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EcoCash BUY ZESA feature now avalaible, buy your prepaid electricity in 7...
You can now purchase ZESA electricity tokens via EcoCash Directly. To purchase your ZESA token follow these 7 easy steps: dial *151# Select option 2 “Make Payment“ Select option 5 “Pay ZESA“ Select...
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Powertel introduces ZESA electricity recharge cards
Powertel, the sole aggregator of ZESA prepaid electricity will be introducing prepaid electricity scratch cards to its growing distribution channel. Just last week Powertel finalized a long overdue...
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ZESA hints at load shedding after the RBZ cuts its forex payments by 70%
Earlier today ZESA Group CEO, Engineer Josh Chifamba, appeared before the Zimbabwean Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Energy where he made startling remarks on the current financial state of the...
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ZESA to start massive load-shedding on 1 June… Owes $43 million in power imports
If ZESA does not pay for power it imports from South Africa, massive load shedding might kick in about a week from now, a report in the government run newspaper, The Herald, says. Zimbabwe owes an...
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Victoria Falls to install 100 solar powered street-lights… why is it taking...
I don’t know about your area, but we’ve had a considerable number of power cuts this week due to ZESA’s load shedding. As cash and foreign currency continues to be a problem, it is expected for...
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Industry Is Calling For Slashing Of ZESA Tariffs, Is That A Reasonable Request?
Here is the scenario on the ground: ZESA charges US9.8c/kWh to everyone except for chrome producers who are charged US6.7c/kWh. The prevailing rate in the southern African region is around US6c....
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A local firm invents a ‘self-charging’ battery. Could this be the future for...
We bumped into something interesting on LinkedIn. You know Cybercard Enterprise Solutions (CyberBiz) right? If not then you should know its CEO at least. We last wrote about it in 2015 though, right...
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Govt Pays ZESA $155m, Still Owes $445m
The government, through its departments and local authorities owed ZESA about $600m. Back in June the government said it would issue Treasury Bills to clear that debt. That did not come to be. The...
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Govt Selling Off Stakes In State Owned Enterprises, Air Zim, ZESA And More....
Zimbabwe has 92 State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) or parastatals as they are otherwise known. That’s a huge number of entities under the government’s control and the state has decided to go the...
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Does Econet’s Solar Power Plant Plan Make Business Sense?
Econet wants to construct a solar power plant at their Data Centre in Willowvale. Let’s look at the notice concerning their application for an electricity generation licence first and then look at...
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Alternative To Privatising Parastatals Like ZESA Makes More Sense In The Long...
Last week, Techzim ran a story discussing the government’s plan to privatise most of the state owned enterprises. In that story we talked about how privatisation has to be done right otherwise it will...
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Econet Makes A Huge Investment In Energy
Marred by persistent power cuts and inaccessible Zesa power lines in some locations, Econet has resorted to make a huge investment in energy to power its energy hungry operations. Their aim is to power...
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You Can Now Buy Airtime and Electricity On Whatsapp Through A Bot: Talk About...
The Kulibot is the first bot which allows people to top up their airtime and buy ZESA prepaid tokens via Whatsapp. The process… The process you follow is simple and straightforward. Users interacting...
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Econet Going Green: Licence To Construct Solar Power Plant Approved
Econet Wireless’ plans to have their data centre run on solar energy are well documented and in January they applied for a licence to build a 0.45MW power plant for their own use. That application has...
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Future Picture: Why Zimbabwe Will Need The Internet Of Things
I would like to share the story of why and how I built my first internet of things device. All interesting stories start with failure and frustration , my story begins at ZOL Surge startup challenge. I...
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ZESA System Down Until Further Notice, Don’t Buy Tokens Until The Issues Are...
Since as far back as Friday, customers have been having problems buying ZESA (electricity) tokens. Regardless of the platform, it seems buying a token is not possible right now.advertisement...
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ZETDC Advises Customers To Buy ZESA Tokens At “Vending Outlets” As System...
Purchasing ZESA tokens over the last few weeks has not been a walk in the park for many and it seems ZETDC is still facing challenges, particularly if your payment method of choice is EcoCash. From a...
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ZESA Has Lost Almost 100 Transformers To Vandals and Thieves Since The...
If you’re a regular reader of the Techzim blog, you’ll probably remember when we talked about ZETDC (Zimbabwe Electricty Transmission and Distribution Company) calling for people tampering with...
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EcoCash Sets Minimum Amount For ZESA Tokens To $10
I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is EcoCash is now buying ZESA tokens again after weeks of disrupted service. The bad news is there is now a minimum fee for ZESA tokens. That’s right,...
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ZESA, Not EcoCash , Raised The Minimum Price Of Their Tokens From $2 To $10
Yesterday, ZESA managed to restore the service for purchasing electricity tokens via EcoCash but this came with the surprise announcement that the minimum tokens you could buy using EcoCash had risen...
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