BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe calls for data-driven policymaking

The Government of Zimbabwe has called for a radical shift towards data-driven policymaking to address long-standing trade and transport challenges that hinder economic growth in landlocked nations. Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mobile data vanishes amid soaring Telecom profits

"Where did my data go?" - it's a question on the lips of thousands of Zimbabweans as their mobile data mysteriously disappears, even as profits for major telecommunications operators like Econet, NetO...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

SADC endorses Zimbabwe for data protection training hub

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has formally proposed that Zimbabwe establish a regional hub to train Data Protection Officers (DPOs), a move that positions the country as a leader ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet launches new smartSuite data packages

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has unveiled its new SmartSuite Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) data packages, offering six plans designed to meet the diverse data needs of households, freelancers, and small to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt creates database of retired professionals

The Government has developed a digital database of retired public sector professionals to harness their skills and experience for national development projects.Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet to launch new data packages

Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunications and technology provider, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has announced it will soon roll out new data packages aimed at enhancing its popular SmartBiz offering, follo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Vendors hire ICT experts to digitise database

Informal traders across Zimbabwe have enlisted Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts to digitise their operations and create a comprehensive database system to monitor the disbursement an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile internet data usage increases throughout Zimbabwe

Zimbabweans consumed a staggering 97.2 billion megabytes of mobile internet data in the final quarter of 2024, marking a significant surge in digital activity across the country, according to the late...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Scammers breach CVR database

A sophisticated scam targeting newly licensed drivers has rocked Zimbabwe's Central Vehicle Registry (CVR), with fraudsters allegedly breaching the agency's database and sending fake messages demandin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz certifies 700 data protection officers

In a parallel development focused on digital regulation, the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has announced that over 700 data protection officers (DPOs) have be...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

ZSE TODAY

ZSE launches AI-enabled data direct platform

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Limited (ZSE) has unveiled Data Direct, a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled platform designed to improve access to comprehensive market data as part of its digital t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet hikes data tarrifs by 23%

Econet Wireless on Wednesday raised its data prices by 23 percent, as the Zimbabwe dollar continues its slide.According to ZimTechreview, the company said its voice tariffs remained unchanged.Econet, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 March 2020

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet data bundle price hike largely expected

The country's largest mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has adjusted its data bundle tariffs upwards in a move that was largely expected, following  State-owned competitors NetOne ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Data tariffs soar as Zimbabwe crisis bites

Mobile network operators became the latest sector to increase prices for their products with an upward adjustment of tariffs for broadband services following the floating of the country's local curren...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Zimbabwe mobile data tariffs lowest'

Zimbabwe has some of the lowest mobile data tariffs in the region, figures from the Communication Regulators Association of Southern Africa (CRASA) country report for 2018 show. According to the CRASA...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

CardEx, Entrust Datacard partner for Zimbabwe market

Electronic card producer CardEx, has partnered a United Arab Emirates-based firm Entrust Datacard with a view to entering the Zimbabwean market. There has been growing demand for electronic cards on t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 November 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF compiles national skills database for jobless youths

THE Zanu-PF Youth League has started compiling a national database for youths containing qualifications or acquired skills to help them get employment. The project is outlined in the league's work pla...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 September 2018

POLITICS

ZEC database hacked

UNDERFIRE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has sensationally claimed that suspected hackers recently broke into the electoral management body's database and s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz probes NetOne data

POSTAL and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is investigating why state-owned mobile network operator - NetOne - submitted data that does not tally following a compulsory clean up exercise of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

'Hackers downloaded voters' personal data'

The Information Communication Technology  (ICT) and Cyber Security ministry has said personalised, unsolicited campaign messages sent to potential voters' mobile phones by the ruling party could ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

'Zanu-PF breaks into Zec database'

STAKEHOLDERS in the harmonised elections have accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of granting Zanu-PF access to the Biometric Voters Roll (BVR) database where the ruling party accessed reg...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile phone network operators slash data tariffs

MOBILE Network Operators (MNOs) have slashed mobile data tariffs from 12,5 cents to five cents per megabyte in compliance with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe directiv...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

TelOne offering enters the big data services

TELONE managing director, Chipo Mtasa says the need for data networks such as the 'big data' concept is now mission-critical for almost all organisations.Speaking at a data seminar in Harare recently,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe slashes mobile data costs significantly

Mobile data tariffs in Zimbabwe have fallen from 12.5 cents to 5 cents per MB, with the internet expected to play a key role ahead of harmonised elections slated for July 30 this year.The Posts and Te...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs

Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018
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