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Econet pays ZiG4.3bn in taxes

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has paid more than $4.3 billion in taxes to the national fiscus for the half-year period ending August 2025, according to its latest interim financial statements.The taxes - equivalent to 31 percent of the company'…

Published: 17 Nov 2025 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Econet restricts SmartBiz to routers only

Econet has announced that its SmartBiz data lines will stop functioning in mobile phones from September 10, 2025, and will only be accessible through Wi-Fi rout

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tatenda Anastasia Mavetera We See The Good Work

His Excellency the President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to empower the nation's youth and open up leadership space and business opportunities for young people. True to his word we have seen the rise of Tatenda Anastasia Mavetera, Emily Je…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 19:59hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube

Open letter to Strive Masiyiwa

Hello Econet boss Mr Strive Masiyiwa I hope I find you well.I would like to express  my disgust over day light  robbery by your organisation  on the ecosure platform.Having been subscribing to your ecosure for over five year…

Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by MacDonald Sithole

Econet scoops best ZITF stand award

Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless yesterday scooped the award for the best overall stand at this years' Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) for its ultra-modern exhibition stand, which drew huge crowds.The top award, called the…

Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

New dispensation a replica of the old

DEAR President.Your Excellency, your ascendance to the Presidency was a political upstage which kindled hyped deliberations in the court of public opinion. Discussions on the probable direction the country was to take subsequent to your as…

Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Zanu-PF policies driving poverty, not sanctions

WITH the arrival of United Nations special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, to look into the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, there is a danger that looking on the surface it can easily be argued that sanctions are hurting the population as a who…

Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by A Mbire

Halloo Econet, Telecel and NetOne

The Gokwe Mapfungautsi Constituency is facing poor Network connectivity challenges.  The Constituency is along Chinyudze-Masoro-Ganyungu road under the Mapfungautsi Plateau. The network which available is that of econet but it is very…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:05hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero

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 Secreta

Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 18:04hrs | | by Agencies

How Econet made itself indispensable to Zimbabweans

On December 5, 2017, Zimbabwe's two major internet access providers (IAPs), Liquid Telecom and TelOne, suffered breaks in the fibre optic cables that blacked out 90% of the country from the internet for at least five hours.On July 20, 2019…

Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Mike Murenzvi

KweseTv PR must be clear to their clients

Sudden termination of KweseTv services to their customers came as a shock. This move should have been communicated clearly to customers in understandable jargon as to whether this closure of channels is permanently or just for a given time…

Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

Strive Masiyiwa never ceases to shame the devil

Strive Masiyiwa, the Econet Wireless founder, has always been his own man.With all his wealth, Masiyiwa does not get ahead of himself. His public persona is that of gentility â€” that social superiority, not superior airs, as demonstrated …

Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Conway Tutani

MDC plots Econet boycott?

MDC's Treasurer General Charlton Hwende has come under fire on Twitter for suggesting that MDC supporters boycott Econet service provider.In a Tweet on Thursday

Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

Corporates and cholera philanthropy

IT was recently reported that Econet Zimbabwe founding chief executive officer and now majority shareholder, Strive Masiyiwa issued a social media statement that questioned the transparency of the use of at least $10 million he/his company…

Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha

Econet cheats clients - Customer complaint

It's very disappointing to grasp the fact that a big organization like Econet is trying by all means to cheat it's clients. When Econet clients want to buy data bundles, they are given a combined package of data and WiFi bundles which I as…

Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Isaac

Not the Econet way...

Econet is by far the leading mobile network provider in Zimbabwe and stand their ground even outside the borders. I hear they have over five million local subscribers in Zimbabwe.EcoCash is widely used in the country to a point the other t…

Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkala

Econet Wireless has failed many times

IF you do not know Econet then you are from Mars because it is one of the Mobile Network Operators (MNO) that brought the first cellphones in your hands to Zimbabwe.The brand has had an impact locally, regionally and internationally. Let's…

Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Morris Mpala, MoB Capital Ltd

EcoCash Daylight Robbery - it's not always as good as it sounds or the picture portrays

"... abantu especially emaphandleni bayakhala bathi lama agent eEcoCash ezitolo bathi abanamali (people from the rural areas are crying foul on EcoCash agents as they continually say they don't have money) and opt for ukuthi (that) the rec…

Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Inkantoloyombonokazulu

Network providers urged to keep Up with the trends

It is an undeniable fact that social media is drastically changing the way people interact from simple socialising and connecting with friends and family to conducting business as well as ways in which news is relayed to the people.This ha…

Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 15:46hrs | | by Nare Adrian T

Econet Anti- Ndebele

Dear Editor,I was excited when I saw an article purportedly being a response on the valid concerns of the tribalistic tendencies of Econet as I thought that it was a response from the company. My heart sunk when I realized that it was a po…

Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Lihle Moyo

Econet does not employ Ndebeles - Response

Resolve and Press Forward: A Young Person's ResponseDear Editor, A few days ago, John Ncube who signed off as a very loyal subscriber to Econet, wrote an open letter to Strive Masiyiwa about how Econet Wireless Zimbabwe does not emplo…

Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 10:07hrs | | by Dalumuzi Mhlanga

Resolve and Press Forward: A Young Person's Response

A few days ago, John Ncube who signed off as a very loyal subscriber to Econet, wrote an open letter to Strive Masiyiwa about how Econet Wireless Zimbabwe does not employ Ndebele people. After reading the letter, I knew I needed to sa…

Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 17:36hrs | | by Dalumuzi Mhlanga

Econet does not employ Ndebeles - Open Letter to Strive Masiyiwa

Dear Editor,Re: Econet does not employ Ndebeles - Open Letter to Strive Masiyiwa I write this open letter to Strive Masiyiwa out of patriotism and in loving memory of umdala wethu. Those who were old enough in the late 90s will remember th…

Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | | by John Ncube

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 increase in the cost of data and voice, via a Post and Tele…

Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by Lenox Mhlanga

Econet, Mandiwanzira must find common ground

The tiff between Econet and ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira is unnecessary, and that it is playing out in the public gallery is unfortunate.Both parties have so far not covered themselves in glory, and there is need for them to stop squabbl…

Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by NewsDay

Post mortem of 'Data Prices' increase drama

IT is very easy for people to reach wrong conclusions on certain matters because they would have been fed with wrong information. The first point to understand some of these items before drawing emotional conclusions is to have accurate fa…

Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu

Data madness, as it was in 1924, resort to Telegraph in 2017.

As we receive news of Mobile Data increase, the whole other sane World is having its Data reduced. The difference however, in Zimbabwe is that we are paying for the luxury of this lousy, inadequate, opportunistic, incompetent and layman Re…

Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 19:33hrs | | by Venus Mlalazi

'Econet out in full force sodomising it's customers'

Econet out in full force sodomising it's customers. They just unveiled new steep mobile data tariffs as POTRAZ's floor prices come into effect. This is very un-interllectual and personally think it has another agenda altogether. You have n…

Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 14:05hrs | | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda

Econet sponsors first ever NBA Basketball game on African soil

Econet Wireless founder Mr Strive Masiyiwa has said on Facebook that the wireless company is sponsoring "the first ever NBA Basketball game on African soil."The

Published: 02 Aug 2015 at 10:16hrs | 6840 | by Moyo Roy

Zimbabwean mobile number portability faces glitches

Zimbabwean operators are slow in adopting mobile number portability (MNP) as they are not opening up their numbering systems to subscribers intending to switch

Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Econet & Telecel: A tale of two telecoms companies

Twenty years ago, in the mid-1990s, a young telecoms engineer came across an idea for the future and brought it to Zimbabwe.He wanted to operate a mobile telephone service business. It was unheard of in our parts, indeed, in many parts of …

Published: 01 May 2015 at 08:37hrs | | by Alex Magaisa

Econet and Steward Bank: Corporate bullying with a huge stink

I HATE bullies, be they human or corporate. Their intention is to instill the fear of God, mainly to avoid scrutiny. I had this feeling about Econet Wireless and Steward Bank in the past few weeks after reading about their "raid" of The So…

Published: 15 Apr 2015 at 07:23hrs | | by Eliphas Taonezvi

Econet, Steward Bank instil fear of the devil into newsrooms

The Press Release from Steward Bank regarding the Raid on The Source News Agency, dated 27th March 2015 and apparently authored by Mtetwa & Nyambirai Legal Practitioners has been placed in the public domain.We are surprised that Econet…

Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 18:50hrs | | by The Source

Is Econet trying to force us to buy Facebook bundles

4:24pm, Mar 9 - â€ª+263 8* *** ****â€¬: Dear editor, Allow me to express my views on one of the country's leading mobile operator Econet. Econet has data bundles for social networks such as Whatapp, Facebook and for the browser Operamini. …

Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 15:58hrs | | by Econet Customer

Econet is a key player in Zimbabwean politics

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has over the years come to be a key player in Zimbabwe's national political economy.  Recently, a local weekly The Zimbabwe Independent published a story on its front page that Econet had bailed out the govern…

Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 19:04hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha

Econet disappoints loyal customer

Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number.5:57pm, Nov 1 - â€ª+263 7* *** ***: Econet wireless is disadvantaging Bulawayo universi…

Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 07:39hrs | | by University Student

Strive Masiyiwa saving lives

Strive Masiyiwa, the chairperson and founder of Econet Wireless Group, a global telecommunications service provider, is saving money and lives through Facebook, which is one of the world's biggest social network platforms.The Econet boss s…

Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 06:59hrs | | by Brian Kazungu

Econet offers TeleCash employees double salary

The battles between Zimbabwe`s largest mobile network operators are far from over; with a new cold war at tipping point. Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has been blamed for fishing directly in Telecel's skills pond, a move which has been describe…

Published: 21 Aug 2014 at 12:07hrs | | by Tonderai Rutsito Tech Talk

Do you think Strive Masiyiwa would make a good president of Zimbabwe?

The main problem with African politics and politicians is that they are poor. They get into politics to make money, most of them are not business people in their own right. Even if they are business people those businesses are usually not …

Published: 24 May 2014 at 19:34hrs | | by Rutilio Usayi

How Zvobgo tipped Strive Masiyiwa in the Econet licence battle

It was 30th December 1997, I had travelled with Pastor Tom Deuschle, and leaders of our church to Boston, in the United States, to try and raise money for a hospital. Nearly 3 months had gone by since our last court appearance. It had been…

Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 09:59hrs | | by Strive Masiyiwa

Five lessons from Strive Masiyiwa

Over two decades ago, Strive Masiyiwa took the Zimbabwean government to court in a grueling five-year legal battle. Masiyiwa had been planning to launch his own mobile telecoms company, but the government, which claimed it held an exclusiv…

Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 03:07hrs | | by Mfonobong Nsehe,

Train up a child to solve the problems we can't solve - Masiyiwa

I learnt a principle from King David in the bible, which is that we must have the wisdom and courage, and above all the humility, to appreciate that there are some problems, which we can only address by educating, and mentoring the next ge…

Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 02:09hrs | | by Strive Masiyiwa

Econet 'sabotaging' bulk SMS players

Zimbabwe's largest mobile network by subscriber base, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, is reportedly "sabotaging" thousands of bulk SMS services in a move that has frustrated many private players as Econet continues to "unmask" the cool sender ID…

Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 05:41hrs | | by Tonderai Rutsito TechSpot

'I'm excited about the potential of agriculture,' says Strive Masiyiwa

As an entrepreneur, I am really excited about the potential in agriculture. If I were a young person, starting out in business today, I would seriously consider agriculture.The first thing, you would need to do is to change the way you see…

Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 12:39hrs | | by Strive Masiyiwa

Mobile Number Portability is the way forward for Zimbabwe

LAST week Zimbabweans watched haplessly as their right to communicate was being violated after Econet, the biggest cellphone service provider, switched off Telecel, the second largest mobile phone network, because the latter was not licens…

Published: 15 Aug 2013 at 07:52hrs | | by Tonderai Rutsito Tech Spot

Telecel shakes the market with a number of intriguing promotions

Since the beginning of the year Telecel has shaken the market with a number of intriguing promotions that have attracted a lot of attention.While other cellphone service providers have also run their own promotions, Telecel's promotions ha…

Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 04:00hrs | | by Tonderai Rutsito TechSpot

Is Econet fighting a good fight at the wrong time!

Every decision counts. Good ones lead to success while bad ones are costly. But how are good decisions made? What separates a good decision from a bad one? What I know is that both good and bad decisions have opportunity costs while some h…

Published: 28 Aug 2012 at 11:32hrs | | by Anonymous

Why Econet Wireless is best company in Zimbabwe

Please allow me to contribute to the ongoing debate in your newspapers involving Econet.The founder of Econet Wireless, Strive Masiyiwa, has a reputation among his executives as a man who likes to run his business by numbers.This means tha…

Published: 04 Sep 2011 at 16:19hrs | | by Sello Dube

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