Weston Mugocha

    Where can I get the Kwese set? I live in Hwange. And is it available here?

  12. Mambo Matope

    The introduction of kwese tv wil end the long monopoly era of multichoice dstv. Therefore multichoice will improve its services for the benefit of customers and so is kwese. Now for this two service provider the focus is now on the customer..

  13. VuSi

    Can i please get the number of the dealers?

  14. simz

    Is EPL on kwese

  15. Anonymous

    ko vanoda zvakachipa vanoita sei

  16. weng

    miraitione kutirakadiiii

  17. Johno

    Satellite dishes receive the same signals from space. It is the tuning at the LNB that selects or rejects certain frequencies depending on the decoder input frequency. For guaranteed best performance I suggest a new LNB and decoder to replace DSTV.

  18. Zindoga

    Well done mr Masiwa..

  19. The Game

    On what satellite is kwese broadcasting on

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