Applications open for Open Parly’s US$1,000 Murewa Hackathon
Magamba Network (Open Parly ZW) is looking for young people, community activists, citizen journalists and developers to promote progressive new civic tech within Zimbabwe’s civic space through finding offline solutions…
Google appoints Zimbabwean as Senior Vice President
Google has appointed James Manyika as the company’s first Senior Vice President of Technology and Society. Manyika will report directly to Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) CEO Sundar Pichai and will…
Court hearings via video call in Zim? Yes. That and more tech coming to judicial system in 2022
You know the saying, ‘justice delayed is justice denied.’ The Zimbabwe judicial system will be taking that slogan to heart this year. The theme for 2022, as announced by the…
Innovator develops cordless television set
Gifted innovator Maxwell Chikumbutso has set his eyes firmly in revolutionarising the information technology (IT) gadgets sector by developing a radio frequency (RF) powered television set without a plug in.…
OK Zimbabwe & NSSA are offering Pensioners a 10% discount
OK Zimbabwe SI 127 of 2021 Stautory Instrument 127 of 2021, Pensioners, 10% Discount, Senior Citizens Week, NSSADiscounts have been a little obsession of mine over the last few weeks,…
Smart phones? That’s yesterday’s tech. Smart contact lenses to take over
At some point we are going to have to say no to some of this smartifying. At this rate it’s only a matter of time till we have smart food…
You will be able to get an e-passport this week
The fiasco that has been the e-passport rollout is soon to hit its crescendo. According to a report by ZBC News, the company that was contracted to run the project…
Discounts for USD: a game of haves vs have nots
Discounts for USD purchases is a “hidden” business practice in Zimbabwe. Late last year we reported on TM Pick n Pay’s 50% discount for groceries bought with US$ and it…
Of the TV remote charged by WiFi signals and other long distance wireless charging devices
Back in 2021 Samsung released some impressive QLED TVs. However, the TV remote controls that came with those TVs kind of stole the show. Those remotes had little solar panels…
Zim would benefit from this Nigerian ethical debt-collection platform
In my travels on the internet, I came across a Nigerian startup called BFree that recently closed a US$1.7 million Series A round. It’s a credit management fintech that deals…