President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and other local universities to become centres of economic revival leveraging on technology. He said it was important ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019
Cassava Smartech, an Econet spinoff, recently launched Sasai, a mobile application which mirrors China's WeChat. Of course, it is a first by Africa, but odds are highly-staked against its success.Ther...
By Respect Gwenzi | Published: 18 October 2019
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in partnership with other stakeholders is working on a National Fintech Strategy and has already put in place an Interagency Fintech Working Group that is expected to play...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019
YOUNG Miners Foundation (YMF) chief executive Payne Kupfukwa has lamented that the local mining industry was lagging behind in terms of technology, with firms using archaic and inefficient equipment.K...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Service Department (MSD) acting director Rebecca Manzou has urged nations to use technologies meant to detect nuclear activities for alternative purposes, particularly season...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2019
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) is set to introduce high-tech equipment, including closed circuit television (CCTV) and drones, to improve security at Kariba Dam. This follows incidence of vandalism...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019
Econet Zimbabwe's fintech business Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL) will list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) tomorrow.This comes after regulatory approvals to spin off the telecoms giant...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2018
The disruptive technology hype is abuzz with innovations such as the driverless or autonomous cars, drones, artificial intelligence etc.All these innovations are exciting and I believe it is a questio...
By Tororiro Isaac Chaza | Published: 21 November 2018
THE experiences of the hyperinflation still linger in the minds of many citizens. Since the end of the GNU tenure, the management of the economy of the country has been struggling to regain full confi...
By Dr Bongani Ngwenya | Published: 30 September 2018
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday launched one of the country's most advanced technological chrome processing plants as the new administration continues to launch multi-million dollar projects to...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 July 2018
Cabinet is expected to make a major pronouncement on Air Zimbabwe, amid indications that an inter-ministerial task-force put together to find a lasting solution to the problems dogging the national fl...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018
THE Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technology Division (ZICT) says Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has some of the best brains in understanding blockchain technology used to develop crypt...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018
TELONE Centre for Learning (TCFL), a subdivision of rising fixed telecommunications firm, TelOne, will this week host a OneMoney mobile financial services hackathon, with the aim of promoting product ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to launch the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (Zingsa) and tomorrow officiate at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Beitbridge modernisation pro...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has put into motion studies to investigate blockchain technology as it is a new developing global innovation.RBZ governor John Mangudya told guests attending Alpha M...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018
"It is important for us as Africans to understand the challenges we face and find ways of using technology to solve them," NMB Bank chief operating officer Gerald Gore told participants in the Enactus...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 June 2018
The use of advanced metering technologies is steadily on the rise in Africa, but, to evolve the business models of the electrical utilities operating on the continent, utilities still need to harness ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 June 2018
The South African government has committed to an aggressive program of economic reform to reignite its stalled economy. President Cyril Ramaphosa's new deal for banks and corporates offers renewed dyn...
By Agencies | Published: 04 June 2018
OPPOSITION reaction to Wednesday's announcement of the election date was mixed with some parties saying they were ready to send President Emmerson Mnangagwa packing while others demanded progress on e...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 May 2018
Zimbabwe is lagging in terms of technology after the country only made a paltry 28 patent applications, latest data from the United Nations has shown.The patent applications made by people living in ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 May 2018
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has embraced bulk messaging as part of its cocktail of campaign platforms to reach out to the electorate ahead of this year's general elections.After recently launching the #E...
By Staff reporter | Published: 23 May 2018
Zimbabwe will leapfrog and catch up in technological development despite the fact that it is presently lagging way behind other economies.Speaking after touring Dahua Technology, the world's second-la...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 April 2018
PHARMACEUTICALS manufacturing firm, MedTech Holdings, has warned of a looming drugs shortage after it failed to access foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to import critical medic...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2018
THE founder and CEO of a Manchester-based consumer technology and security company, VST Enterprises, has been named as the new Science and Technology Ambassador to the Zimbabwean Government.The ambas...
By Agencies | Published: 15 March 2018
Listed telecoms and tech giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ), has taken the lead in the use of artificial intelligence to manage its customer services support in a move set to significantly improve ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 March 2018
UK cranks heat on Mnangagwa 
Kenya declares three days of mourning for Mugabe 
UK's Boris Johnson quits over Brexit stretegy 
ZSE closes lower on heavyweight losses 
IMF says Zimbabwe economy to contract 7.1% in 2019 
Delta lager volumes decline 40% 
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