Facebook Accounts Being Hijacked: Here’s How To Protect Yourself
There’s been a recent trend on Facebook, and if you don’t like missing out you might have just been the victim of a clever browser hijacking tactic. Here’s how you can...
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Zimra Surpasses 2018 First Quarter Revenue Target
ZIMRA (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority) surpassed its first-quarter target by an excess of US $84million. Gross revenue collections were 8.1% above the target of US $1.029 billion. Zimra attributes the improved...
You Can Now Buy Airtime and Electricity On Whatsapp Through A Bot: Talk About Convenience!
The Kulibot is the first bot which allows people to top up their airtime and buy ZESA prepaid tokens via Whatsapp. The process… The process you follow is simple and...
Mnangagwa’s Govt Getting Facial Recognition Tech From China
The Zimbabwean Government is believed to be importing a mass facial recognition system, Cloudwalk Technology, as they look to ramp up security efforts. The system is being imported as part...
Nedbank To Stop Manual RTGS Payments, Joins Other Banks
Nedbank has just announced that as from the 11th of May they will no longer process manual RTGS payments. Nedbank’s drive to do paperless banking coincides with a number of...
[Press Release]: Global Startup Awards Arrives In Africa – Nominations Now Open
The world-renowned Global Startup Awards, the largest independent startup-ecosystem competition, already covering 45 countries in 5 regions of Europe and Asia has arrived in Africa. The mission of Global Startup...
It Seems OK Are Looking To Get Into eCommerce ; Is An Online Store On The Way?
We stumbled upon an interesting ad that has led us to believe popular retail chain OK ZImbabwe could be planning to launch an E-commerce platform. What ad is this? They...
Kwese Partners Alpha Networks For Kwese Play And Kwese TV App Delivery
Kwese has announced that it has partnered with Alpha Networks to distribute its Over-The-Top (OTT) services of Kwese Play in South Africa and the Kwese TV App in Africa. Alpha...
Ruvheneko Appointed To Senior Position At Zimpapers
Government-owned, Zimpapers Group has restructured its senior management team by appointing Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa as the company’s radio Projects Manager. The radio personality is known and remembered for hosting engaging and...
WhatsApp,Facebook,Instagram And Twitter Usage Will Soon Be Taxed In Uganda
Users of WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat etc will soon be taxed in Uganda for using these platforms according to Uganda’s Finance Minister. The Minister’s announcement came as a result of...
ZimboPY Mentorship Week In Pictures
We were recently at ZimboPY’s Mentorship Week at Impact Hub Harare on Monday and Tuesday this week and got to spend time with the girls who were being acquainted with...
Econet Network Down? Not Really But A Number Of Subscribers Affected
It seems Zimbabwe’s leading mobile service provider has been having problems with their network delivery throughout the day. At the time of writing the network is not working at all,...
WhatsApp Will Soon Let You Choose Who To Inform When You Change Your Number
WhatsApp has added a new feature that lets you choose who to inform when you have changed your WhatsApp number. Currently, when a user changes their phone number they can...
Was Mugabe Hacked Out Of Office? Spoke To Most Popular Hackers In The World And They Kinda Think They Played A Part
So when we spoke to Anonymous, we didn’t think they would mention of all things our coup-not-coup but they did. Is there any chance they played a role in Bob’s...
Following ‘Disappearing Data’ Troubles, Econet Subscribers Can Now Track Their Data Usage
Following Econet’s not-so-distant scuffles with customers over disappearing data, it seems they are launching a data tracking service called My Web Self-Care. How does the service work If you have...
10 Years In Prison For Fake News, Is This Where Zimbabwe Should Be Going?
Over the past several months ‘fake news’ has slowly become a buzzword that most if not all of us are aware of. If you follow developments in the US, you’ve...
Multichoice Introduces New Channels
Multichoice in collaboration with ROK Studios are launching 2 new channels ROK 2 and ROK 3 on DSTV and Gotv to widen their product range. The channels will be launched...
‘Swipe’ Crimes On The Rise: Here’s How To Stay Safe
The use of debit cards in Zimbabwe has been gradually increasing over the years, spurred on by our cash crisis. One of the advantaged of migrating to a cashless society...
Econet’s Online Education Program Is Now Available: 1st Course Free, But Many Unanswered Questions?
A few weeks ago we released a press release concerning Econet’s partnership with Shaw Academy that promised to bring an education program in the near future. The promised program is...
Meet Shandu, The Bot Fadzayi Mahere Is Using To Win Your Vote
Advocate of the High Court and Supreme Court Fadzayi Mahere now has an online automated personal assistant that will be helping in her campaign to represent Mt Pleasant Constituency in...
Tecno Phantom 8 Review. Big Slab Of Metal And Glass, Big Gives And Takes
From the Phantom 6 Plus we skip the 7 and dive into the Phantom 8. It’s the latest and greatest from Tecno and the focus does seem like it was...
[Updated]: The Most Popular Online News Platforms In Zimbabwe (March 2018)
Following Trevor Ncube’s tweet concerning what he perceived to be the leading online news publications, we thought it best to make a more inclusive list that has more publications. The list...
60 000 Econet Subscribers Affected By Disapearing Data
On Friday I received messages from Econet notifying me that I had used 55c of my main account airtime for data browsing. I rushed to turn off out-of-bundle browsing thinking...
UPDATED: President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s List Of Looters And Externalizers Is Out
UPDATE: When we first published this list, it had the third and final table that has category III cases missing. These are cases that have been described as illicit financial...
A Look At The Parts Of Zimbabwe That Rarely Get Coverage: Jerera
Yesterday, I was part of the journalists that went to Jerera to cover Potraz’s roadshow. Local residents and those from nearby areas were being educated on their rights as consumers...
Inspite Of OneFusion And Megaboost, Econet Posts Higher Subscriber Growth Than NetOne and Telecel
Potraz just released their annual report for 2017 and quarterly report for 4th quarter 2017. We found the pattern of subscriber growth or lack thereof to be quite interesting. Econet...
POTRAZ Report For 2017 Is Out. Here Are Some Quick Numbers For You
Potraz has just released their Sector Performance report. The report contains details of perfomance for the 4th quarter of 2017 along with the 2017 annual report from Potraz. Notable points...
The ICT Policy And Innovation Drive Launch Live At The HICC
Watch the ICT Policy and Innovative Drive launch live Here
Kwese Channels Still Available
Yesterday we published an article stating that Kwese was removing 6 channels from their channel roster. It seems their press release was released prematurely and they have made it clear...
Zinara Seeks To Raise Money From The Diaspora: Will Zimbabweans In The Diaspora Fund Them?
The Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (Zinara) has just proposed to issue a new bond facility aimed at the diaspora to fund various infrastructure projects such as roads and bridges. This...