Zimbabwe-based telco, Econet Wirelss has partnered with KaiOS Technologies to launch the "Atom 3G" phone. This is set to be Zimbabwe's first 3D smart feature phone. The device is expected to push millions of Zimbabweans into digital inclusion through easier internet access with the phone. KaiOS Technologies is one of ...
Seedstars World, a startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes is coming to Zimbabwe for the third time and will hold at Impact Hub Harare on 29th of June, from 4 - 9 pm. In Harare, Seedstars is looking for 10 startups, which need to be less than 2 years old, ...
Zimbabwean startup Road Rules is the winner of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) Boostcamp challenge. The startup, which works to educate drivers about Zimbabwe’s highway laws, also wants to equip road users with traffic laws and regulations to help curb corruption on the roads. HiiL hosted the Innovating ...
We're counting down to October 27th, 2017 when 10 of Zimbabwe's most promising seed stage startups will compete to represent the country at the Regional and Global Seedstars Summits. This would give the winner a chance to win up to USD 1 million in equity investments and other prizes. After ...
Have you ever wanted to buy a new gadget and had to resort to travelling to South Africa for it, because locally it’s either just unavailable or has an obscene price tag? On some occasions, have you had to ask someone travelling from the UK, the US or some other ...
Founded early this year by Afshon Wallace Ngige, Rwanda's 250 Taxi, a taxi hailing app for Rwanda, has launched 263 Taxi in Zimbabwe to help people hail cabs from one point to another via their mobile phones. According to the founder, the Zimbabwe launch is in line with the firm's long-term goal ...
The DEMO Africa pre-pitch event is set to go down at the Hypercube Hub in Harare on June 24th to meet and give feedback to all the startups participating. The best start-up will get a direct nomination to DEMO Africa with ticket and accommodation fully paid for. Start-up teams can ...
Image:Bulawayo24.com Telecel Zimbabwe has appointed Angeline Vere as the new CEO, promoting her from her position as Telecel's legal manager but her appointment was met by controversy as it was issued by exiled Zimbabwean business tycoon, James Makamba who is the chair of the company’s board ...
Now in its 3rd year, with investments in over 20 startups in 6 African countries, African-focused Savannah Fund has announced its 4th Accelerator class consisting of financial services/fintech, marketing and ecommerce, bitcoin and B2B startups. Selected from over 150 applications from across Africa, the successful startups include Bitfinance, Djuaji, Forex ...
ICT solutions provider Huawei will be seeking to implement its global CSR program in Zimbabwe through its “ Seeds for the future” program that will have 10 students benefit from this program, and receive ICT trainings in Huawei headquarters in China. This is according to David Wang, Vice President of ...
You know Facebook and probably have one or two accounts. Yes, it's everywhere and for everyone but you would't know who is real and who is not. In a move to create something where all Zimbabweans can network and get to know and meet the real people online and offline ...
To date, broadband services in Victoria Falls have mostly been via ADSL links, WiMAX and cellular services such as CDMA and 3G/EDGE which offer speeds of no more than 512kbps. Now both homes and businesses in Victoria falls Zimbabwe will soon benefit from a 100 mbps broadband connection after Liquid ...
Zimbabwe will soon be having a shopping experience of a lifetime in a new shopping mall, as the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Senator Prisca Mupfumira, launched the construction of the $6.5 million National Social Security Authority shopping mall in Chipinge. Mupfumira said the shopping mall ...
Telecel Zimababwe faces withdrawal of its license after the country's regulatory body established that it has not complied with local empowerment laws. Ventures Africa reports that all foreign-owned companies are required to to cede 51 percent shares to local business people in line with the Zimbabwe Indigeniusation and Empowerment Law The ...
Orange has launched an “early stage” investment program branded Orange Digital Ventures to identify and fund start-ups during their initial development in markets it operates including in Europe and Africa. Orange Digital Ventures will focus on financing start-ups working on the new and next transformations of the telecoms and digital ...
SoZimbabwe’s Social Entrepreneurship bootcamp is on and now all social entrepreneurs are clled upon to submit their entries for the six-month structured bootcamp where they will gain the skills, tools and on completion may receive initial capital needed to launch a successful social enterprise. Additionally, they will get access to ...
Zimbabwe's Room8, an online site set to launch to help students in tertiary institutions get accommodation and choose their roommates via their mobile phones or computers from wherever they are. Like a normal classifieds platform, Room8 aims to help landlords to list their properties while students go to the site ...
Saisai from Zimbabwe has rightfully scooped the SWELL Innovation award with Irofit and VOTO taking the first and second runners up positions respectively at the just conluded DEMO 2014 startup conference taking place in Nigeria. The start-up will receive an all-expense paid trip to Silicon Valley as part of the ...
Zimbabwe’s Midlands State University (MSU) has introduced a centralized system that digitalizes each service provided to a student. Among them is the e-Sadza system that flawlessly bills student for food eaten within the University’s canteen. This fast, smart and simple system serves not less than one student per every 10 ...
Econet Wireless, a mobile banking service and Telecommunications company, has predicted that in less than 12 months Zimbabwe will become Africa’s first cashless society. Douglas Mboweni, the company’s CEO, stated: “In a year’s time, we do not expect anyone to still use paper money. It will resemble America or Europe ...
Stock markets are a key measure for raising capital to enable growth of African business. From just 5 stock exchanges in 1989, there are now 28 stock exchanges in Africa with an estimated total market capitalization of over US$732 billion representing a 300% jump from US$245 billion in 2002 and ...
Complaints of slow call centre responses for subscribers of Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile network Econet Wireless could be curbed in future. Econet Wireless is implementing a highly advanced call centre system in partnership with Jasco, an international telecommunications support company. The new platform will enable Econet call centre operators to respond to both social ...
Travel and Tourism (T&T) is an increasingly important industry for Africa. In the 2000-2012 period, the number of international tourists into Africa increased by over 140% to reach 64 million, and with it came an increase in revenue of over 300% bringing in US$44 billion into Africa. In 2012, Africa ...
Startup Weekend, a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures is set to happen from May 16 - 18 2014 in Zimbabwe at new tech venue, Hypercube Hub StartUp Weekend is a non profit organization headquartered in Seattle, Washington ...
The Harare City Council has signed an agreement with Telecel's Telecash to allow Harare residents to pay their City Council bills using telecash, barely a week after the mobile money transfer service entered into a similar agreement with MultiChoice's DSTV. “Harare ratepayers will no longer have to make a trip ...
Zimbabwe's Prices.co.zw, an online department store with 90 minutes delivery guarantee is set to launch across Africa and the middle East in a move to make eCommerce efficient and loved by everyone. Founded by Mr. Dakarai Martin Mshoperi and his mother Mrs. Grace Mshoperi, Prices.co.zw was inspired by the increasing ...
Launching Wednesday November 13 with great a launch party, Zimbabwe's Hypercube Hub will also host a fast paced two-day hackathon dubbed SuperHyper, and a Kickoff event on November 17 for Startup Bus Africa's inaugural 5 day trip from Harare to Cape Town. The Startup Bus Africa Kickoff event will explore ...
Zim's Econet Wireless has said it is putting final touches to launch its Econet Remittances for Zimbabweans living in South Africa to send cash back home, a move the firm says will be the biggest source of foreign currency in the country's economy by the end of the year. Darlington ...
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, joining ranks as one of Africa's first countries to evolve to LTE, a technology that allows the fastest mobile Internet speeds possible on a cell phone, which is still not available in most European and Asian countries. Econet Zimbabwe's LTE ...
Zimbababwe's Footballzone today rebranded to Soccer24.co.zw. as they increase their efforts to cover real time soccer news in the Southern Africa country and beyond. Godwin Thiery Chiparaushe, founder and CEO FootballZone told TechMoran, "We needed a sleek and short name, one that fans would remember easily." "Footballzone is now the ...
