You can now book e-passport applications online. Here’s how you do it
Online e-passport applications are here! Well, not exactly… The express e-passport portal/centre is now up and running but it appears that it is only there for booking appointments according to…
Cashless societies prone to abuse by govts, Canada shows. Is Zim better off for preferring cash?
In Zim, the RBZ’s FIU can freeze your account without court order. A fact that won’t scare many who shun the official banking sector. For various reasons, Zimbabwe has been…
Why is Multichoice (DStv) closing its Joina City branch?
You heard the news, Multichoice Zimbabwe will be closing its Joina City customer care centre on the 21st of March 2022. The notice: MultiChoice Zimbabwe will be closing its Harare…
Beats Studio Buds. Overpriced
The beats studio buds are in the building and on the box it says made for AppleTV, iPhone and iPad. So yeah. Here is an iphone. And this is what…
Beware of scammers promising to process e-passports for Zim diasporans
When the Zimbabwean government introduced e-passports at the end of 2021, it was met with both fanfare and outcry. The govt listened to its citizens and backtracked on one of…
5G has arrived in Zim… Almost
Yes! We finally have it. 5G was launched. Ribbons were cut and some phones got to flex that 5G icon next to the network bars for the 1st time in…
Strive Masiyiwa retires from Econet Board
Econet Wireless has announced that their billionaire founder, Strive Masiyiwa, has stepped down from the board of directors of the ZimbabweStock Exchange listed Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited. Masiyiwa had been…
New TelOne internet package prices; some large data caps almost doubled
State-owned telecommunications company TelOne has increased internet package prices. The price increase is most felt in the bigger data packages with the lower ones not being affected or remaining unchanged.…
Free 10GB data per month for South Africans and 10% price increases for Zimbabweans
Sometimes you marvel at just how differently politicians and govt officials from different countries think. I feel like the South Africans are just mocking/exposing us right now. In the same…
First Capital Bank partners with Hellopaisa and is going paperless
First Capital Bank Limited has today announced two major developments that it says will positively reshape its service delivery for key segments. These are the launch of its collaborative partnership…