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The Crisis of Fake Qualifications in Zimbabwe
The prevalence of fake academic qualifications in Zimbabwe is a pressing issue that continues to undermine public trust in government and institutions. A recent case involving Harare City Council's Ta...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:31hrs | 2726 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
NetOne CEO makes US$1bn move
NetOne, Zimbabwe's oldest mobile telecoms operator, has laid ambitious plans to achieve US$1 billion in annual revenue by 2029, despite facing challenges in accessing capital. Chief executive officer ...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Understanding suicide among diaspora-born youths
The prevalence of media reports highlighting the suicides of young Zimbabweans born in the Diaspora is a deeply concerning issue. The time has come for us as Zimbabweans to understand the underlying f...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe mines need a web presence
Zimbabwe has only just over ten mines and mining companies with an online presence. Mines with a web presence include ZimPlats, Caledonia Mining Corporation, A and F Avalon Gold Mine, Renco Gold Mine,...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:57hrs | 10 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
How organisation can prevent cyber attacks
Ninety-five percent of cyber breaches come from only three industries in 2016 - government, retail, and technology. The reason is not necessarily because these industries are less diligent in their pr...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabweans are going abroad because medical and dental practitioners are not
Following the good news of the open heart surgery milestones on 27 September 2023. This is a remarkable advancement which the majority of Zimbabweans are not aware of. In pre-pandemic times, pow...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:51hrs | | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
ToThe Zimbabwe Security Exchange Commission (SEC)
Zimbabwe has a relatively well-developed digital economy with nine financial institutions listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). With the introduction of the Cyber Security and the Data Protecti...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
VPN will allow citizens to by-pass government internet censorship
On the 23rd of August 2023, Zimbabwe will be having its national election and history indicates that Zimbabwe's elections are marred with violence, intimidation and censorship. With over four bi...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:09hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
How fraudsters steal your data
When a scammer wants to take over your WhatsApp, Facebook, Paypal, Amazon or online bank account, what stands in their way is the short message service (SMS) verification code.All of today's m...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Jacob Mutisi
Only 3% of Zimbabwe's school have a web presence
Schools in Zimbabwe opened on the 8th May 2023 and our schools are looking for the best way to communicate between the school and the parents/guardians and stakeholders. In Zimbabwe the statisti...Published: 19 May 2023 at 14:00hrs | 11 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Starlink rattles Zimbabwe internet service providers
The era of hanging emails, failed file downloads, and unstable internet will soon be a thing of the past if Starlink's global satellite internet service is rolled out in Zimbabwe. Elon Musk's Starlink...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to receive Starlink application
THE government says Starlink, an American internet service provider controlled by billionaire investor Elon Musk is yet to submit an application for a licence to operate in Zimbabwe.There have...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Use tech to stop tout menace
Zimbabwe's crime hot spots are bus stops and bus ranks where we catch our long distance buses and the biggest criminals are the touts that take advantage of innocent travellers by insulting, harassing...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Cameras can bring sanity on Zimbabwe's Road
It is a fact most Zimbabwe's lack civil sense, when it comes to road usage, on our roads we go by our self-concocted guidelines. Many make their own lanes or try to squeeze through congestion due to s...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 9 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Fraudsters registering fake domains including for Zimbabwe passports
A fraudster has registered http://zimpassports.online to defraud Zimbabweans who are desperate for the elusive Zimbabwean passport.According to the website https://who.is, whoever registered t...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mutisi
Nicola Faith Dyakonda winners the 2022 Girls in ICT hackathon held at the University of Zimbabwe
As part of the nation’s commitment to the success of the girl child in the information and communication Technology (ICT) sector. On 28 April 2022, ZICT and ZIE joins girls around the world to mark ...Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:26hrs | 21 | by Agencies
Don't be a victim of Online Blackmail
In Zimbabwe, everything is happening online. People are home and bored, so many are willing to do things that they will never do. Zimbabweans have accepted the use of mobile technology and no doubt, t...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Pegasus spyware: No more privacy
IT is a well-known fact that countries spy on their citizens and also spy on other countries and their leaders.There is a new hacking software called Pegasus.This is a kind of spyware ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Mutisi
Using a gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo! Is an Unprofessional manner of portraying your business.
Having attended the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2021 with 7,000 top security professionals from around the world. One of the issues raised was the issue of using free email...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 15:44hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mohadi is not the last, You can be the next to be hacked
There has been a lot of questions on how the former Vice President Cde Kembo Mohadi got his phone hacked and how the recordings were acquired. That can happen to anyone in these times of technology us...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 10:17hrs | 9 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Blockchain: Lessons I learnt
Having recently completed my degree recently, I was looking reviewing my academic journey so far especially my final year. The highlight of any final year is the capstone project and mine was on block...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2 | by Kudzai Kangwende
$42 million lost to cyber-crime
More than $40 million has been lost to cyber-crime in the first four months of the year, an official report has shown.According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) statistics, 4 001 counts o...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe have the information Security and Cyber Security Experts to protect itself?
With constant headlines of electronic fraud, mobile money fraud, RTGS fraud and other means of payments that are constantly reported in the media on a daily basis. There is now a need to build a datab...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:39hrs | | by Dr Robert Shonhiwa
Forex shortages hit Zimbabwe's payment systems
ZIMBABWE'S payments ecosystem faces collapse as players in the sector are failing to pay licensed and maintenance fees to foreign service providers, Standardbusines has established.In recent w...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Let's make Zimbabwe great again
There is a general expectation of rapid economic growth in Zimbabwe, driven by massive infrastructural growth, given the new political dispensation.However, there is an adversary at work, the ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Tororiro Isaac Chaza
Bank card cloning fraud cases on the rise in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) says 154 cases of bank card cloning have been reported in the country so far as more people use electronic payment systems in the absence...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec in e-voting tender storm
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is in the eye of a storm for allegedly courting an Estonian company to roll out an electronic voting system, which it plans to use in 2023 to allow Zimbabweans in the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | | 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 mo...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'RBZ must regulate not ban cryptocurrencies'
Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technology Division (ZICT) and other IT experts have called on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to regulate cryptocurrencies rather than banning them outright....Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Set up Cyber Security and Internet Court'
Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) has called for the set up of a Cyber Security and Internet Court.ZICT - a division of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers - said th...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe most hackable country'
ZIMBABWE was listed as the most hackable country in the world out of 183 countries on the back of having many internet protocol (IP) addresses that are still using an outdated protocol leaving firms s...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
WannaCry virus hit Zimbabwe banks
The government says it has identified two banks which were among several institutions affected by the WannaCry virus global attack from May 12 to 15 that affected a cross section of institutions....Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dreams of Africa's Silicon Valley tag
Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) is betting on government's benevolence to grant it land that can be used to set up an innovation hub in the country.ZICT executiv...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia resolving roaming problems
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) says it is resolving the problem of international roaming between Zambia and Zimbabwe in Livingstone.Of late, many mobile...Published: 02 Jun 2013 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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