Drone University became possibly the first in Africa, and one of only a few in the world, to be accredited to offer Remotely Piloted Aircraft Maintenance ...

Africa isn’t just a target, it has become a proving ground for the latest cyber threats.”— Kerissa Varma, Microsoft Chief ...

Online Doctors Africa wants to make it easier for Zimbabweans to find medical help and pay for it, even when they don’t have ...

When Econet announced back in March that it had partnered with Ericsson to modernise its core network in preparation for 5G, it was easy to be sceptical. We’ve seen plenty of big announcements before, ...

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 ...

Econet has launched its new SmartSuite Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) packages, officially retiring the SmartBiz bundles many people loved, and in some cases, hated. While SmartSuite offers six new data ...

The afternoon Action Design Lab at the Zimswitch Digital Connect Symposium brought banks, fintechs, regulators, and payments players together to map practical steps towards unlocking Zimbabwe’s ...

Back in May, we covered strange behaviours from AI systems: refusing shutdown, cheating at chess, and even threatening to blackmail humans. At the time, much of the data came from isolated safety ...

Google has opened Africa’s first AI Community Center in Accra, Ghana, as part of a $37 million commitment to drive AI development across the continent. The new hub, which officially opened on Friday, ...

There’s been quite a bit of chatter on social media lately about Econet’s SmartBiz internet service. If you search for “SmartBiz” on X or scroll through Econet’s Facebook posts, you’ll find frustrated ...

The UK has seen the so-called efficiency gains AI is giving some industries and has decided to give its government the same treatment. They’ve just announced that all 400,000 civil servants in England ...

Econet is profitable again. After posting a loss in 2024, Zimbabwe’s largest telecoms company made ZWG 2.35 billion in profit for the year ending February 2025. Revenue was up 23%, data usage up 36%, ...