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ECONET Wireless, Zimbabwe’s leading telecommunications and technology company, has unveiled the country’s first eSIM service for both prepaid and postpaid customer packages. “We are delighted to introduce our customers to this new technology that offers convenience by providing them with additional choice and flexibility,” the technology company said in a statement.An eSIM is a digital…

NEWLY-APPOINTED minister of Local Government Winston Chitando has applauded Geo Pomona Waste Management for its work in processing waste, saying this plays a critical role in achieving the country’s Vision 2030. Speaking after his tour of the site in Pomona, Harare, yesterday, the minister, who was accompanied by Geo Pomona chairperson, Dilesh Nguwaya, praised the…

ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecommunications and technology company, is leveraging its ongoing network upgrade to boost customer experience by improving roaming services for both outbound and inbound roaming customers. “We are taking advantage of our ongoing network upgrades to work with our roaming partners around the world to improve our customers’ roaming experience…

ACCESS Finance Group has appointed Salim Eceolaza as its new chief executive officer (CEO) with immediate effect, taking over from co-founder and CEO Ray – mond Chigogwana, who will retire early next month. Access Finance International is a Mauritius-based holding company that offers a broad spectrum of specialist financial solutions to a client base that…

THE government and local authorities across the country have joined hands to promote safe working spaces for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Speaking at the theme launch of the 2023 SMEs International Expo held in Harare yesterday, chief director enterprise and community development in the ministry of SMEs Farncis Gondo, said availing proper working spaces…

THE government is committed to facilitating the mechanisation of the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Support Scheme — Pfumvudza/Intwasa — as part of efforts to improve efficiency in agricultural productions. Pfumvudza/Intwasa benefitted 3,5 million households across Zimbabwe in the last summer cropping season, and was the main driver behind the 58 percent rise in maize production in…

ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s largest telecommunications and technology company, has announced a major network upgrade programme in Manicaland Province. The programme, which targets 175 sites by the end of November 2023, would see Econet upgrade all its 3G sites to fourth generation, 4G/ LTE sites. In addition, the company would also deploy 30 new…

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank’s licence following the financial institution’s voluntary surrender. In a statement yesterday, the central bank said Tetrad did not have any depositors on its books at the time it surrendered its licence. “The Registrar of Banking Institutions has cancelled Tetrad Investment Bank Limited licence with…

THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says the cost of living (CoL) for a family went down by 5,5 percent last month due to the strengthening of the local currency. In its monthly low urban income earner basket report released yesterday, CCZ chief executive Rosemary Mpofu said the reduction of the cost of living was…