Econet wades further into energy business, buys Redan Gas
Local mobile operator Econet Wireless has reportedly bought Redan Gas. This marks Econet's further investment into energy solutions that will involve the distribution of LP Gas through two plate stoves...
View ArticleA visit to the laptop battery doctor
Laptop battery trouble is a nightmare, especially if you've got a brand that is hard to replace. I recently faced that sort of fate, and luckily I was referred to a battery doctor that fixed my Fujitsu...
View ArticleWhat can we expect at Zimbabwe’s 1st Mobile Money & Digital Payments Awards?
The Mobile Money and Digital Payments Conference, an awards ceremony that seeks to recognise and honour outstanding performance and innovation in mobile money and digital payments will be held on the...
View ArticleMozido acquires Nettcash, adds utility services
Mozido, a global payments provider recently acquired local mobile payments provider Nettcash. They have announced through their website that they merged the two wallets and immediately made available a...
View ArticleThese are the winners at Zimbabwe’s Mobile & Digital Payments Awards
A whole day of discussions around digital and mobile payments that brought together banks and mobile network operators, was concluded with the Awards Ceremony that recognised the best performing...
View ArticleMinister Mandiwanzira raises security concerns over Twenty Third Century’s...
The Minister of ICT, Supa Mandiwanzira, has raised concerns over the security risk that the country was being exposed by giving Twenty Third Century Systems, which now has partial foreign ownership,...
View ArticleUnboxing Econet’s $99 Home Power Station
Here are some more details on the $99 Econet Home Power Station (HPS) which received a discount recently. The current model of the HPS is being sold on a cash only basis, and it does not have prepaid...
View ArticleAnd now, prepaid water? Council needs to avoid these 3 ZESA mistakes
With the coming in of prepaid water, Councils should avoid the same mistakes that ZESA made with the prepaid electricity meters and coordinate on infrastructure rollout to reduce costs. Articles...
View Article3 ways ZESA can build its own virtual power station, without Dangote
Before any well-planned investments in thermal energy come to fruition, we have to manage what little power we have. Any huge savings on electricity can then be extended to other sectors of the economy...
View ArticleLet’s blame ZESA & Govt, but the “banned geyser” isn’t such a bad idea
The move by the government to start banning the use of geysers has been roundly criticised as a defensive strategy to solve a problem that needs something more proactive. However, there are some...
View ArticleWaiting for the rains
In the meantime, just take my advice, go buy yourself a generator or a solar system because even if the rain comes this problem is only going to get worse. Articles appeared first on Techzim; Waiting...
View ArticleGuilty as charged – Powertel violated tender procedures in prepaid...
Powertel, the state-owned internet access provider and subsidiary of national power utility firm ZESA Holdings, has reportedly been found guilty of failing to follow proper tender procedures when it...
View ArticleLooking for a ZESA & LP Gas alternative? Try this solar stove
On the solar energy tip, other users are looking beyond lights and geysers. An example of that is the solar stove we came across in Harare. It's being sold by a local trader, Solomon Marimo, who says...
View ArticleHere’s 2015 in review & a realisation that the worst is yet to come
2015 was no doubt the toughest year in recent memory barring 2008 when our economy was at the height of its hysterical hyperinflation episode. Indeed some have even gone so far as to claim that 2015...
View ArticleThe real reason severe load shedding ended in Zimbabwe
Wondering who to thank for severe load shedding ending in Zimbabwe? A report on Bloomberg this week might answer that question. According to the publication, demand for electricity in South Africa “has...
View ArticleThis startup makes buying ZESA prepaid electricity tokens online reliable
Buying ZESA prepaid electricity tokens on the internet is nothing new. For about a year now it’s been possible, with the noteworthy solution being TelOne’s Telpay website which we wrote about last...
View ArticleM-vendr monthly transactions now over 3 million. Launches cross border token...
M-vendr, the Zimbabwean founded fintech startup that was accepted into 500 Startups recently just revealed to us their monthly transactions on their Point of Sale token retailing platform has risen to...
View ArticleNo power increases in Zimbabwe as regulator turns down ZESA’s application for...
The energy regulator, ZERA (Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority), has rejected an application made by companies under the national power utility ZESA Holdings for a tariff increase. Articles appeared...
View ArticleZESA increases debt recovery rates on prepaid meters & tightens screws on...
ZETDC, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe's power utility concern ZESA, has announced that starting from the 1st of September 2016 it will be increasing the debt recovery rate from 40% to 50% on all domestic...
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Afrosoft introduces Instapay, a mobile app for buying prepaid ZESA tokens
Called Instapay, it allows users to buy prepaid electricity as well as airtime for all three mobile networks (Econet, Telecel and NetOne) with the option to make the payment via EcoCash and Telecash....
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