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'Zimbabwe data, among world's costliest'
INFLATION and a deteriorating economy have seen data costs in Zimbabwe spiking upwards compared to other countries in the region, information communication technology (ICT) experts have said.C...Published: 34 mins ago | 24 | by Staff reporter
Liquid Technologies hikes tariff
LIQUID Intelligent Technologies is set to effect a 50% tariff increase from 1 April, the second hike this year.In February, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz...Published: 36 mins ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburb plunges into darkness
BULAWAYO's Newton West suburb was plunged into darkness early yesterday morning after thieves once again stole copper cables as the spate of vandalism of critical public infrastructure continues unaba...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:55hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos in another staggered price review
ZIMBABWE'S main telecommunication companies are set for another price adjustment on April 1, 2023, as operator battle to offset rising operational costs.The telecoms industry will review tarif...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 20:24hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
'Vote Mnangagwa for free inputs, computers'
MAKONI West legislator Jenfan Muswere (Zanu-PF) has told villagers in Manicaland province to vote for the ruling Zanu-PF party for them to continue receiving free agricultural inputs and computers....Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Disillusioned American girl says 'Zimbabweans aware Chinese investments don't really benefit them'
A nominee for the United States (US) Ambassador to Zimbabwe post, Pamela Tremont, claims Zimbabweans are acutely aware that Chinese investment in the country does not really benefit them as she spoke ...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:19hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets 75% internet penetration
GOVERNMENT says it is targeting to increase internet penetration rate to reach 75% by 2025.Women's Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Development minister Sithembiso Nyoni said this while de...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 76 | 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 | 2388 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Witness grilled over Sikhala's incriminating videos
A POLICE officer, Kudakwashe Mandiranga, who was tasked to download two videos from YouTube and Twitter that will be used as evidence in the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | 1891 | by Staff reporter
Econet appoints Chengeto Moyo as new finance director
LISTED telecoms giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has appointed Mr Chengeto Moyo as its new financial director effective from 1 March 2023."We are pleased to announce the appointment of Chenget...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 12:20hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may suffer an internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE may suffer an internet shutdown in the 2023 general election, just like Uganda and Zambia in 2021. In 2019, Freedom House rated Zimbabwe as a "not free" country with a 28% global freedom scor...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1246 | by Phillip Anjorin
Zimbabwe makes Commonwealth inroads?
ZIMBABWE continues to make headway in its quest to rejoin the Commonwealth after a Cabinet minister was invited to attend the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisations Ministerial Alliance for Dig...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:36hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cyber city: Urban utopia or surveillance menace?
In a fertile stretch of fields and farms dubbed New Harare, Zimbabwe is building a high-tech "cyber city" a world away from the traffic-clogged streets and overcrowded slums of the country's nearby ca...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 16:27hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
1 800 die yearly from Zimbabwe road accidents
AT least 1 800 people die every year from an estimated 35 000 road accidents recorded in the country each year, Transport minister Felix Mhona has said."According to available statistics in Zi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Shock as Chamisa acquires surveillance equipment to spy on CCC officials
Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has acquired electronic intelligence gathering capabilities to spy on members of his party and ZANU PFmembers ahead of the 2023 plebiscite....Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 15:37hrs | 4173 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Telecoms sector granted nod to increase tariffs by 50%
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has with immediate effect approved an industry-wide 50 percent tariff increase for the telecommunications sector with another 50 percent...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 20:19hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Econet faces foreign supplier payments headache
LISTED telecoms giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says its ability to pay foreign suppliers and be in a position to modernise and embark on an expansion drive to meet changing customer needs is being cu...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:17hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally appointed Air Zimbabwe board chairperson
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Chipo Mutasa as the new board chairperson of embattled country's flagship carrier, Air Zimbabwe.Mutasa replaces Silvano Gwarinda who had served as su...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Power outages vex Potraz
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says the country's prolonged power cuts are causing network problems in many areas.Zimbabwe has been experiencing po...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Econet among Africa's top 250 companies
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe and EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited have been named among Africa's top 250 companies by the African Business magazine.Every Year the African Business top 2...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 16:21hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Potraz accelerates govt services digitilisation
The Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has said it is accelerating its national digitilisation programme to enhance decentralisation of government functions through electronic ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:19hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Econet Wireless stung by more FOREX losses
Econet, Zimbabwe's largest telecommunications company, has reported heavy foreign exchange losses throughout the year.In its latest half-year report for the period ended August 31, 2022, Econe...Published: 19 Dec 2022 at 21:12hrs | 1267 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Chipo Mutasa steps down as TelOne boss
TelOne managing director Chipo Mutasa is set to step down from her post at the end of this month after steering the ship for a decade.Mutasa leaves TelOne after completing her two five-year te...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:43hrs | 2328 | by Staff reporter
15 Chikurubi inmates graduate as foresters
FIXED telecommunications company, TelOne has helped 15 Chikurubi inmates acquire agricultural skills, which it hopes will assist them re-integrate into society after being released from prison....Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court says magistrate was too lenient with Ex-minister Kagonye
HIGH Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero, has lashed out at jailed former minister, Petronella Kagonye after she the sought Supreme Court's intervention in her appeal against imprisonment, stating...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:08hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe's visit to UAE surveillance expo ahead of 2023 raises eyebrows
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently dispatched Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe (pictured) to attend a digital surveillance event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid indications that the Zim...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans arrested in Botswana
FOUR Zimbabweans have been arrested in Botswana after they were found in possession of 40 lithium batteries worth over 1 million pula.The four aged between 25 and 38 were arrested on Tuesday i...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:42hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet penetration rate increases
ZIMBABWE'S internet penetration rate has increased with broadband network extension remaining an issue, Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Dr Jenfan Muswere ...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe telcos hike bundle prices
Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector has reviewed its bundle prices, both in domestic (ZW$) and United States dollars (US$), to align with rising operation costs.This comes two weeks after the...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:26hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Teacher in court for sending WhatsApp message decrying poor salaries in Zimbabwe
A Harare teacher, Edith Mupondi, has been dragged to court on allegations of sending a message in a WatsApp group decrying poor salaries by government .Mupondi is being charged with contraveni...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 1250 | 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 | 3115 | by Staff reporter
CCTV Surveillance Technology in Africa needs a national policy
African countries are installing closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) and surveillance technologies without regulation frameworks and national CCTV and surveillance national policies. The sp...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 11:28hrs | 465 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chamisa's attempts to internationalise Sikhala case flops
CCC interim spokesperson, Gift "Ostallos" Siziba and a retinue of other opposition members and other detractors were in the United States for the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that ran f...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 569 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabwe makes history with specialised UN agency seat
Zimbabwe has been elected into the United Nations specialised agency for civil aviation after winning a historic seat during the International Civil Aviation Organisation Council (ICAO) elections whic...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Econet re-opens Bulawayo shop
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe on Friday re-opened its refurbished main shop in Bulawayo, which was closed for extensive renovations in April this year.The refurbishment is part of Econet's ongoing ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:49hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
From Mzilikazi High to the world flying high and far-flung
PROMINENT Zimbabwean lawyer Sternford Moyo is flying high - literally and figuratively. He has been traversing the world as International Bar Association (IBA) president - from Harare to Singapore and...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean lands top ITU post
Zimbabwean telecommunications expert Dr Cosmas Zavazava was elected director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on Friday during the o...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:59hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife invited by New York mayor
FIRST Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa on Thursday shone like a beacon as the only First Lady to be invited to the exclusive Met Gala Cocktail by the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in recognition of her phi...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:44hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe satellite launch imminent
Zimbabwe's first satellite - ZimSat-1 - will reach the International Space Station (ISS) next month before its launch into orbit in November, marking the country's entry into space after a two-month d...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | 549 | by Staff Reporter
Potraz tells content creators to be ethical
LOCAL online content creators have been urged to desist from publishing fake news amid calls for them to undergo training on ethical standards.This came out during a workshop organised by the ...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
TelOne picks EOS Data for agric platform
TelOne, the State-owned telecommunications company, has picked EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a global provider of AI-powered satellite imagery analytics, to provide a platform that allows farmers to mon...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Jailed former labour minister launches freedom bid
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye (pictured), who was slapped with a 36-month jail term in June this year for corruption, has appealed for bail pending appea...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:12hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to allow foreign ownership of television stations
GOVERNMENT is set to allow foreign ownership of television stations up to 40 percent, Information deputy minister, Kindness Paradza, has said.Current legislation bars foreigners from owning a ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:01hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Econet unveils international airtime transfer service
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched an international airtime transfer service that allows Zimbabweans living in South Africa to buy airtime for their family and friends back home.The innovat...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:32hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Kangai's bid for NetOne severance package rejected by court
SPIRITED efforts by former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai (pictured) to get his severance package have been further delayed after the High Court dismissed his application in which he sou...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
NetOne fails to fix abuse of US$1m Covid-19 fund
MOBILE network operator NetOne has failed to properly account for a US$1 million fund the organisation was mandated with distributing to vulnerable citizens whose livelihoods were adversely affected b...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Econet tariffs shoot up
DIVERSIFIED telecommunications company Econet Wireless has increased its tariffs effective from tomorrow.In a statement, the telecommunications company said it had raised its tariffs by 61% in...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:51hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Econet introduces US$ billing, reviews local tariffs
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has started charging headline tariffs in United States dollars (US$) with effect from September 01, 2022, following regulatory approvals.The company's customers will n...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
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