Tag: Business In Zimbabwe

  • #AppReview: @StarFmZimbabwe Mobile App

    #AppReview: @StarFmZimbabwe Mobile App

    Star FM App – Zimbabwe mobile penetration is reported at above 100%(though I’m not sure how much of that is smartphones) and data appreciation is becoming a big thing in Zimbabwe; so much so that MNOs and ISPs are competing on data prices now. A quick review of the app:

  • One Month Undisrupted Electricity At The Expense Of 500 Jobs?

    In this post as I try to understand the logic behind a decision by the Minister of Energy and Power Development in the Zimbabwean government, Mr Samuel Undenge. The minister this week had electricity that was being channeled towards Sable Chemicals rerouted to residential areas at the cost of a Sable shutdown and 500 jobs…

  • 2 Ways Power Cuts have Affected Freelancers…[And the Solution in Hubs]

    2 Ways Power Cuts have Affected Freelancers…[And the Solution in Hubs]

    in an economy where a lot of people are unemployed, at lot of people are looking to go into some form of freelancing. I would love to insert an unemployment rate percentage but since the Zuva ruling that figure rises like Zimbabwe dollar inflation in [2008].

  • How The Zuva Court Ruling may have been Good

    How The Zuva Court Ruling may have been Good

    How many of the now unemployed Zimbabweans wish that the former Zuva Managers had not fought so hard for the case…only to lose and cost multitudes their jobs?

  • Does OneWallet really exist?

    With the rise in the importance of mobile money in the Zimbabwean economy, here is a brief look into whether NetOne’s OneWallet did enough in a highly competitive market where the competition has done everything short of bringing your money to your house.