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Internet providers bemoan high taxation
ZIMBABWE'S internet access providers (IAPs) have raised concern about high taxes which they claim are impeding their ability to operate and forcing them to pass the costs to customers, Standardbusines...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet complainant takes fight to new ICT minister
HARARE-BASED information communication technology innovator and entrepreneur Ignatius Munengwa has escalated his fight with mobile network operator Econet to the minister of Information Communication ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ raises red flag on forex demand
Daily demand for diesel has gone up by 20 percent to 3,6 million litres over the last four months as business and domestic consumers now heavily rely on the commodity to mitigate rolling power cuts cu...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecomms a new loss making business in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe mobile network operators have seen revenue decline and reporting break evens, in this highly inflationary environment. If this persists at this rate, they will be soon reporting loses as the ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pays Eskom US$10m in bid to ease Zimbabwe power shortage
Zimbabwe will this week pay US$10m to South Africa's power utility Eskom as part of plans to unlock at least 400MW to ease power shortages in the country.The southern African country, which ac...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Telecom firms bemoan high service costs
Zimbabwean telecommunication companies say the costs of delivering services are still excessively high despite a recent tariff hike which saw data and voice charges go up by as much as 150%.Te...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New Zimbabwe is coming'
In the most comprehensive policy speech of the presidential campaign, MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa has presented an opposition MDC Alliance vision of a growth and fairness economy, an economic ag...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
NetOne data usage jumps
NETOne's data usage jumped 110 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 from the previous quarter, driven by internet promotion package (One Fusion), the Postal and Telecommunications and Regulatory ...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecomms rolls out 10 600km fibre across Zimbabwe
Liquid Telecomms has rolled out 10 600 kilometres of fibre across Zimbabwe since inception as the fibre company works towards consolidating its position as the leading internet serves provider in ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire a cyber terrorist - police
Zimbabwe People First (ZimFirst) national spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has become the first Zimbabwean to be charged with cyber terrorism.He handed himself over to the police Law and O...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 17:50hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe's ministers in Twitter wars
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's ministers took to micro blogging site Twitter to exchange harsh words with fellow netizens, as the social media platform turned into a war zone over the just ended Heroes' Da...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanziwa a 'clueless night school student' - Tendai Biti
ITC Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been described as a clueless "night school law student" by renowned lawyer and former Finance minister Tendai Biti.The pair exchanged harsh words on Twitter ...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 09:18hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
SA smart phone firm receives 50,000 export order for T-Touch
THULES Telecomms, South Africa's home grown product engineering company has received it's first export orders for a total 50,000 units for its ground breaking smart phone, T-Touch mobile.The o...Published: 03 May 2016 at 12:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
CAAZ embarks on recruitment drive
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has embarked on a recruitment drive which will see eight people being engaged for various jobs in Bulawayo, Harare and Victoria Falls.In an advertisem...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 09:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Govt threatens Econet
Government last night gave Econet Wireless up to Friday to remove its telecommunications equipment that of its sister company Liquid Telecomms from State Infrastructure after the mobile operator r...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
76% of Zimbabweans have no access to banks
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said at least 76 percent of the population in the country still remains with no access to financial services as formal banks have failed to expand their prod...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Ngonidzashe Chiutsi
Econet against fair and transparent business practice
NetOne managing director Mr Reward Kangai has dismissed claims that his company owes Econet Wireless more than US$20 million in interconnection fees alleging that Econet is against fair and transparen...Published: 26 Aug 2012 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ debt: The untold story
Introduction and background The past few days have witnessed a renewed interest in and discussion of the RBZ US$1,1 billion debt through forums such a...Published: 08 Nov 2011 at 12:19hrs | | by Gono
Mubarak's regime 'hijacks' Vodafone network
Mobile operator Vodafone on Thursday accused the Egyptian authorities of using its network to send pro-government text messages to its subscribers, without clear attribution....Published: 03 Feb 2011 at 19:36hrs | | by Byo24News
Sub-Saharan markets open strongly
Sub-Saharan „frontier markets‟ showed sharp equity price gains in the first week of trading in 2011, according to Imara, the Pan-African financial services group....Published: 31 Jan 2011 at 17:25hrs | | by Byo24News
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