Cassava Technologies has opened what it says is Africa’s first Google Cloud Partner Experience Centre. It’s in Johannesburg, and the idea is simple: companies can walk in with a problem they want to ...

NetOne and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority have a new partnership. The announcement is full of the usual big phrases: digital transformation, smart tourism, whole-of-government approach.

In March, President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched Zimbabwe’s National AI Strategy for 2026 to 2030. The document lays out a big vision. Zimbabwe wants to position itself as an AI hub for Southern Africa ...

So when Masiyiwa talks about digital dollars arriving, it’s not really that crypto is suddenly entering Africa. It’s been here. What’s different now is who’s getting involved. Instead of startups and ...

These are USSD codes that allow you to make digital payments for products or services like buying NetOne airtime using EcoCash, paying for your policies using OneMoney, or purchasing concert tickets.

At first, you might be surprised that mobile usage is even that close. Zimbabwe has millions more mobile users than fixed, but aren’t they all stuck on cheap capped bundles? How can mobile traffic ...

This week, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, began unexpectedly responding to unrelated user queries on X with commentary about “white genocide” in South Africa. For several hours, the chatbot repeatedly ...

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I am astounded by just how much a little competition can achieve for end-users. For years, we were told that the economic conditions in Zimbabwe were so dire that high internet access costs were ...

While last week was all about the official Mukuru wallet launch, it was also an opportunity to celebrate 20 years of Mukuru. The company turned 20 last year and for those not familiar with its story, ...

South Africa’s Parliament recently grilled the CEOs of MTN, Vodacom, and Telkom on an issue most of us complain about: data expiry. The MTN CEO, in particular, gave several analogies to justify the ...