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ZESA Launches A Portal To Help Users Check Their ZESA Tokens OnlineZimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has now added a section on their website to help users to check their most recently purchased electricity tokens online. The token portal sho...TechZimTechnology26 July 2018
Telecoms sector in forex pickleAfrica Moyo Business ReporterThe Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is pleading with Government to place it on the foreign currency priority list, as it seeks to e...HeraldTechnology25 July 2018
'Broaden access to ICTs'Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterPresident Mnangagwa has challenged the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) to be more transparent in the deployment of the universal serv...HeraldTechnology17 July 2018
International Voice Traffic Might Actually Prove That Zim Is Open For BusinessPosted Mon 16 Jul 2018 by Farai Mudzingwa (@FariM9) Given the rise in use of Over The Top (OTT) services such as Whatsapp, Facebook, and other platforms one would assume that the international voice c...TechZimTechnology16 July 2018
The Pirate Bay Has Started Mining Cryptocurrency On Users Browsers AgainPosted Fri Jul 6 2018 by Alvine Chaparadza (@YourAlvine) The Pirate Bay (TPB) is at it again. The controversial torrent site is once again“running scripts on visitors browsers to mine cryptocurrencies...OnlineTechnology6 July 2018
Mobile Network Operators Comply With Potraz DirectiveZimbabwe’s leading mobile network operators (MNOs) yesterday complied with a Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) directive to slash mobile Internet data tariffs by 60%. Potraz announc...263ChatTechnology3 July 2018
Nust embarks on solar projectTHE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has embarked on a solar power project that will see the university being able to generate 7MW of electricity. The institution has not quantifie...ChronicleTechnology10 October 2017
Update on Harare Institute of Technology cyber attackThe Harare Institute of Technology, HIT, has sent out a notice to its students and the public through the Herald newspaper and other news publications, regarding the cyber attack on its website. Somet...TechZimTechnology23 June 2017
UK-based Zimbabwean builds a self-driving carA Zimbabwean entrepreneur based in the UK, Pasi William Sachiti, has built a self-driving delivery car which he says will be ready for the streets in just 6 months from now. The car, aptly called Kar-...TechZimTechnology21 June 2017
Harare Institute of Technology allegedly hit with cyber attackA screenshot with the Harare Institute of Technology website being shown as hacked started circulating. We tried to open the website to see the same thing as was in the picture but it failed to load.....TechZimTechnology21 June 2017
Hypercube trustees respond to abuse of funds allegationsSeveral trustees of the now defunct Hypercube Hub, include Rinesh Desai and Munyaradzi Chiura, have responded to the story of the Hypercube Recovery audit report that we published back in March. The a...TechZimTechnology25 April 2017
Senditoo launches airtime transfer appdownload on Google Playstore for Android users and App Store for iOS. With over 70% of Senditoo’s users logging into their web platform via mobile phones, the app is expected to hit it off with users....NewsDayTechnology13 April 2017
POTRAZ to licence ISPs and Mobile Virtual Network Operators in Zimbabwe (MVNOs)The telecoms regulatory authority in Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has commenced consultations on the licensing of ISPs and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in Zimbabwe. The regulator made the announcemen...TechZimTechnology11 April 2017
Man Hacks Into OK Zim System, Steals $70kTakudzwa Matambura Court Reporter A Chitungwiza man who hacked OK Zimbabwe’s Money Wave System before prejudicing the company of $70 000 appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Rumbidzai Mugwagwa last Fr...HeraldTechnology16 January 2017
Meet The Brains Behind Hottest Airtime Start-UpA United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean tech entrepreneur and his Guinean business partner are the brains behind Africa’s latest and fast-growing mobile airtime start-up.Born a few kilometres from Masvingo,...HeraldTechnology14 January 2017
Zimbabwean Developer Creates A Way For Users To Access The Internet Through WhatsAppIn January this year, we mentioned how some developers in India were using WhatsApp as a search engine through a WhatsApp bot. The service has been tinkered with around the world but has been populari...TechZimTechnology6 January 2017