Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s biggest mobile operator, has launched new ‘Smart-Suite’ Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) data packages, made up of six plans to meet the data needs of its customers.
The packages range...
Econet says its decision to bring its fintech businesses back under its wing is already paying off, with the country’s biggest tech company reporting strong growth across its key divisions for the year to February.
By Tonderai Maruke
The "cellphone farmer" is a term that has been used to describe detached farmers who choose not to get their fingers dirty. But a shift towards the use of technology in...
By Tawanda Karombo
Zimbabwe’s heavy-handed regulation of mobile money platforms has impacted growth of these platforms and also contributed to the Zimdollar’s continued loss in value, according to the country’s biggest mobile wallet...
Strive Masiyiwa, who runs firms including Africa’s largest fiber-optic cable network, plans to raise as much as US$500 million to expand his digital infrastructure and services businesses.
The tycoon’s Cassava Technologies will tap investors...
Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe’s biggest tech company, recorded strong growth in data volumes and voice usage last year, but the company’s latest numbers show how much the economy’s currency crisis is holding back growth and service.
Econet Wireless, the country’s biggest telecoms company, is spending just 3% of its revenues on capital investments due to forex shortages, but is pushing ahead with plans to rollout 5G.
Data traffic increased by...
By Gugu Lourie
Like many people affected by Eskom’s load-shedding, I found myself thinking about technology and how authentic leadership can accelerate development and fight poverty in Africa and the rest of the world.
TelOne, Zimbabwe’s state-owned telco, has selected Tejas Networks of India to build a 100Gbps fibre network to expand bandwidth.
Tejas' 100G DWDM/OTN solution was selected after a competitive bidding process and a field...
Liquid Telecom, a unit of Strive Masiyiwa’s Econet Global, has raised US$840 million in a bond sale to refinance debt and fund its African expansion.
Liquid engaged JPMorgan Chase & Co, Standard Chartered and...
