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Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc data costs prohibitive'
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has castigated the high cost of data in southern Africa as an assault against freedom of expression."The cost of accessing the internet r...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Potraz defends data tariff hikes
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) yesterday justified data tariff hikes by telecommunications operators saying the telcos were actually operating below profitable thresho...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misa advocates for low data tariffs
MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has joined civic groups in a campaign for low data tariffs to enable citizens enjoy cheap internet services.Misa legal and information commun...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans demand cheaper internet: #DataMustFall
A campaign has been launched in Zimbabwe calling for telecom providers to reduce how much they charge for internet services, reports ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe's mobile data costliest in Africa - Report
The latest report by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) says Zimbabwe has highest mobile data costs in the region at $25 per gigabyte.The fifth edition of the annual report examines i...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by The Source
Zimbabwe's mobile data charges second highest in Africa - report
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa after Equatorial Guinea at $25 for one gigabyte, a technology report released last week has shown.Despite the spread of...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Data pricing crisis nearly floored Econet
We all watched in horror as the Zimbabwe version of the #datamustfall campaign went ballistic.Much of it was played out in the social media space.People were shocked by the sudden ...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by Lenox Mhlanga
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