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Econet starts on boarding clients to 5MW data centre
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has announced it will start onboarding its corporate clients to its newly-commissioned, state-of-the-art 5 megawatt (MW) data centre in Harare at the end of this month, markin...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:30hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet traffic is served via South Africa
Zimbabwe's internet traffic is served from South AfricaMore than 90% of Zimbabwe's internet traffic is served via Teraco, a data centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, where local Internet Service ...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 18:16hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe subscribers push Starlink to limit
THE overwhelming demand for cost-effective internet services is pushing newcomer, Star Link, to the edge with consumers experiencing unexpectedly slow speeds this week, especially in Harare, due to co...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 3028 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to open passport offices in US, UK and Zambia
The Cabinet recently approved the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage's Integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems Strategy, which aims to computerize government depa...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:03hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
New 500MW solar plant for Victoria Falls
VICTORIA Falls is inching closer to becoming a smart tourism and green destination following plans to construct a renewable energy exhibition park and a 500MW solar plant, which will be complemented b...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZESN unable to verify Zimbabwe election results
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have said they are unable to verify Presidential election results after police confiscated their gadgets in a recent raid of...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Observers arrest irks UN
THE United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over the arrest of election observers from the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and the Election Resource Centre (ERC).Police on Wednesday...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZEN speak on arrest of election observers
Election Resource Centre (ERC) & Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) Alert 🚨 The Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff Reports
Powertel to invest US$50m towards network expansion
POWERTEL Communications, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has revealed plans to invest in excess of US$50 million towards network expansion and rural datafication, as it increases connectivity across th...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm gets lucrative US$200m Zimbabwe exploration deal
GOVERNMENT has awarded a US$200 million contract to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to modernise Zimbabwe’s geological survey and metallurgical laboratory infrastructure facilities, the Zim...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:22hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa receives Afreximbank award
STRIVE Masiyiwa, the founder and chairperson of the Econet Group and Cassava Technologies, has expressed his appreciation at the recognition he received at the Afreximbank's Pan-African Business and D...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:21hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected in Ghana
PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA is expected in Ghana today, where he will join continental and Caribbean leaders for the 30th African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) meetings.His participation symbolises...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dangles US$20m for lithium battery plant
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says the Government is ready to put forward US$20 million to partner investors willing to invest in a lithium battery manufacturing pro...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:44hrs | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door ARV distribution plans advanced
People living with HIV/AIDS will soon have anti retroviral (ARV) medication delivered to their homes under a programme meant to reduce cases of defaulting and enhance uptake. The programme, which will...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 15 | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Trial of ex-NetOne boss in false start
THE trial of former NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje and three former subordinates on charges of entering into an agreement with a Mauritanian firm for the provision of virtual lines without bo...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
2022 Legal Year opens today
The 2022 Legal Year opens today with Chief Justice Luke Malaba delivering the keynote address on achievements and challenges over the past 12 months and the judicial administrative agenda for this yea...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Superior courts move to paperless system
Designing of a paperless system for the superior courts is now complete and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is ready to train staff on how to operate the new system ahead of the programme's laun...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa to open 10 mega data facilities
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has opened its fifth mega data center in South Africa, as it doubles down on its continental leadership in the growing data centers sector, where it is targeting to bui...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra registers 21 643 new tax payers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says a total of 21 643 enterprises were registered as new tax payers in the year 2020 as the Government's efforts to widen revenue collection bear fruit. ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Liquid POP links Africa directly to US internet resources
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid) is opening a new Internet Point of Presence (POP) in Miami, Florida, that will connect the United States to its A...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 16:11hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's online content creators under siege
FREEDOM of expression and access to information is and will always be the backbone of any democracy.The media should express itself freely, without being gagged or persecuted. At the bottom of...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Evans Mathanda
Zanu-PF goes digital
Zanu-PF Harare province yesterday launched its computer data capturing centre as part of the Revolutionary Party's goal of having a national database to account for its members as well as programmes. ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's Liquid Telecom rebrands
The newly rebranded Liquid Intelligent Technologies (formerly Liquid Telecom) says its transformation is aimed at becoming a more interactive business, providing solutions for all economic sectors acr...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tech trends that cannot be ignored in 2021 and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated reduced physical human interaction with more people engaging online now than ever before. This is unlikely to fade anytime soon and will see the increased datafic...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:09hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe can bust sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government could easily circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Harare by the West if the country makes use of its highly-skilled human capital to foster economi...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NetOne boss abandons application
NETONE chief executive officer, Lazarus Muchenje, yesterday abandoned an application for exception to one of the charges in which he is alleged to have entered into an agreement with a Mauritanian fir...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Team to counter cyber-terrorism in pipeline
Plans are underway to set up a National Computer Incidence Response Team (NCIRT) to improve issues surrounding cyber terrorism, data theft and any breaches of privacy. This was said yeste...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former NetOne boss trial date set
THE trial of former NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje and three former subordinates has been set for next month. Muchenje and the trio are accused of entering into an agreement with a Ma...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe grilled over spot fines
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said government is working on modalities to ensure that various methods of payment are used at police roadblocks to make it easy for payment of spot fines....Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts assembling 50 000 computer units
The country has started assembling at least 50 000 units of local Information Technology Communication (ICTs) devices including laptops and I-pads annually with 800 units already assembled. Some are i...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
British foreign secretary tours Econet facility
BRITISH foreign secretary Mr Dominic Raab last week visited the East African Data Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, during which tour he unveiled his Britain's support for developing countries to shift to cle...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
British Foreign Secretary tours Econet facility in Nairobi
The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Dominic Raab, has visited an East African Data Centre in Nairobi owned by Econet subsidiary Liquid Telecom.The Foreign Secretary announced the visit on his Tw...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 18:04hrs | 17 | by Agencies
MP takes issue with govt over commissions' funding
DZIVARASEKWA legislator Edwin Mushoriwa yesterday blasted government for its failure to fund commissions in the 2021 national budget, saying that this was a threat to democracy. Mushoriwa said...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe crisis presents immense opportunities'
IT has been an eventful year for Tendo Electronics MD and recent winner of the director of the year award at this year's edition of the Megafest awards, Mike Kamungeremu (MK).The firm, which s...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tables ambitious 100% broadband plan
ZIMBABWE has tabled an ambitious plan to have 100% high speed broadband coverage in all areas where people live, work, travel and learn.This plan is contained in a consultative paper, the Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-NetOne boss Muchenje faces four charges
FORMER NetOne chief executive, Lazarus Muchenje, will now stand trial on four different charges where he is jointly charged with other company employees on criminal abuse of office. This comes after t...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa acquires Standard Bank's data centre
ZIMBABWE telecoms businessman Strive Masiyiwa has completed a transaction which will see one of his companies owning Standard Bank's Johannesburg data centre.Data centres are locations in whic...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Potraz pleads with Zesa over power cuts
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has urged Zesa to shield data and other information communication telecommunication centres from load shedding to avoid disr...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Increased earthquake activities in Kariba
RECEDING water levels in Lake Kariba have resulted in increased earthquake activity in its environs, with the latest being a 3,5 magnitude moderate quake that hit Kariba and surrounding areas last Fri...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bullish on TelOne future prospects
The professionalism of TelOne's management, including their determined push to turnaround the State-owned enterprise (SOE), will likely be a drawcard for reputable technical partners or suitors, Presi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:30hrs | 17 | by Staff rpeorter
Non-performing parastatals warned
President Mnangagwa has warned parastatals that continue to under-perform despite Government support saying days of perennial poor performances and failure to complete projects they would have embarke...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, South Africa to jointly develop Beitbridge, Musina
President Mnangagwa cuts the ribbon during the official launch of the TelOne Beitbridge-Masvingo-Harare fibre optic link in Beitbridge yesterdayTHE Zimbabwean and South African governments hav...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:59hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Liquid Telecom to invest $400m USD in Egyptian network infrastructure and data centres following completion of 'Cape to Cairo'
Harare, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2018 - Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8 billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over t...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Mapozho Saruchera
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