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Zimbabwe mobile operators record strong growth

Zimbabwe's mobile telecommunications sector recorded significant growth in the second quarter of 2025, with revenues climbing, costs easing, and capital investm

Published: 25 Sep 2025 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police officer arrested for stealing two mobile phones

A police officer stationed at the Gweru Police Protection Unit (PPU), Thulani Sibanda (24), has been arrested for stealing two mobile phones on two separate occasions last week in Victoria Falls.Sibanda appeared before Victoria Falls resid…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:53hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter

Mukuru launches mobile wallet in Zimbabwe to bolster financial inclusion

Next-generation financial services platform Mukuru has introduced a mobile wallet in Zimbabwe following the issuance of a deposit-taking microfinance institution licence by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.Building on Mukuru's established trus…

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:12hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile phone subscriptions near 15 million

Mobile phone subscriptions in Zimbabwe are rapidly approaching the 15 million mark, with a notable increase in data and internet subscriptions recorded during the second quarter of this year, according to Information, Publicity and Broadca…

Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 09:33hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile phone usage climbs up

ZIMBABWE'S mobile phone usage has shot up with active subscriptions surging 6% in the third quarter to reach a record 14,79 million, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) reported.This translates to a …

Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:15hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile penetration rate now over 97%

In its sector performance report made available yesterday, POTRAZ director general, Dr Gift Machengete said active mobile subscriptions during the third quarter covering July, August and September reached 14 794 579 from the 13 955 937 rec…

Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:25hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile operators' revenues up by 95%

THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) recorded a 95,3% growth in mobile operator revenue to $850,8 billion in the third quarter owing to inflationary gains.In its third quarter report released last wee…

Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:10hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Intermediated Money Transfer Tax reduced from 4 to 1%

Mobile money customers are happy that the government has reduced the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax (IMTT) on domestic foreign currency transactions from 4% to 1%.The reduction, which was announced last month, has beem welcomed by many m…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Crack team set up for mobile money crime

A crack team of 15 experienced prosecutors has been set up to work with seasoned investigators to come up with watertight dockets and so effectively prosecute economic saboteurs abusing mobile money platforms to weaken the local currency.B…

Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Mobile money platforms propel digital economy higher

Zimbabwe has been ranked high in the digital economy given its widespread use of mobile money platforms, online banking and international activity, according to a World Bank commissioned Digital Economy for Africa Diagnostic Report.This wa…

Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Learn to love what you are doing

In this mobile age so many people believe that if they wait long enough something that sparks their interest for more than a few minutes will simply come along making their lives all that more interesting. This leads to time wasted when th…

Published: 13 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 184 | 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 internet access trends and policies in 61 low an…

Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 20 | by The Source

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 directive.Last month, Government through the Po…

Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Upsurge in mobile money fraud in Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWE Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) has warned that an increasing number of vendors and small-to-medium scale enterprises are receiving fake messages of transactions on their mobile money accounts.In an emailed state…

Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Man nearly crushed to death by train

A drunk ODZI man, who slept on the Harare-Mutare railway line recently believing he had arrived home, is lucky to be alive after a goods train crushed his legs.Manicaland Police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the inci…

Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 16:02hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Mobile Birth Registration

Recently I was charged $50 to get my son's birth certificate in Zimbabwe, my question is why should the government charge me $50 to register a child. By the was teachers are paid $400 per month and to put it in context, $50 is 12.5% of a t…

Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 10:54hrs | 22 | by Citizen

Mobile phones are getting smarter in rural Africa

Imagine you are in Yokadouma, a rural community in eastern Cameroon with little electricity and inaccessible roads. You have an old, inexpensive mobile phone with which you can only make and receive calls. The good news is that it is now p…

Published: 03 Apr 2012 at 21:35hrs | 1040 | by Kingsley Ighobor I Africa Renewal

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 17:19hrs | 2073 | by Sello Dube

Zimbabwe's new mobile operator, Spiritage, to deploy 4G WiMAX

Encouraged by earlier successful African 4G projects, the start-up Spiritage is about to enter the data and voice telephony network market in Zimbabwe and plans to take on its competitors. For over a decade, the Zimbabwean market has been …

Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 06:14hrs | 824 | by Moyo Roy

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