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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 | 431 | 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 | 1207 | by Agencies
Big brands troop into Victoria Falls facility
A STRING of the country's big brands, including fast food outlets, has stampeded into Zimre Property Investments' Sawanga Mall in Victoria Falls, helping the top end real estate gem notch 95% occupanc...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1212 | by Staff reporter
Why Netflix chose Masiyiwa for its board
ZIMBABWEAN tycoon and founder of pan-African telecoms heavyweight Econet Group Strive Masiyiwa has taken a board seat at Netflix, underlining the Silicon Valley giant's ambitions on the continent of m...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Econet seeks nod at accept US dollar payments
Telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is looking to engage authorities for permission to take payments in foreign currency for some of its products. In March this year, the Governm...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:27hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecom and Zayo partner to Expand Global Network Coverage
Johannesburg, South Africa - Leading pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has announced their partnership with Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader of Communications Infrastructure. The p...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 16:04hrs | 582 | by Agencies
Econet partners X to roll out high-speed broadband technology
Google's parent company Alphabet yesterday announced that it has tapped the Econet Group as its partner to launch a new high-speed broadband technology which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic ca...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3246 | by Agencies
Power cuts push Econet losses
DIVERSIFIED telecommunications group Econet Wireless suffered exchange losses in excess of $6 billion in its financial year and reeled under rolling power cuts that hit the country last year.I...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:35hrs | 352 | by Staff writer
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 | 9784 | by Staff reporter
Cassava Fintech and Liquid Telecom launch Sasai Wi-Fi Finder
Cassava Fintech International (CFI) and the Liquid Telecom Group (LTG) have announced the launch of Sasai Wi-Fi Finder, a potential game-changer in driving digital and financial inclusion in Africa. T...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 13:54hrs | 2062 | by Agencies
Masiyiwa struggles to sell stake in Liquid
THE coronavirus pandemic is hampering efforts by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa to sell a stake in Africa's largest fibre company.Masiyiwa is seeking buyers for 20% to 34% of Liquid Te...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:39hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi still to receive suspension letter
EMBATTLED former Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi is yet to receive his suspension papers, thereby slowing his disciplinary hearing.The outspoken Goromonzi West lawmaker was fired las...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:25hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans billionaire's company takes over SA data centre
AFRICA Data Centres, part of the Liquid Telecom Group, has completed the acquisition of a state-of-the-art Tier IV data centre in Johannesburg from Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank. The ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must introduce wealth tax and improve our health sector as Nguwaya donates drugs
Mr D Nguwaya a Zimbabwean business man has challenged other Zimbabwean businesses to come together and help the government to fight COVID 19. Mr D Nguwaya is a decorated dedicated Zimbabwean business ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 17:45hrs | 2454 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Liquid Telecom helps Zimbabwe to establish COVID-19 toll-free '2023' helpline
Liquid Telecom Zimbabwe has provided financial support, expertise and technology for a dedicated national toll-free '2023' helpline and call centre, recently launched by HE President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 11:54hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Spike in Covid-19 cases worries Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday expressed concern over increases almost daily in Covid-19 confirmed cases, a development which makes it crucial for the corporate world to continue assisting Government i...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to promote telehealth
Government is working towards promoting telehealth as it intensifies its efforts to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. This followed the handover of an assortment of gadgets by the telecommun...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecom to provide free Wi-Fi to students, health workers
Leading communications services and solutions provider Liquid Telecom has come to the aid of tertiary students and health workers in the country by providing selected institutions and hospitals with f...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Econet to bid for Ethiopian telecoms license
Econet Global Ltd., owned by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, is keen to acquire a telecommunications license in Ethiopian, which is opening up the industry to foreign investment for the first ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:57hrs | 1014 | by Bloomberg
Econet wants to hike tariffs
TELECOMMS giant, Econet Wireless is in talks with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) for a possible tariff increase prompted by the continuing devaluation of t...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2835 | by newzimbabwe
Econet half-year results reflective of a tough operating environment
Zimbabwe's mobile network giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe posted a set of results that reflects the impact of hyperinflation on entities operating in Zimba...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 16:19hrs | 1529 | by Agencies
Liquid Telecom rolls out free Wi-Fi
Liquid Telecom has successfully rolled out free Wi-Fi across 48 higher and tertiary learning institutions in Zimbabwe as part of its long-term initiatives to equip citizens across Africa with Digital ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:06hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Higherlife Foundation launches 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign
Higherlife Foundation today launched the 'Support Our Hospitals' campaign aimed at capacitating doctors working in public hospitals by mobilizing funding and material support to ensure public medical ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:23hrs | 1921 | 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 f...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1037 | by Mike Murenzvi
Trench excavation across Bulawayo roads
The motoring public is advised that Liquid Telecom will excavate along the following roads, (See list below) in the City and across the same roads using trenchless technologies for the purposes of lay...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Econet boss lands top UN post
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Econet Wireless chief operating officer Fayaz King as Assistant Secretary General and will serve at the United Nations Children's Fund ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:01hrs | 4246 | by Staff reporter
ICT experts propose changes to Cyber Bill
Information Communication Technology (ICT) professionals have called for a review of the Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Bill to provide for the inclusion of more independent experts in the envisaged 11-...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 28 | by Stafff reporter
Minister bemoans industry collapse, deepening economic crisis
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has bemoaned the collapse of industry and companies in province due to the country's deepening economic woes.Speaking with businesspeop...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Telecoms operators urged to take consumers’ grievances seriously
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete has said telecoms operators should take consumers' grievances seriously so that they improve on...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:00hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa pockets $100m in dividends
STRIVE Masiyiwa has pocketed close to US$100 million as dividend payouts from his investment in Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) since 2009, businessdigest has established.According to Econet Wi...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 7756 | by Staff reporter
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:31hrs | 344 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Facing national challenges: None but ourselves
In mid-March Zimbabwe together with Malawi and Mozambique fell victim to the violent and destructive Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds of people and left thousands displaced in these three southern A...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 159 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Econet increases voice call tariffs
THE country's biggest cellular network, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has increased tariffs for local voice calls to as high as RTGS$2,24 per minute. The new tariff adjustments come into effect from...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:42hrs | 3141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet service providers peg services in US$
ZIMBABWE's major internet service providers have pegged their broadband services in United States dollars in response to measures announced in the 2019 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) presented in Feb...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Econet goes full force in search of Cyclone Idai survivors
ZIMBABWE's largest telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless, says it has deployed the full might of its organisational capacity in search of survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai. In a st...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Potraz summons Liquid over tariff hike
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has summoned Zol Zimbabwe for questioning over its unauthorised data tariff increase, NewsDay reported.Zol Zimbabwe,...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:24hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Government calls for partnership in e-learning drive
THE Government is calling upon private and public companies to take an active role in supporting e-learning in schools so that they continue to bridge the digital divide in the country.Deputy ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo must be puking as Strive Masiyiwa's fortune rises to US$2.3bn
exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo last week made a jibe on telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa saying that Masiyiwa is a Bond-note billionaire, a reference to the local currency th...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:25hrs | 2835 | by Staff reporter
'I have US$ 13 Billion businesses' Masiyiwa responds to Jonathan Moyo
Telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa has responded to a jibe by exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo that he is a Bondnote billionaire, a reference to the local currency that is used i...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 13:11hrs | 19196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shares in Liquid are like $135m cash, says Mboweni
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EZW) CEO Douglas Mboweni has described the company's equity stake in Liquid Telecom Holdings, which is just under 10% as "a US$135 million forex reserve".Speaking abo...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:25hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa grows business empire
ECONET Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa this week consolidated his position as one of Zimbabwe's richest investors after his fintech company, Cassava SmarTech (CSZL), became the most valuable counter ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2763 | 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 | 1176 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Access to information, media freedom in the digital age
THE right to information and media freedom are critical components of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression, as defined by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is the "right...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 135 | by Patience Zirima
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
Zimbabwe's first $ billionaire
Telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has become Zimbabwe's first billionaire.According to a report by Forbes, Masiyiwa, 57 is now worth $1.7 billion. Masiyiwa controls Econet Group, a Zimbabwe-liste...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1951 | by Forbes
Blackout hit Zimbabwe banks hard
THE banking sector lost an estimated $70 million after many internet-dependent transactions could not be processed because of the recent data blackout which lasted six hours.On December 5, Zim...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | 1784 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecoms rapped for lack of back-up systems
Government is investigating Liquid Telecom for not having adequate back-up systems, resulting in an Internet glitch last week, which led to the disruption of social media applications. Information Com...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:13hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
SA truck mishap caused internet blackout
THE country was yesterday hit by an internet blackout that affected various sectors of the economy that largely depend on online connectivity for their operations.The blackout started at about...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:21hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Information blackout after Internet glitch
Zimbabwe yesterday afternoon experienced a disruption in Internet services which affected popular social media applications and fixed line communications due to faults on the main links between South ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers massive internet shutdown
Zimbabwe today experienced internet service disruption and challenges with landline phone calls due to faults on the main links in South Africa and Harare.The situation returned to normalcy af...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 18:05hrs | 5908 | by Staff reporter
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