EDUCATION

France to hand over biotech lab to UZ

Zimbabwe's scientific and academic sectors are poised for a significant leap forward following the official handover of a new biotechnology laboratory to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) by the French ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe emerges as hotspot for scalable fintech solutions

Zimbabwe is rapidly positioning itself as a fertile ground for scalable Financial Technology (fintech) innovations, with leading local financial institutions at the forefront of this transformation. B...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe positions itself as a leader in fintech solutions

Zimbabwe is quickly becoming a hub for scalable financial technology (fintech) solutions, with local financial institutions driving the transformation. By harnessing technology, these institutions are...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Cassava Technologies, Zindi to showcase African AI innovation

Cassava Technologies, a global tech giant of African heritage, has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zindi, Africa's largest professional network for data scientists, to jointly...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2025

SOCCER

ZIFA disowns job advertisement for Technical Director post

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has issued a strong public warning against a fake job advertisement circulating on social media and other unofficial platforms, falsely claiming that the posit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe goes hi-tech

In a major boost to Zimbabwe's agricultural sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially commissioned a state-of-the-art 56,000-tonne smart-grain storage silo complex in Kwekwe, a move set to save ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe adapts to use technology in agriculture

Zimbabwe is rapidly transforming its agricultural sector through the adoption of agritech and climate-smart solutions as it works to combat the effects of climate change, improve yields, and reclaim i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2025

AFRICA NEWS

South Africa shows off new border patrol drone tech

Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber has unveiled the Border Management Authority's (BMA) new drones and body cameras that will be piloted over the Easter weekend to enhance border security.Schreib...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Steward Bank seeks to rebrand as TN Cybertech Bank

Steward Bank Limited has initiated the process to change its name to TN Cybertech Bank Limited, according to a public notice issued last week, signalling what could be a significant repositioning in Z...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

The future is tech, Mnangagwa

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

OPINION

Stacking the odds against Cassava Smartech's Sasai

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

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ works on Fintech strategy

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

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mining industry lags behind in technolo

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

BUSINESS NEWS

Met Dept calls for use of nuclear technology

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

BUSINESS NEWS

High-tech security for Kariba Dam

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

ZIMBABWE

Cassava Smartech listing on tomorrow

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

OPINION

Disruptive technologies: Of driverless cars in Zimbabwe

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

OPINION

Time to give technocratic management of economy a chance

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

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa launches hightech ferrochrome plant

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

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to secure technical partner

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

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'HIT best to understand blockchain tech'

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

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

TelOne hosts fintech solutions hackathon

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

POLITICS

Mnangagwa to launch satellite technology agency

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

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ embraces blockchain tech

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

FINANCIAL SERVICES

'Adapt technology to solve African problems'

"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
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