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Mbare boy scales high to rule Google
ZIMBABWEANS are well-known for their resilience and undying desire to overcome obstacles in their way.Tech guru, Dr James Manyika, the senior vice president of research, technology and society...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:11hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says US partial sanctions removal on Zimbabwe is nonsense
THE recent partial removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States of America is "nonsense" and can only become meaningful if these illegal sanctions are removed in totality, President Mnangagwa...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch rail fibre optic project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to launch the second phase of the National Rail Fibre Optic Project today in Somabhula on the outskirts of Gweru, Midlands Province, as the country scales up the moment...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Starlink can operate Without Government Approval in Zimbabwe
Starlink, the satellite internet constellation developed by SpaceX, has gained global attention for its potential to revolutionise connectivity. However, in Zimbabwe, the government has not yet grante...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 08:16hrs | 23511 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chinese miner fined for using Starlink broadband in Zimbabwe
A Chinese mining company has been fined US$700 for using the Starlink internet service, which Zimbabwe is yet to licence.Authorities also seized the Starlink router and antenna.In a st...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 15:53hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
NetOne to install data, internet infrastructure
STATE owned mobile phone operator NetOne intends to deploy additional capital this year towards installation of data and internet service infrastructure, as data traffic continues to dominate the firm...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
China supports Zimbabwe's HR development plans
CHINA'S ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding says the Asian giant will continue to support the country in developing talent by conducting human resources development programmes.China's foreign aid...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:49hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Advertising, distributing and using Starlink internet is illegal in Zimbabwe
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has warned individuals and companies who are caught distributing and advertising Starlink Internet Services' gadgets that th...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge to Victoria Falls fibre optic cable testing completed
IMPLEMENTATION of the Zimbabwe National Broadband Plan (2023–2030) is on course, with a test run for the fibre optic cables that run from Beitbridge to Victoria Falls and Harare having been complete...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 10:17hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Zesa plans to connect 3 million rural households
ZESA plans to connect at least three million rural households in Zimbabwe over the next four years via solar-energy home kits as well as grid connections where possible to support the major catch-up i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to deploy Chinese like cameras in cities
The government is gearing up to deploy security cameras in smart cities, commencing with the capital city, Harare, to address crime issues and enhance traffic management. This move is part of the broa...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe likely to approve Starlink
Zimbabwe has received Starlink's application for a licence to provide satellite internet services and it is likely to be approved, information minister Jenfan Muswere said on Monday.Muswere, w...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:00hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Qoki women acquire coach
THE entrepreneurship drive of Qoki Zindlovukazi women continues to scale dizzy heights after they bought a luxury coach which is set to ply the Bulawayo-Harare route.The group comprising 30 wo...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 369 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's internet penetration rate on track to hit 75% by 2025
During 2022, a report by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) indicated that the country had a 63% internet penetration rate. It represented a higher increase (2...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 12:14hrs | 112 | by Staff Reporter
SADC countries except South Africa scrap roaming charges
Mobile users in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana will no longer be charged extra when they cross borders. The initiative in the four Southern African Development Community (SADC) countrie...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 17:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers
The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt welcomes internet connectivity at varsities
GOVERNMENT has applauded efforts by the Ubuntu Net Alliance to partner the National Research and Education Networks (NRENS) to bring internet connectivity at universities.Speaking during the 1...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Global technology guru dates Zimbabwe
RENOWNED technologist and founder of artificial intelligence company, Omelas, Evanna Hu will visit Zimbabwe to engage stakeholders on the rollout of 5G technologies as part of celebrations to mark the...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Wi-Fi pledge attracts brickbats from electorate
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for promising to provide Wi-Fi service at all Cowdray Park houses in Bulawayo where he is campaigning for a parliamentary seat in this year's election...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 09:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets 75% internet penetration
GOVERNMENT says it is targeting to increase internet penetration rate to reach 75% by 2025.Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Development minister Sithembiso Nyoni said this while de...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 85 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chipo Mutasa steps down as TelOne boss
TelOne managing director Chipo Mutasa is set to step down from her post at the end of this month after steering the ship for a decade.Mutasa leaves TelOne after completing her two five-year te...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade up 30%
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China went up by 29,9% to US$1,7 billion between January and September this year.The statistics were revealed by Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun during a...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
'50% of Zimbabwe's population has no access to the Internet'
HALF of Zimbabwe's population has no access to the internet, a cabinet minister has said, warning that digital exclusion reinforces and deepens existing economic and social exclusion.ICTs mini...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet penetration rate increases
ZIMBABWE'S internet penetration rate has increased with broadband network extension remaining an issue, Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Dr Jenfan Muswere ...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos hike bundle prices
Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector has reviewed its bundle prices, both in domestic (ZW$) and United States dollars (US$), to align with rising operation costs.This comes two weeks after the...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
China pledges more investment support to Zimbabwe
MORE Chinese companies are expected to invest in Zimbabwe if high quality products are introduced, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said last Friday.Addressing delegates in Harare a...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
TelOne picks EOS Data for agric platform
TelOne, the State-owned telecommunications company, has picked EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics, to provide a platform that allows farmers to mon...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Government connects 400 schools to the internet
GOVERNMENT has connected 400 schools to the internet in all the country's 10 provinces as part of an ongoing programme to accelerate the implementation of the national e-learning strategy.The ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa eyes US$500m for expansion
Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, who runs firms including Africa's largest fibre-optic cable network, plans to raise as much as US$500-million to expand his digital infrastructure and servic...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 5G in Victoria Falls
Econet Wireless on Friday officially launched its 5G network in Victoria Falls as the listed telecommunications company expands its rollout of the super-f...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:39hrs | 15 | by Agencies
TelOne groans under sub-economic tariffs
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company TelOne is reeling under high inflation which has impeded profitability while sub-economic tariffs are threatening to sink the firm.TelOne's last tariff r...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Free land, duty-free equipment for science facilities
Government will provide land free of charge to investors who intend to build facilities for innovation, research and development, while equipment and materials for such centres would be imported duty-...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
UK blocking South Africans at airports unless they pass Afrikaans test
Several South African passport holders who attempted to fly to and from the United Kingdom (UK) claim they had to pass a general knowledge quiz in Afrikaans before they could board their planes....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Vandalism costs TelOne US$1m annually
TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, TelOne, has embarked on a drive to provide wireless or optic fibre network solutions to replace copper installations which have been a target of vandalism across the count...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TelOne lays out fresh fibre plan
STATE-OWNED telecoms operator, TelOne is seeking funding to deploy fibre network to over 100 000 homes in the next five years under the National Broadband Phase II project, as it moves to counter netw...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Elon Musk says Starlink won't block Russian news sources unless forced 'at gunpoint'
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said some governments recently told the company to block Russian media outlets from its Starlink satellite broadband service. In a tweet he sent out early Saturday, Musk declared ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Econet scales up dominance with 5G
ZIMBABWE'S biggest mobile telecomnunications firm, Econet Wireless yesterday launched the country's first high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, moving the domestic market in li...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
In a major first, Econet switches on 5G network in Zimbabwe
Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe's largest telecommunications company, today launched high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, in partnership with global technology infrastructure suppli...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Board
THE Gates Foundation is adding four new members to its board of trustees: its CEO Mark Suzman; Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa; Thomas Tierney, the co-founder of Bridgespan Group, one of the no...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
China's 10m jabs gift major boost for Covid-19 fight
China donated another 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, bringing its gifts to 12 million doses, and ensuring that with its own purchases Zimbabwe now has access to adequate stocks to give the unv...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet decries erratic power supply
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has bemoaned erratic power supply in the country, saying this was negatively affecting service delivery while adding to the telecoms giant's operational costs.Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
NetOne leads telecoms infrastructure development
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company, NetOne, has led the development of mobile telephone infrastructure in the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 on the back of a partnership with Huawei Techno...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Potraz calls for investment in broadband
ZIMBABWE'S telecoms regulator says the COVID–19 outbreak has exposed serious shortcomings in operators' capacity to meet demand for key services like broadband coverage.In a commentary to th...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
2022 Post Budget Analysis
The Zimbabwean government presented a ZW$927.3 billion budget (18% of GDP) for the 2022 fiscal year. The government expects to collect revenues totaling ZW$850.7 billion (17% of GDP), thus resulting i...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 09:11hrs | 16 | by Victor Bhoroma
Econet eyes 5G roll out
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed mobile network operator Econet Wireless reported a strong performance for the half-year to August 31, 2021, with a ZW$7,9 billion profit in historical terms, up from a l...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Zimbabwe's proposed US$50 cellphone tax
GOVERNMENT has been urged to withdraw the proposed US$50 cellphone levy as it could create a digital divide, as handset dealers will simply pass on the expense to already constrained consumers....Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Telecoms sector appeals for tax reduction
ZIMBABWE'S Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have appealed to the Government to reduce multiple taxes levied on the telecommunications industry to enhance operational viability and new investments....Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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