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Failed To Buy Techzim Insights? Sorry…Here’s How You Can Buy
We recently released two products that were for sale; A Guide To WhatsApp for Business and Techzim’s Write-Up on EcoCash. There were problems with the payment method we used and...
ZRP Brag About Social Media Presence, As They Plan To Go Digital
At a recent election reporting workshop in Gweru, police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi said the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has embarked on a digitisation drive that will see the...
Strive Masiyiwa Political Party Story Was ‘Fake News’; Media Centre Enraged As They Are Caught In The Untruth
On Wednesday 4 April, a rumor began spreading that Strive Masiyiwa would host a press conference announcing his entry into the political domain. Due to social media’s influence, a story...
Will Blockchain Disrupt Government Services?
About 2 years ago I attended an IBM workshop where they were talking about how Blockchain was going to revolutionize the world. Within 2 years, I have seen many technological advances...
Has Econet Refunded The 60 000 Subscribers Whose Airtime Was ‘Disappearing?’
On Monday, we wrote an article on the challenges Econet subscribers were facing over the weekend. About 60 000 subscribers were left in the dark as their credit was being...
[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...
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...
ED Mnangagwa Increases Online Presence With A New Website
Every politician wants to be labelled as a people’s person. More so as a people’s president. From Donald Trump’s twitter rants and Yoweri Museveni’s famed videos and selfies, presidents are...
Our Government Really Needs To Be Serious!
Yesterday, talk show host Zororo Makamba put out a video commenting on the state of government websites. It was pretty surprising that official websites had such glaring errors. You would...
Why Is It Zim Brands Have No Respect For Copyright Laws On The Internet?
If you scroll through Yomilk Zimbabwe’s FB page there’s a video promoting their products through a recipe for ‘Cream Cheese Blueberry Cake.’ The problem with this video is that it...
African Development Bank Could Go With You To Korea Just For Writing Your Dream Of Africa
Every year the African Development Bank (AfDB) holds what they call their annual meetings to bring together business, governments, civil society, academia and media people to discuss and debate on...
Econet We Are Tired Of The Elevate Marketing Messages You Keep Sending
At 14:12 on the 17th of October last year I received an SMS from Econet, encouraging me to register for something called Elevate. I dismissively glanced at the message giving it no...
Beware!!! Scammers Offering Jobs in Exchange For Non-Existent Digital Currency In Bulawayo
The current employment situation in our country is ensuring that people are constantly on the lookout for any employment. At times this desperation to secure any form of employment gives...
Involuntary Porn Stars, Upskirt And Downblouse Photography: Are They Huge Problems In Zimbabwe?
Written by Joyline Maenzanise Technology – it is helpful and it is also dangerous. On the upside, we can – among many other benefits – easily access information. On the...
Techzim Reviews: Black Panther After The Post Credits Scene #PotentialSpoilerAlert!
Again before I begin I have 2 disclaimers. First off this might be a potential spoiler so tread carefully. Secondly, this is my own encounter of the movie so just...
Black Panther Tickets Get Sold Out!
Imagine that. At $12 a pop Sterkinekor Sam Levy in Harare has managed to sell out on all its tickets for the Black Panther movie premier. Even Captain America Civil...
Bulawayo City Council Promises To Start Live-Streaming Council Meetings.
The Bulawayo City Council(BCC) plans to live-stream it’s monthly chamber meetings, events, and other functions. The town clerk Christopher Dube feels that social media’s impact gives citizens a voice they did...
Masiyiwa Invited Back Home By The Mnangagwa Government, But Why Now?
The Zimbabwean government has invited Strive Masiyiwa back into the country. They want him to attend a National Dialogue forum being organized by the National Economic Consultative Forum in March....
Could Black Panther’s Kingdom, Wakanda, Have Been Inspired By Great Zimbabwe?
The Black Panther movie no doubt has been getting some raving reviews all over. Going through the internet fueling my hype has made me come across some very interesting videos and...
Kangai Nabbed by ZACC. The Accuser Has Been Arrested
The former CEO of NetOne, Reward Kangai has been arrested. Yes the man who was pointing the finger at Supa Mandiwanzira, the Minister of ICT and Cybersecurity for alleged corruption...
Development centred technopreneurship, the way to go?
The ‘new dispensation ‘ is upon us, and as usual Zimbabweans are caught in the loop of ‘great expectations’ of government working to redeem us from our economic woes by...
Web Development, Potential and You (Part 1): Epiphanies, Beef And Making Money…
Talking to one of my developer friends, an epiphany hits me. It wasn’t really sparked by much, we were just talking about college degrees, the job market in Zimbabwe and...
Supa Mandiwanzira Rubbishes Corruption Allegations Leveled Against Him
The Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira has responded to allegations of criminal abuse of office or corruption leveled against him by former Netone CEO Reward Kangai....
Supa Mandiwanzira In $4m Corruption Scandal, Under Investigation By Anti-Corruption Commission
Supa Mandiwanzira, the Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security is under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC.) Allegations of criminal abuse of office or corruption were leveled against him...
What The Heck Are Content Bundles For?
You know how every time you come across Option 2 aka “Content Bundle” whenever you’re trying to check your WhatsApp or Facebook bundle balance? On your Econet line that is…...
The Best Tech Of 2017 (Non Smartphone). Highlight: Kariba on Battery Power!
It is sometimes easy to think of tech as smartphones. This is because the pocket computer has totally transformed our lives even as it continues to get better and better....
We Have Grown And We Will Grow More! Message From Techzim CEO
As a media business, Controvert Media is focused on writing about other people, other businesses, other subjects. Once in a while it should be OK for us to talk about...
Activists Pushing For ZEC To Allow The Public To Access Their Servers. Good Idea???
Of late, the Zimbabwe Electronic Commission (ZEC) has been under pressure from civil society organisations to give the public access to their servers. Turns out ZEC is not too keen...
I Have 3 Job Offers! Please Techzim Readers, Help Me Decide
We got the email below from one of our readers. We think he is genuine and we have granted his wish to allow the community here to help him make...