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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 routers. The change was communicated to subs...Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:10hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Econet employee in court over US $62,000 armed robbery plot
Bindura - An Econet Wireless employee stationed at the Mvurwi branch, Elias Mutonya (39), has been dragged to court after allegedly masterminding an armed robbery that saw over US\$62,000 worth of cas...Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:33hrs | 855 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo police probe spike in car hijackings
Police have expressed concern over a sudden rise in car hijackings in the city, with two recent armed robbery cases leaving residents shaken.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspe...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:51hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Police bust robbery, rape syndicates
Police have arrested six suspects linked to a string of armed robberies, rape, and murder cases committed across Harare, Mt Darwin, Mvurwi, Dotito, and Domboshava.In a statement, National Poli...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 13:02hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Bulawayo school
In a brazen incident of armed robbery, a gang of four assailants ambushed two security guards at Greengables High School on Thursday, October 31, 2024, stealing over $2,000 in cash and various electro...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:15hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Econet goes head-to-head with Starlink with new packages
Econet Wireless has launched its SmartBiz broadband data packages, aimed at meeting the connectivity needs of various business sectors, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), farmers, sc...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:52hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
Econet ready for head-on competition with Starlink
The recent launch of Starlink in Zimbabwe has sparked considerable market excitement, prompting Econet Wireless, the nation's largest telecommunications and technology firm, to strategically position ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:49hrs | 256 | 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...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
6-day thunderstorms to hit Zimbabwe
THE country is set to be hit by rumbling thunderstorms from 29 October to 3 November with Matabeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Manicaland set to be hit first, the Meteorological Services Departm...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aspiring candidate granted $300,000 bail
Zanu-PF Makoni West aspiring candidate, Moses Ruwona, was released on $300 000 bail yesterday in a case where he faces fraud charges involving US$500 000.He spent two weeks in remand pri...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF MP spends weekend in jail over money laundering
Zanu-PF Makoni West constituency aspiring candidate Moses Ruwona will spend the weekend behind bars after Harare regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje postponed his bail ruling to tomorrow.Ruw...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:33hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Access Forex loses US$260K while 'laundering' money
HARARE - Financial services firm Access Forex was accused of money laundering in court on Thursday after it emerged the company hired an aspiring Zanu PF MP to make huge foreign payments on its behalf...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 12:32hrs | 29 | by Staff Reporter
Bail ruling for aspiring Zanu-PF MP set for tomorrow
Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje will tomorrow deliver ruling in a bail application by Zanu-PF aspiring Member of Parliament for Makoni West Moses Ruwona and his accomplice Macmillan Ch...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF MP locked up for fraud, money laundering
Moses Ruwona, an aspiring Zanu-PF candidate who defeated ICT minister Jenfan Muswere in the recently held party primary elections before being disqualified, has been locked up on allegations of fraud ...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 best MiFi routers available in Nigeria in 2021
We are living in a digital world where everything is connected online and requires online interactions and that is why everyone wants a fast internet connection to browse the web quickly and get every...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 15:39hrs | 200 | by Staff Writer
How to stay cybersafe when working from home amid coronavirus pandemic
With so many people working from home and kids doing schoolwork on the same internet connection, chances are your WiFi is getting a workout. And hackers see an opportunity. They're looking for ways to...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 18:55hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Electricity cuts, lifestyles and modified behaviour in Zimbabwe
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government, but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban-based Zimbabweans, civil ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Takura Zhangazha
Bond note, RTGS model didn't fail, says Mangudya
Following the announcement of the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (JM) this week that effectively liberalised the exchange rate between the US dollar...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cybersecurity 2018: what's working and what’s a worry
Every time a report on the state of cybersecurity is released, the world braces itself. After all, while the details have intermittently changed over the last few years, the overall message has remain...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 14:21hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Starting a mobile phone repair business
LAST week I had an opportunity to visit a reputable mobile phone service centre in Harare and yes it was quite a revelation. Having spent more of my working career around software, computers, laptops,...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
POTRAZ gets it right for a change
LAST week, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) launched stakeholder consultations on licensing of Virtual Network Operators (VNOs).The consultations close at the en...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Econet introduces a Wi-Fi device to compete with fixed broadband providers
Econet has introduced a mobile Wi-Fi device aimed directly at "small group" broadband users to compete directly with the fixed broadband providers."It's a device by the Chinese telecoms infras...Published: 09 Apr 2013 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by L.S.M Kabweza
Hackers topple Huawei routers at Def Con
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering were shown how to easily slip into computer networks through some routers made by Chinese electronics colossus Huawei Technologies....Published: 30 Jul 2012 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by AFP
Internet set for a major upgrade
Washington - The internet is set for a major upgrade in the coming week. But if all goes well, users won't even know it's happening.The switch occurs at 00:01 GMT on Wednesday, when the intern...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 06:16hrs | | by Moyo Roy
WiFi Could Harm Unborn Babies - research
Radiation from cellphones could harm unborn babies, according to the findings of a study conducted by a panel of international scientists.In a report published in the scientific journal Revie...Published: 09 Feb 2011 at 13:47hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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