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Cheap mobile and fintech innovator a solution for the Zimbabwe market
Greydot Telecommunications Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of Greydot Telecommunications Africa, is making significant strides in the telecommunications and fintech landscape across Southern Africa. Establishe...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 14:32hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ZiG gamble backfires?
In late May, monitoring the ZiG currency against other currencies revealed a divergence between the government-regulated exchange rate and the market-determined parallel rate. Introduced on Ap...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 13:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches ‘gold' currency to replace dollar
Zimbabwe has introduced a new national currency aimed at stabilizing the economy and countering the devaluation of the local dollar in the southern African nation. Harare has also appealed to the Unit...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 21:44hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash partners 9 universities across the country
In a move set to bring payment convenience to tens of thousands of tertiary students, parents and guardians alike, EcoCash has partnered with nine local university institutions across the country as t...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Will the new ‘ZiG' ‘gold backed' digital currency alleviate Zimbabwe's currency stability woes?
THE chronic problem of Zimbabwe's economy has its roots in the land reform activities that began more than 30 years ago.The principle of ‘ethnic balance' in land ownership was fair. The prob...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by John Mc Keown
Two Zimbabwean Filmmakers selected for South African DFMI Business Lab
After receiving a record number of applications for the third edition of the DFMI Business Lab, the Durban FilmMart Institute is pleased to announce 35 participants from 22 countries across the contin...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 10:58hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Sindiso Mazibisa rallies Zimbabwean youths
In a passionate speech delivered at a youth capacity meeting, Sindiso Mazibisa, a board member of the National Youth Development Trust, rallied Zimbabwean youth to recognize their power and potent...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:11hrs | 6 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Bitcoin's role in the rise of Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has taken the world by storm in recent years, with more and more investors turning to blockchain-based financial systems to take advantage of the numerous benefits they pr...Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US-based inDrive launches in Harare
A US global platform for mobility and urban services, inDrive, has announced its expansion into the local market as it aims to enhance the accessibility and availability of ride-hailing services....Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Potraz licences new mobile operator
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a licence to a mobile virtual network operator, Dolphin Telecoms.This will make Dolphin Telecoms the fourth ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Insurance technology trends for 2022
Technology and the insurance sector go hand-in-hand. According to a recent survey by Accenture, insura...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 12:15hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
A Guide on cross-chain technology that will help you comprehend it
As more businesses, large organizations, and startups use blockchain technology; they realize that no blockchain protocol exists or functions to its full potential under complete anonymity. Interopera...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
ZIMBOCASH achieves breakthrough in Zimbabwe
ZIMBOCASH, the ground-breaking decentralised currency system for Zimbabwe, has launched its updated payment system, where all its users are fully verified.Head of Communications at ZIMBOCASH, ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 19:30hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
How to choose a tokenization platform for your business
Cryptocurrencies, and the technology that makes their existence possible are gaining more popularity by the day. People increasingly buy bitcoins for various reasons,...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 15:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Writer
Technology has transformed financial trading for investors
Whether you are a retail or institutional investor planning to buy equities, property, currencies, commodities or futures in the coming months, technology will play a vital role in your attempts to al...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 14:34hrs | 7 | by Staff Writer
When is torrenting illegal?
Peer-to-peer sharing P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing is built upon the network of ‘peers’ that function both as clients and servers, allowing for a decentralised system of dat...Published: 29 May 2019 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff Writer
RTGS Dollar ≠ Crypto-currency
On Friday 22 February 2019, our analyst; Batanai Matsika had an interesting interview with South Africa's Business Day TV (DSTV Channel 412). The conversation focused on the recently announced...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Batanai Matsika
Can the Zimbabwe currency situation be solved using innovative technology?
Zimbabwe has been ravaged by price increases and shortages of basic commodities such as fuel. A new technology business, ZIMBOCASH, says the direct cause of these challenges is money printing. ZIMBOCA...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 11:37hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Thumeza changing logistics landscape in Bulawayo
My name is Gugulethu Siso and I am the Founder and CEO of Thumeza which is registered as a Private Business Corporation. Thumeza is a delivery solutions provider focused on on-demand and last mile del...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Gugulethu Siso
What is Blockchain?
Blockchain is the most important part of bitcoin's peer-to-peer electronic payment system. Bitcoin system uses Blockchain in order to record transactions. In order words, Blockchain is a decentralized...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 10:54hrs | 6 | by Agencies
5 Alternative business investment ideas other than stocks
Have you been thinking of some alternative way to make money to supplement your daily job and want to look at other ideas that are not so main stream? It is easy to think about investing money in the ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 18:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Sage Brings Popular Enterprise Management Summit to Seville
More than 300 Sage Enterprise Channel partners gather to hear inspirational keynotes and product updates Seville - May 2nd, 2018 ...Published: 02 May 2018 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Is RBZ confused about Bitcoins?
IT is interesting to note that the popularity of Bitcoins is increasing exponentially despite warnings from finance and economic gurus who predict that this will just become another bubble that will b...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Robert Ndlovu
Dash and KuvaCash Partner to Fight Inflation in Zimbabwe with Cryptocurrency
Dash, the top digital currency for payments, has announced an ambitious joint venture with KuvaCash, a program designed to solve Zimbabwe's ballooning inflation, collapsing currency, and declining nat...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zim-EU Business Information Centre to be inaugurated in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe-European Business Information Centre (Zim-EBIC) will be jointly inaugurated in Bulawayo on 15 April 2015 by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Hon Mike Bimha and the Head of the E...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 19:31hrs | | by Business Reporter
Number one travel app comes to Africa
RingCredible is an ingenious travelling app that eliminates roaming charges, as it relies on an internet connection to make calls to mobiles and landlines worldwide at minimal costs.This ...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Sithandile Mpofu
Paypal comes to Zimbabwe
LONDON- PayPal is entering 10 new countries this week, including Zimbabwe, providing online payment alternatives for consumers via mobile phones or PCs in markets often blighted by financial fraud....Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 18:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Multicurrency system: Zimbabwe continues to lead the world
For the first time ever in its de facto one party rule since 1980, one must agree that Zimbabwe has gotten one and only one thing right: ,i.e. the multicurrency system. This is one area where Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 15:46hrs | | by Colls Ndlovu
Amunzi: The African Facebook
Facebook and Twitter are giants, with exceptional growth and vast communities. It seems improbable that there can be a competitor to these two giants, at least not with their over 500 mil...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 14:04hrs | | by Clive Simanansa
Technology: the new paradigm in Zimbabwe banking?
What is different about Zimbabwean banks? Ours is the only country in Africa whose banks are not attracting foreign investor interest, why? Those who follow African markets could have noticed that in ...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 11:47hrs | | by zfn
The Pirate Bay, co-founder arrested
Phnom Penh - A co-founder of top Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay, who is on an international wanted list, has been arrested in the Cambodian capital at Stockholm's request, police said on Sund...Published: 02 Sep 2012 at 12:46hrs | | by Sapa
Zimbabwe Scholarship update
FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSGirl Child Network (GCN) Headq...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 09:19hrs | 6 | by Education researcher
Google to sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints
San Francisco - Google on Friday said it is tweaking its search formula to give higher priority to legal content and sink rankings for websites hit with piracy complaints."Starting next week, ...Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Letter from Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg
On the 1st of February 2012, Facebook filed its S-1 paperwork to take the company public, and along with the filing came a letter from its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.In the letter, Zuckerberg discus...Published: 02 Feb 2012 at 05:57hrs | | by Moyo Roy
World's tuition free University
School fees is going up in Zimbabwe, perhaps Zimbabweans may be interested in an online University which is tuition-free and capable of reaching individuals in need of higher education in Zimbabwe a...Published: 08 Jan 2012 at 05:53hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Napster founders teamed up to setup Airtime
The founders of the original Napster music-sharing service are teaming up for another start-up.Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker have teamed up again to raise money to get a venture called Airtime...Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 23:01hrs | | by Moyo Roy
NetOne Deploys Money Solution in Zimbabwe
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces that NetOne is deploying Gemalto’s LinqUs solution for Mobile Money Transfer, which comprises of the server, user applic...Published: 15 Mar 2011 at 07:58hrs | | by Byo24News
Skype outage affecting users around the globe
Skype suffered a widespread and lengthy outage today with its Internet calling service. The company said in a post that pr...Published: 23 Dec 2010 at 04:46hrs | | by Byo24
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