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Mnangagwa says power cuts cast a cloud over Sadc
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has highlighted the persistent electricity shortages facing Zimbabwe and other Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, calling them a major hindrance ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Cheap mobile and fintech innovator a solution for the Zimbabwe market
Greydot Telecommunications Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of Greydot Telecommunications Africa, is making significant strides in the telecommunications and fintech landscape across Southern Africa. Establishe...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 14:32hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to fine telcos over poor service delivery
Telecommunications companies and internet service providers in Zimbabwe now face fines of up to US$5,000 for poor service delivery, following new regulations introduced by the Minister of Information ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Starlink : A potential digital lifeline for rural Zimbabwe
In a world where connectivity is a lifeline for information, education, and economic opportunities, the promise of Starlink, SpaceX's ambitious satellite internet project, shines brightly for rural an...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Starlink: A Potential Lifeline for Rural Zimbabwe
In a world where connectivity is a lifeline for information, education, and economic opportunities, the promise of Starlink, SpaceX's ambitious satellite ...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 04:50hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Plumtree gives residents water meter ultimatum
PLUMTREE Town Council has given pre-paid water users in the border town three weeks to revert to post-paid meters after some residents went for three years without paying for water.A number of...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potraz launches traffic monitoring system
Potraz has launched a telecommunications traffic monitoring and revenue assurance system so as to ensure full accountability in the provision of public telecommunication services but cannot read the c...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 08:55hrs | | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa owed $15bn by customers'
State power utility ZESA Holdings is owed a staggering $15 billion by both individuals and commercial and industrial clients, executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata said on Friday last week.Dr Gata...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:19hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa scales down load-shedding
ZESA Holdings has scaled down its 12-hour load-shedding after it successfully restored operations at Hwange Thermal Power Station.Zesa Holdings' subsidiary, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission a...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe will be a net power exporter'
ZIMBABWE has commenced several programmes to improve power generation and plug a crippling electricity deficit.The projects are at various stages of completion.Our business reporter, F...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Current digital banking trends in the US
Due to the pandemic, most industries across the globe have been forced to adapt and transform ways of doing business. Digitization has arguably been the most important tool for this, due to social dis...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:23hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer
NetOne boss Muchenje trial deferred to April 28
REINSTATED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has been remanded to April 28 for trial on criminal abuse of office charges.Muchenje is jointly charged with NetOne interconnection and roami...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approved firing of NetOne boss
THE NetOne board of directors this week sought President Emmerson Mnangagwa's approval to terminate the contract of the suspended chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje, the Zim Morning Post reporte...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$123m for fibre cables
ZIMBABWE requires US$123 million to invest in optic fibre to extend the backbone network to reach and serve every district in the country.This was contained in a consultation paper on Zimbabwe...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
NetOne top brass trial postponed
THE trial of suspended NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje and seven other senior managers on fraud allegations was yesterday postponed to October 29 after the State failed to provide them...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium mine secures power supply
Prospect Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with African Continental Minerals (ACM) for the supply of power to the Arcadia lithium project and is exploring imports from the regio...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by newZWire
Zimbabe military clarifies NSSA role in Afreximbank loan
Africom wishes to state facts on the Africom Afreximbank loan of 15m after having noted that certain elements of the media continue to misrepresent the contents on the recently published Forensic Audi...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Africom
Government debts weigh on TelOne
State owned fixed telecommunications giant TelOne says unpaid Government debts amounting to $93 million, 62 percent of total debt, are largely the reason it has struggled to meet obligations to critic...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt, parastatals owe TelOne $93m in unpaid bills
Telone trimmed its debtors' book by 7% from $162 million in 2017 to $151 million in 2018, but is still struggling to recover debts owed by government departments and parastatals totalling $93 million ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NetOne hikes prices too
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has approved request made by state-owned mobile operator NetOne to increase tariffs effective 1 April 2019, ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Strive Masiyiwa inks Cape to Cairo fibre network deal
Telecom Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding with Liquid Telecom to enable the pan-African group to complete Africa's terrestrial fibre network stretching across the African continent, the c...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Reuters
Brahma Kumaris spiritual leader in week-long Zimbabwe visit
THE leader of a worldwide spiritual movement Brahma Kumaris, Mr Bharat Bhushan is in Zimbabwe for a week-long conference starting today that will touch on issues affecting humanity.Brahma Kuma...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mobile phone network operators slash data tariffs
MOBILE Network Operators (MNOs) have slashed mobile data tariffs from 12,5 cents to five cents per megabyte in compliance with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe directiv...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt slashes e-payment charges
Government yesterday slashed unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) charges by more than half to 5 cents per session effective July 1, as it moves to accelerate the use of e-payments.U...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banks set to cut transaction costs
The cost of mobile and internet-based financial services is set for a significant drop after Government directed that the charge for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), the technology plat...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Data charges reduced
Postal Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has directed telecommunications companies to slash data charges from US$0.12 cents to US$0.05 cents per megabyte.POTRAZ anno...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Mnangagwa strategy for Zimbabwe's recovery
The multiple initiatives that President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration has launched may be confusing to a citizenry already buffeted by years of debility and decline.It is thus im...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by George Charamba
Mnangagwa receives railway equipment from SA
THE revival of big industries in the mining, agriculture and manufacturing sectors is top of the Government's agenda as the nation seeks to transform the economy and create jobs for Zimbabweans,...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
POTRAZ opens up
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has made an undertaking to uphold the principles of transparency and responsiveness by keeping its doors open to the media o...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Comesa slashes roaming charges
MOBILE network subscribers in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) may soon enjoy reduced calling charges following a decision by the bloc's government ministers to slash charges...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telecoms services fall short of statutort standards
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has started writing to telecoms operators whose services fall short of statutory standards.This comes against the background ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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. Tho...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 5 | by John Ncube
Econet pulls no punches
SEETHING mobile telecommunications company Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) said last week its competitors NetOne and TelOne have since accrued more than US$25 million in unpaid interconnection fees...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet, Mandiwanzira in ugly brawl
Days after reversing extortionist government-approved mobile data charges by Econet Wireless, Information Communication Technology and Courier Services minister Supa Mandiwanzira is yet to know pe...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 emoti...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Does Zimbabwe need a single international gateway?
IT depends on who you ask. Different stakeholders will give you a different answer for different reasons. The concept of multiple international gateways is not unique to Zimbabwe in a region which has...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Zimbabwe telecom firms to compensate clients for poor service
PROVIDERS of telecommunication services are now compelled to meet a prescribed minimum quality of service, in terms of newly promulgated regulations, and may have to compensate customers for sub-stand...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Golden Sibanda
Zimbabwe flying a plane without a radar - Zinara
Zimbabwe has no clue on the accurate figure needed for road rehabilitation, a development that is affecting investment, Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting CEO Moses Juma has said....Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 11:01hrs | | by Nqobile Bhebhe
Mujuru displaying her ignorance to the world
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru's Tuesday interview with South African radio station SAfm has all but confirmed that she learnt nothing from working closely with President Robert Mugabe in the 10 y...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff writer
Eskom confirms sale of electricity to Zimbabwe
Eskom has confirmed the sale of electricity to Zimbabwe but denied that the power supply agreement with its Zimbabwean counterpart the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) is secret, ...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Solar powered wireless access
Background Some time in March 2010 ,. the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) made an announcement t...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Telecash hits one million subscribers
Telecel Zimbabwe has grown the subscriber base for its mobile money platform, TeleCash to one million almost two years after its launch. Telecel Zimbabwe said it was targeting to increase ...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
TelOne to introduce prepaid system
FIXED phone operator, TelOne, which is owed more than $160 million by its customers, plans to introduce a prepaid system to stem the rising tide of customer defaults. Its debtors include Government, t...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Econet cuts staff salaries by 35%
ECONET Wireless, Zimbabwe's largest mobile phone company, is cutting salaries by 35 percent across the board starting in July. The cuts will also be felt at Econet's subsidiaries, Steward Bank, Mutare...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 14:12hrs | | by Clemence Manyukwe
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