ZOL drops internet bombshell
I remember the early days of email when I had a Yahoo and Hotmail account with a 5MB mailbox which I thought was totally great even though I was constantly deleting emails and when Gmail threw 1GB on...
View ArticleJumpstart announces BarCamp Zimbabwe 2012 & ZOL Jumpstart Challenge
So it’s been a whole year since the first BarCamp and Startup Challenge, an another one is on the cards. This year’s challenge has been announced today on the Jumpstart website. The BarCamp Zimbabwe...
View Article6 quick tips for pitching your startup at ZOL Jumpstart Challenge
Pitching is both an art and a science that every entrepreneur needs to master. Even if you possess a rare charm that enables you to sell ice to Eskimos, you still need to focus on articulating critical...
View ArticleA big thanks to sponsors & partners of BarCamp & the Challenge
This year, again, BarCamp Zimbabwe and the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge were a success. A big success. While BarCamp was held at the same venue as last year, we decided to take it outside and what a...
View ArticleZOL Startup Challenge 2011 winners: Where they are now
Last month, as we prepared to hold the ZOL Jumpstart Challenge 2012, we contacted the winners and finalists of the challenge in 2011 to check on the progress of their products and companies. The 2011...
View ArticleJumpstart event: Panel discussion on tech entrepreneurship
One of main objectives when we founded the Jumpstart initiative earlier this year was to “connect startup ICT entrepreneurs to mentors that can guide them on building successful businesses.” We are...
View ArticleReport: The Jumpstart Panel Discussion on Tech Entrepreneurship
Last week, the final Jumpstart event of the year was held at Cresta Jameson in Harare. The event was a panel discussion where we invited some of the judges of our annualJumpstart Challenge (it’s just...
View ArticleZOL website hacked
Today we woke up to the tip that the website of one of the largest internet service providers in the country, Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) had been hacked. Checking the website, we got the screenshot below:
View ArticleAnother high profile website hacked, this time it’s Fingaz
We have been alerted by readers to the hacking of yet another high profile website in Zimbabwe, that of the Financial Gazette, www.financialgazette.co.zw. Our checks show that the website was hacked on...
View ArticleNew VSAT provider Stargaze, targets rural communities with low prices
As Zimbabwe’s internet industry gets increasingly competitive, a new VSAT internet service provider, Stargaze, has launched services in the country. In his communication to us, Stargaze Managing...
View ArticleEconet launches 3G mobile Wi-Fi device, competes with fixed broadband providers
Last week, Econet introduced a mobile Wi-Fi (MiFi if you want) device aimed directly at “small group” broadband users. That will be your home and small business users. In many ways therefore this...
View ArticleZOL announces uncapped internet. Offers one of Zim’s lowest priced broadband
As internet prices continue to fall in Zimbabwe, Liquid Telecom subsidiary ISP, ZOL, announced yesterday the introduction of unlimited internet to replace its capped packages. In a message to customers...
View ArticleZimbabwe Broadband: ZOL launches even lower priced unlimited internet
When we attended the Liquid Telecom the MD of the fibre operator, Wellington Makamure said that while Zimbabwe's telecoms industry is lucrative, its one of the most competitive. Nothing speaks more...
View ArticleZOL Startup Challenge: One year later for Footballzone
It’s already been a year since the 2012 ZOL Startup Challenge and what a year it has been for Footballzone, the company behind Zimbabwe’s leading soccer website Soccer24. Every startup needs a big...
View ArticleZOL Startup Challenge battle tips #TechzimSurge
7 days are left before Techzim Surge and the epic Zol Startup Challenge. The visual below has 5 tips we believe are important for contestants and even for startups that will not be pitching. Over time,...
View ArticleZimbabwe: My applications wish list
Tomorrow applications developers battle it out at the TechZim / ZOL Surge and start-up challenge. If I were to have my way and incarnate a stanza of magic code to generate the most useful applications...
View ArticleDay 2: Here are the ZOL Startup Challenge 2013 finalists
Today was the second round of the ZOL Startup Challenge. 10 Startups were pitching for a spot in in the final 5 who, in the coming weeks will be pitching for the top spot. It was as usual a very...
View ArticleHere are this year’s ZOL Startup Challenge winners
They came. They pitched. Got feedback. Refined their pitches. And today the finals of the ZOL Startup Challenge took place! So we’re excited the winners of the challenge this year. First place goes to...
View ArticleZOL relaunches local mirror for largest Linux distros: Debian, Ubuntu & CentOS
As we step into a new year, I can’t help but look back on the current year and wonder that there has been a lot of talk in the broadband/internet side of things locally but not a great amount actually...
View ArticleZOL to launch a dongle based mobile WiMAX broadband service
Earlier this week, we received a tip in our inbox about a mobile broadband service about to be launched by ZOL, one of Zimbabwe’s largest ISPs. Here: ZOL has just introduced mobile WiMAX in the 2.5Ghz...
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