Energy experts discuss the importance of gas for Africa’s current and future energy needs;GE’s innovative gas power generation portfolio is providing faster, more reliable, more cost-effective and more environmentally friendly power for baseload, emergency or clean energy transition needs; Gas will be critical for creating industry, manufacturing and attracting investment capital. With recent major gas…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) (https://www.IEA.org/) hired Maximilian Jarrett as its first Africa Programme Manager to help expand the Agency’s reach and coordinate its work as it deepens its engagement across the continent. Mr Jarrett brings 30 years of experience in the fields of international economic affairs, media production and strategic communications. He most recently served…
Liquid Telecom has begun extending its services to Juba South Sudan, telecoms guru Strive Masiyiwa has revealed. South Sudan was one of only two countries in Africa with no link to the rest of the world, through Undersea Fibre link. “We built a 200km link from Uganda’s border. It was tough because of mines and…
Ecobank Group (https://www.Ecobank.com), the pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge gives African start-ups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially partner with Ecobank to roll-out their solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets in Africa as well as France. Ecobank…
Tatenda Mqetu The Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) perceives Zimbabwe energy problems are due to the lack of the will to prioritise, invest and transparently administer the sector as currently the state relies on intensive models to generate grid electricity for both the industrial and household sector. Zimbabwe has 43% of…
Logan Cup champions Mountaineers and challengers Eagles will renew their rivalry when they clash in the four-day match scheduled to begin today at Harare Sports Club. Although only the fourth first-class match of the season for both teams – with neither side yet to taste defeat – the game is likely to prove a…
Distributed Power Africa (DPA) is partnering with leading global electricity supplier the EDF (Électricité De France) Group, to deploy hybrid energy solutions to Industrial and Commercial clients to increase energy security and improve industry productivity. DPA and EDF have developed a comprehensive solution for heavy users such as mines, manufacturing companies and other large…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe today launched YoPlay Hunt – an Augmented Reality (AR) technology based mobile game that is says is set to revolutionize the way customers interface with brands. Econet, the largest mobile network operator in Zimbabwe, becomes the first operator in Africa to launch an AR game. To play the game, which…
Global Renaissance Investments have earmarked an international Infrastructure Summit and Expo involving South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe that will take place in the resort town of Victoria Falls from 4 to 7 March 2020 at the famous Kingdom Hotel. Addressing journalists at the five-star Meikles Hotel in Harare today, Mr. Ngoni Dzirutwe, the Chief Executive…
By Lovemore Chazingwa in Kadoma The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has embarked on yet another sustainable drive to support innovators and innovation hubs among the country’s universities, to scale up the innovation drive, this publication has learnt. The inaugural Potraz Hackathon competition is currently underway at Kadoma Hotel and Conference Centre,…
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has said it is regrettable that the Government of Zimbabwe has updated SI 25 of 2020 exempting Chinese telecommunications giant, Huawei Technologies from paying income tax. The old Statutory Instrument SI 227 of 2019 exempted Huawei from paying income tax since August 2014. This has now been…
Mr. Alois Tsiga, the Project Coordinator for the Fourth National Communications and First Biennial Update under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Zimbabwe has said there are low hanging fruits for the country in complying with such requirements. Speaking to Spiked Online Media in Harare today, Mr. Tsiga revealed that national…
Cellulant Corporation (www.Cellulant.com) – the pan-African technology company – has empowered Africa’s agriculture sector with the hosting of its inaugural partners’ summit in Lagos, Nigeria and the assurance to leverage on technology to help block inefficiency and wastages in Africa’s Agric value chain courtesy of its improved payment and marketplace solutions, Tingg and Agrikore. Tingg,…
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has approved an adjustment in data and SMS tariffs for mobile network operators in a long expected move analysts and market players believe will help forestall dim prospects in the telecoms sector. According to sources familiar with developments, the telecoms regulator approved a 25% tariff…
This follows the announcement of a partnership between Facebook and The South African Police Service (SAPS) to use the Facebook platform and community to help find missing children South Africa has become the first country in Africa to join to the Facebook Amber Alerts programme. This follows the announcement of a partnership between Facebook (facebook.com)…
The viability of mobile network operators (MNO) and their ability to provide efficient services is under threat as they continue to grapple with high operating costs amid static tariffs that were last reviewed in October last year. MNOs were last awarded a 95% tariff increase in October last year with Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority…
Canon’s remarkable ME20F-SH is a multi-purpose camera that can achieve ISO sensitivity of over 4,000,000 and employs an enhanced version of a 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor for Full HD video Canon Europe (https://www.Canon-Europe.com/), a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced that its parent company Canon Inc. will be recognised at the 71st Annual Technology…
By Joyce Mukucha and Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe and Rwanda are working tirelessly on strengthening their business ties within the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Joint Permanent Commission of Co-operation. The bilateral relations will see the two countries co-operating in various areas that include ease of doing business, investment, mining,…
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Speed of deployment expected to become increasingly critical differentiator As the world charges into 2020, organizations increasingly will forego the enterprise-or-cloud debate that dominated C-level conversations in recent years in favor of hybrid architectures that incorporate public and private cloud models and edge assets around a reconfigured core. This evolving approach to managing data and…
By Anyway Yotamu The judiciary will this year introduce live streaming of cases to attract public and national interest as well as the integrated electronic management system, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said on Monday 13th of January 2020. In his keynote address to mark the first term of the beginning of the 2020 Legal Year…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu Oil Castor Zimbabwe has promised to eliminate the fuel crisis currently prevailing in the nation through producing and supplying bio motor oil extracted from castor bean plant. The company, through its chemistry and engineering department revealed plans to set up a fully-fledged market in Zimbabwe by releasing 20W40 Bio-motor oil and…
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Listed entity Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL), which has business interests in mobile money, digital banking, insurtech and on-demand services, reported revenue of ZW$946 million for the half year ended 31 August 2019. The published results are inflation-adjusted, in line with International Accounting Standard 29 on Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies,…
… as we commemorate the International Year of Plant Health 2020 By Mathew Abang In Africa, transboundary plant pests and diseases are costly to combat because control efforts are usually undertaken after huge crop losses have already occurred. Improving national capacities to sustainably monitor, prevent and reduce crop losses will have multiple advantages, but…
This partnership will have a long-lasting impact on the economic perspective of young people Recently, Alioune Ndiaye, CEO of Orange Africa and Middle East (www.Orange.com), and Kathinka Kurz, Head of the Development Partnerships Program with the private sector (develoPPP.de) at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, signed a partnership agreement to develop the…
Cassava On Demand has launched VAYA Air Charter, a service that will allow business and tourist travellers to hire private planes to any destination. The service will be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe and will see VAYA – which in the past year has successfully rolled out many services under its VAYA Mobility,…
According to the third quarter performance report for the postal and telecommunications sector released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) Director-General, Dr Gift Machengete in Harare today, OneMoney had the highest market share in terms of active subscriptions. “The mobile penetration rate increased by 3.4% to reach 88.2% from 84.8% recorded in the…
Dr. Gift Machengete, the Director-General of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has presented the sector performance report for the third quarter of 2019 that had mixed fortunes for the various stakeholders. Presenting the report at the company’s headquarters, Dr. Machengete highlighted various trends that characterised the postal and telecommunications sector in…
Pure Oil Industries trading as Zimgold, has proved that it not only operating in the country to just generate profits, but rather to also serve the society and impact it in a positive and meaningful way when it honoured charitable organisations and community heroes with one-year supplies of cooking oil. Speaking at the Pure Oil…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu State owned telecoms provider, NetOne is spearheading OneMoney activations for informal sector players in the Harare Central Business District (CBD) by offering them a merchant code which will enable them to accept OneMoney transactions onto their businesses. The OneMoney platform is connected to the ZIMSWITCH network, a platform which…
Achieving universal energy access with the help of mini and nano solutions is vital to meet rising food demand and transform rural lives in Africa, according to a panel of experts Investing in new off-grid and mini-grid technologies to extend energy access across Africa will be instrumental in helping smallholder farmers to meet rising food…
By Byron Mutingwende The helping hand and gesture of love extended to persons with disabilities (PWDs) by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) has been hailed for fostering information communication technology (ICT) among this needy group. Speaking soon after receiving 20 laptop computers and 20 Fusion software licences from POTRAZ Director-General, Dr….
Mr Fernando dos Santos, the Director-General of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) joined other luminaries in the Top 50 Most Influential IP Authorities by the Managing Intellectual Property Organisation. The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has made great strides towards its goal of becoming a paperless office. According to director general Fernando…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu The Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) is spearheading the Wetland Assessment and Monitoring Platform for Transboundary River Basins in Southern Africa (WeMAST) project and has partnered various stakeholders in an effort to design, develop and operationalise an integrated Earth Observation(EO) based…
By Joyce Mukucha The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has joined hands with United Nations, Education and Scientific Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), International Hydrological Programme, Princeton Climate Analytics and the Government of Zimbabwe in planning towards implementation of the National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) to strengthen proactive climate risk management in Zimbabwe. Considering the current capacities…
By Joyce Mukucha and Anyway Yotamu The China Industrial International Group (CIIG) has introduced a new cooking Safe, Economical, Environmental, Convenient and Innovative (SEECI) coal stove as a way of easing power outages and economical challenges that are currently affecting Zimbabwe. Briefing journalists during a media tour in Harare last week, the CIIG chief executive…
Electrical maintenance is that one thing that we underestimate and oversee. We think of postponing its support for a better time in the future. The maintenance is mandatory and can be gruesome if you neglect it. Without saying, this implies for any place where you use electricity. Be it your house, office, or any other…
Red Cross and partners will develop community currencies to help cash-poor regions grow their own economies, thanks to a grant from Innovation Norway matched by private sector. A new global network of blockchain-based community currencies will be developed by an international partnership to supplement direct cash and voucher assistance programs for vulnerable communities in developing…
As EcoCash services get back to normal, the company says it is now working to clear customer queries. “I am pleased to say that transactions on our new EcoCash platform are now going through normally,” said Mr Eddie Chibi, the CEO of EcoCash’s parent company Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe. “We are however currently seized…
NetOne has introduced zero-rated transactions on all OneMoney transactions except the statutory 2% tax and card swipe charges, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lazarus Muchenje has said. “Effective today, we have introduced zero-rated transactions on all OneMoney transactions except the Statutory 2% tax and Card Swipe Charges. What this means is there will be no transaction…
By Byron Mutingwende Government has identified the hospitality and tourism sectors as key pillars for economic recovery while emphasising on the need to align with the 4th Industrial Revolution. This was revealed at the 2019 Hospitality Congress that kicked off in Mutare today and is running under the theme “Hospitality Stepping Into The…
Start-ups and innovators pitched for funding, business and support in front of a jury of experts at the Disruptive Agricultural Technology (DAT) Challenge and Conference. A new generation of Ugandan entrepreneurs has won business opportunities with a flagship government project to help drive forward the digital revolution in agriculture. At an event in Kampala…
EcoCash has reassured the public that the process of stabilizing its new, more secure platform following a weekend upgrade, is nearly complete but has pleaded for patience as it works to “optimize” the performance of the service. “We once again would like to thank our valued customers for bearing with us during this critical…
Women businesses say African Continental Free Trade Area needs to deliver for women Inclusive social and economic development can only be attained through gender equality (Addis Ababa) – Transformational change in Africa requires the continent’s women to be fully included in trade and the economy, experts and policymakers told the SheTrades Global event taking place in Addis Ababa….
By Byron Mutingwende in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Siemens Mechatronics Certification Centre in Kenya has embraced the 4th Industrial Revolution, Prof Jean Bosco has said. Prof Bosco made the remarks during the on going Africa Industrialisation Week happening at the African Union Headquarters, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is running under the theme, “Positioning…
