Econet Subsidiary Cumii Has Registered Over 2500 Tasknites To Date
The Econet group is a large and sprawling entity that is constantly growing. In this ecosystem there are a variety of companies and avid Techzim readers probably know of Cumii...
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Tsitsi And Strive Masiyiwa Honoured By The British Prime Minister Theresa May For Their Philanthropy Work
Zimbabwe’s telecoms entrepreneurs (yeah they are kind of a tag team) Tsitsi and Strive Masiyiwa have been recognised by the British Prime Minister Theresa May for their work in the...
Government Acknowledges Facial Recognition System In The Works
The facial recognition system that our government was reported to be working on deploying is now official. A statement released by the government confirmed the plans to deploy such a...
Zim To Join A Select Group Of African Nations With Space Agencies
The government has revealed that they are working to launch their own space agency. The National Geo-Spatial and Space Agency (NGSSA-quite the mouthful). The space agency will be headed by...
Loans To Build/Buy Houses For Zimbabweans In The Diaspora Have Just Got Sweeter, Steward Bank Revises Deal Favourably
When we first talked about Steward Bank offering mortgage loans to Zimbabweans in the diaspora the overall sentiment was that this was welcome and that their terms were relatively great....
ZOL Partners UAE Firm To Introduce Recycling Service For Electronic Devices
ZOL has partnered with EnviroServe – A UAE based recycling firm- which focuses on e-scrap, Household Recycling and Special Waste. This partnership will be used to provide recycling services for electronic...
The Debate That Tsitsi Masiyiwa Started: Do We Have A Work Ethic In Zimbabwe?
A few weeks back, Tsitsi Masiyiwa came under fire on twitter after she had in a no direct way questioned our work patterns or work culture as a country. While...
Strive Masiyiwa Shares Details About An Attempt By Mugabe To Abduct Him From SA And The Arrest Of Econet Directors Years Ago
The Econet story is well known and well empathised with. The fact that I only have to say the Econet story and most readers will understand immediately what I mean...
Why Would An Entrepreneur Report Econet To POTRAZ Over A ‘Stolen Idea’
We recently wrote an article on the entrepreneur who claims to have had his idea stolen by Econet. This is alleged to have happened a few years back but the...
The Most Popular Online News Platforms In Zimbabwe (March 2018)
Back in March, we published a list of Zimbabwe’s most popular online news platforms and the list released in March contained statistics from February. We promised that the list would...
With Elections On The Horizon Watch Out For The Fake News Storm That Is Coming
As we edge closer and closer to the elections, it seems a lot of things are still unclear. When will the elections be held? Who will win? Do people believe...
Letter From A Techzim Reader. Thought We Should Share His Story
We don’t say this enough but we appreciate all our readers here. We don’t always meet your expectations but that is what drives us to work everyday. We appreciate every...
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 (February 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....