Liquid Telecom completes East to West Africa fibre link
Back in 2019, Liquid Telecom announced the launch of the East to West Africa data link. This audacious project was going to, for the first time, connect the continent to…
Liquid Telecom secures US$840m
PAN-African telecommunications group, Liquid Telecoms says it has successfully arranged a bond and term loan refinancing facility to the tune of US$840 million for the group’s growth strategy and existing…
NetOne partners Huawei
Mobile telecommunications firm, NetOne, has partnered Chinese multinational technology company, Huawei, to upgrade mobile network services that will see an improvement in the country’s mobile broadband. The mobile broadband project…
VP Mohadi leaks: the tech behind call hacking, recording & voice cloning
With the news of Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s resignation due to the scandal he is embroiled in. We wondered how the leak(s) could have taken place or how they were…
POTRAZ: SMS and e-mail phishing scams on the rise
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has cautioned the public on the rise of SMS and e-mail phishing attacks.Phishing is a fraudulent practice of sending people email…
Econet data has been performing almost as poorly as NetOne
NetOne isn’t alone when it comes to shoddy data services of late. Econet has also been having problems with its data and it seems to have started last week when…
TelOne customers to face service disruption due to system maintenance
Earlier this year TelOne thanked its customers for bearing with it during the endless system upgrades the state-owned ISP held during the final half of 2020. Many thought that it…
Muchenje vs NetOne: just when we thought we’d heard the last of it
I am sure at this point everyone is aware of the battle that has been waged between Lazarus Muchenje and NetOne. After his dismissal by the govt, we thought this…
TelOne lost ZWL$50 million to vandalism and theft in 2020
Valentine Muhamba ( @chitungwie ) Posted Dec 14, 2020 in Telecommunications · 2 mins read No comments Cable theft and equipment vandalism has been a perennial problem for TelOne. In…
The Data Centre business in Africa is really ramping up
The data centre business is quickly become a market that is ripe for investment. The digitization efforts happening across the continent are a signifier that even African governments are taking…