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NetOne posts record growth

State-owned mobile network operator NetOne has delivered a historic performance, posting record revenue and profit growth while aggressively expanding its high-speed 4G and 5G networks in a bold push to outpace private-sector rivals.At its…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 16:52hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's mobile network operators hit by currency woes

Zimbabwe's mobile network operators (MNOs) are reeling from a sharp decline in profitability, with spiralling costs and exchange rate volatility emerging as key culprits, according to a new industry report released by the Postal and Teleco…

Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:07hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter

NetOne's unwavering commitment to a clean and healthy Zimbabwe

In a powerful display of corporate responsibility and national pride, NetOne, in partnership with POTRAZ, the Ministry of ICT, and the Harare City Council, led a highly successful nationwide clean-up campaign. This initiative underscored N…

Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 18:55hrs | 191 | by Simbarashe Sithole

NetOne champions cleaner Zimbabwe, partners with Harare City

The streets of Harare were alive with action early Friday morning as hundreds of NetOne and Harare City workers came together, brooms in hand, to answer President Mnangagwa's call for a cleaner nation. Under the National Cleanup Day initia…

Published: 03 May 2025 at 12:42hrs | 410 | by Simbarashe Sithole

NetOne expands OneMoney to boost rural financial inclusion

One of Zimbabwe's largest mobile network providers, NetOne, is ramping up its financial inclusion efforts by expanding its OneMoney agent network and increasing remittance partnerships in rural areas.The move is part of the company's broad…

Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:51hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter

NetOne's OneMoney aims to revolutionise financial inclusion in Zimbabwe

NetOne's mobile financial services subsidiary, ONE Money, is set to transform financial inclusion in Zimbabwe by offering a suite of innovative products and services designed to reach the country's unbanked and underbanked populations. Thi…

Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:20hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter

Ex-NetOne employee charged with US$18,666 fraud

A former NetOne employee, Takudzwashe Malamulo, has been arraigned on charges of defrauding the telecommunications giant of US$18,666 and ZWL$14,430,529 through fraudulent requisitions.Malamulo, 27, who worked as a filing clerk at NetOne's…

Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:13hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter

NetOne rewards customers with 'Trolley Dash' Holiday Campaign

In a festive move to celebrate the holiday season, OneMoney, a NetOne product, has again unveiled its yearly exciting promotion called "Trolley Dash" that aims to reward customers for their digital transactions. The promotion, running from…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:14hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

NetOne duped US$133,000 by auction dealer

Jeffery Mubaiwa, the director of JEFFM Auctions, appeared before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya on Thursday, facing charges of fraud after allegedly defrauding mobile network operator NetOne Private Limited of US$133,000.Mubaiwa (47) …

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:03hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter

NetOne loses ZiG285 000 to hacker

NetOne Cellular allegedly lost ZiG285,817 to a suspected hacker who exploited the RTGS to ZiG currency conversion from April this year. Takunda Gwaranda (21) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr. Dennis Mangosi on charges of fraud and mone…

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:39hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter

NetOne takes legal action against overpricing of sim cards

STATE-OWNED telecommunications operator, NetOne has said it will take legal action against partners and individuals who are selling the mobile network provider's for more than US$1 or Zimbabwe Dollar equivalent.In a press release, NetOne c…

Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

NetOne to install data, internet infrastructure

STATE owned mobile phone operator NetOne intends to deploy additional capital this year towards installation of data and internet service infrastructure, as data traffic continues to dominate the firm's revenue mix compared to voice.The mo…

Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Legalizing looting shows Zimbabwe is led by dunderheads!

From the time I was a little boy, there was something that always puzzled me.I could never understand how, those who were in top government positions - with all the opportunities availed to them through global networking - never became suc…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

NetOne threatens to blacklist dealers for overpricing

TELECOMMUNICATIONS operator, NetOne, has embarked on a drive to intensify its distribution channels countrywide in a bid to neutralize parallel market speculators and make its SIM card readily available.This comes in the wake of "rumours" …

Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

NetOne allays SIM card shortage fears

Mobile network provider, NetOne Cellular, has dismissed allegations that it is short of SIM cards those touts and dubious agents trying to sell SIM cards for US$4, four times the official price of US$1 or local currency equivalent at NetOn…

Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

NetOne remembers Wedza

Mobile telecommunication giant NetOne yesterday launched a 3G/4G base station in Chanakira village, the heart of Ward 9 in Wedza under Chief Svosve , as it moves towards achieving the goal of establishing over  300 bÃ se stations acro…

Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 14 | by Alice Mangwanda

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 07:37hrs | 4 | 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 07:37hrs | | 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 07:05hrs | 4 | by Etiwel Mutero

Zesa, TelOne thieves jailed 10 years each

Five Harare men were on Wednesday jailed to 10 years each for stealing Zesa and telecommunication cables in the city.Tawanda Mutekedzi (28), Paul Chisano (22), George Chimbutira (27), Stanley Muvirimi (20) and Enock Machoni (21), who were …

Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

NetOne cable thief jailed, 3 others await sentence

A 26-YEAR-OLD telecommunication cables thief, Allion Musakwa, was last week sentenced to 10 years in prison for vandalising telecommunication cables while his three other accomplices were convicted of the same offence and now await sentenc…

Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

OneMoney subscribers get free school fees

Lucky subscribers of NetOne's mobile money service, OneMoney, have been paid back the money they used to pay school fees through the service, as part of a promotion being run by the mobile network operator.The promotion dubbed "OneMoney 10…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:35hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's parastatal rot - when looting becomes second nature

Ever wondered why the Zimbabwe Government and its ministers find parastatals attractive despite them costing the taxpayer billions of dollars? Our previous article asked questions on the wisdom of the government taking over Telecel mobile …

Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by David Mutori and Benjamin Paradza

Corruption needs to be dealt with decisively

Recent reports that the suspended Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NetOne, Mr Reward Kangai has been relieved of his duties for allegedly swindling the government-owned-mobile-network company of more than eleven million United States of Am…

Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 09:46hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya

'Netone diesel generator polluting our homes in Harare' - WhatsApp update

â â 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.[03:11, 9/7/2016] +263 77 *** ****: Netone diesel generator polluting o…

Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Concerned Citizen

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 to other networks, according to ITWeb. It said telecom industry officials and e…

Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 12:38hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

NetOne introduces free emergency airtime

Today state-owned mobile network NetOne introduced its own emergency airtime credit facility that extends 50 cents to any prepaid subscriber accessing the service on the *140# shortcode, Techzim reported.NetOne has made its own credit faci…

Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 08:51hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter

Subscribers cry foul over NetOne blackout

Tonnes of farm produce is reportedly going to bad in Nyamandlovu with farmers failing to get in touch with their customers after NetOne has gone three days without service.The farms in the district provide the bulk of Bulawayo's vegetables…

Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy

Sup8r draw, Bosso takes on How Mine

Highlanders and How Mine will clash in yet another Bulawayo derby after they were drawn together in the quarter finals of the One Wallet Cup. The Net One One-Wallet Cup replaces BancABC's Sup8r.In a draw conducted this Wednesday afternoon …

Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 21:48hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter

NetOne negotiate for Sup8r Cup

SPONSORS of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) opener, The NetOne Charity Shield - NetOne - are negotiating with the football governing body to have the event involve top eight teams, Standardsport reported.NetOne, who came in to sponsor the …

Published: 16 Feb 2014 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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 05:00hrs | 1 | 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 12:32hrs | 2 | by Anonymous

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Charamba 'explains' the Catholic land saga

CIO boss Mangwanya, Minister Machakaire impersonated in Zimbabwe's Cross-Border fraud scheme

VP Chiwenga Applauds US$30 Million Orange Juicing Plant in Beitbridge

Man Jailed for Dagga Possession and Distribution

Mliswa takes aim at Charamba over handling of Geza protests

Chiefs raise alarm over resource extraction without community compensation

Harare prepaid water meter roll-out begins

Hopewell Chin’ono: Zimbabwe Is a Supermarket for South Africa

Mnangagwa's time 'running out'

The cartels running the Harare's transport system

Flooded rivers disrupt rural school attendance, government urged to act

Police launch manhunt for child kidnapper

Zimbabwe to introduce POS machines at police roadblocks

Zimbabwe's honest cop returns wallet with US$4,000

Zanu-PF activists invade school land, block road

Police crack down on illegal firearms as amnesty nears end

Lands officer of corruption in land allocations

Bodies of SA horror accident victims arrive at Beitbridge border post

Harare gives 7-day ultimatum to remove abandoned cars

3 dead, 18 injured in Harare-Mutare road head-on crash

Banks demand clarity on AI rules as compliance concerns grow

Woman found naked on in-laws' veranda

Man (42) impregnates minor (15) twice

Zimbabwe's statistics system crippled by antiquate laws

Chinese firm, Chief clash over mining rights

Gono not yet off the hook

Hunt for steel dries up Munyati river

Zimbabwean banks overcharging clients

Ministries defy Mnangagwa office's ban on looting

CIO bursts WhatsApp extortion web scam