Zimbabwe ICT Headline Roundup, October 2015 – January 2016
January 26, 2016 » NewsNo Comment
A recap of national ICT headlines from the past 4 months.
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- Net Neutrality and the curse of the privileged byte – Techzim
- Understanding Zimbabwe’s draft Data Protection Bill
- Bankers call for Zim mobile money regulation – ITWeb Africa
- Telecel to introduce LTE in 2016, downplays the service’s immediate relevance in Zim
- Bulawayo to get cheaper fibre internet as Liquid begins installations in suburbs
- NetOne takes lead on national LTE rollout, now has 45 active base stations
- The 5 reasons why e-learning startups in Zimbabwe do not succeed
- First Zimbabwe Internet Governance Forum event held in Harare. Seeks input into governance
- Lower revenues & increasing subscribers reflected in latest POTRAZ telecoms report
- Some thoughts on Zimbabwe’s Electronic Communications & E-commerce Draft Bill
- Here’s how the internet is being used to help fix Harare’s burst pipes & potholes
- Zimpost enters online payments game, offers ZESA & money transfer services
- A week in rural Zimbabwe
- Conversations with Zimbabwean startups: Mazwi & its play on book publishing
- Here are some takeaways from Zimbabwe’s Cyber Indaba
- Zimbabwe to manufacture 50,000 computers a year through Chinese partnership
- Opportunities for eHealth emerge as POTRAZ partners ITU for rural telemedicine
- How taxes could have negatively affected Zimbabwe’s internet penetration
- Here’s 2015 in review & a realisation that the worst is yet to come
- Kenyan aggregator & micro-lender, Kopo Kopo, to launch service in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Holds its First DNS Workshop, Could this be a Step towards Better DNS Management?
- Zimbabwean tech hub Hypercube closes, cites challenges with funding
- TelOne to get US $98 Million, for home & backbone fibre by year end
- YouTube Offline offers Zimbabweans another workaround for expensive internet
- Zimbabwe wins AU tender to host regional Internet Exchange Point
- Telecel to partner Facebook for free internet service
- Econet sues POTRAZ for $132 million, seeks reversal of tariff reduction & clarity on USF
- Why Zimbabwean brands should explore the Instagram opportunity
- Muzinda Hub to provide corporates & entrepreneurs with tech skills, e-business training
- Here’s a comparison of Zimbabwean internet packages
- Here’s Zimbabwe’s 2015 draft National ICT Policy
- Local startup SmartGo Zimbabwe develops Lyft-like ride sharing service
- As Hypercube Hub Closes , Here are the lessons Learned – Zimbabwe Technology Magazine
- Latest POTRAZ report shows leaps in LTE & increase in Zimbabwe’s internet penetration
- Supa sets the law for internet spying | Zimbabwe Daily News