59% Zimbabweans have a mobile phone
A new report has revealed that 59 out of every 100 Zimbabweans had subscribed to a mobile phone by the end of last year.
However, this number was still below the average for developing countries of 77 per 100 persons. (more…)
Tags: Gender Gap, Mobile phones, UNCTAD, Zimbabwe
ForgetMeNot Africa has been nominated in the Best New Service category at this year’s prestigious AfricaCom Awards.
Facebook, email and online chat access using SMS
Africa’s premier telecoms award gala has shortlisted ForgetMeNot Africa for the deployment of its Message Optimiser technology with Econet Wireless Zimbabwe’s eTXT service, which provides Facebook, email and online chat access using SMS to all of Econet’s 5 million subscribers. (more…)
Tags: AfricaCom Awards, Best New Service, Econet Wireless, eTXT, ForgetMeNot Africa, Message Optimiser technology, Zimbabwe
Econet has just launched a new promotional campaign via Facebook for its eTXT service. The service takes advantage of ForgetMeNot Africa’s award winning Message Optimiser technology to allow users to chat, email and use Facebook on their phone via SMS. There is no need for mobile data in order to use eTXT. (more…)
Tags: Econet, eTXT, facebook promotion, Zimbabwe
Despite its economic crisis, Zimbabwe’s ICT Bill, which would pave the way to improved ICT services in the country, is awaiting approval from the cabinet, before going to the parliament for further scrutinity reports ITNews Africa (more…)
Tags: ICT Bill, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe telecoms
According to IT News Africa, Econet Wireless Group (EWG) of South Africa has started moves to block the sale of Kuwaiti-based Zain’s interests in Zain Nigeria until a ruling on a dispute over ownership of the company is passed. Last week media reports indicated that the Zain Group, a mobile telecoms company with operations in 22 countries in the Middle East and Africa, may agree to a deal to sell its African operations to French company Vivendi for up to USD12 billion.
Tags: African mobile networks, Econet, ForgetMeNot Africa, Nigeria, Zain, Zimbabwe
Strive Masiyiwa
As founder and chief executive of Econet Wireless he has pursued his ambition of creating a truly African multinational business, spinning a web that spans seven countries, more than 25 million customers and generates an estimated $3bn (£1.8bn) in annual revenues. He has fought his way through Africa’s often tangled legal jungle and had the security forces on his tail – more often than not sitting outside his house.
Next week his legal team will enter a courtroom in the Netherlands to mount the next challenge: throwing a spanner in the works of what could potentially be one of the biggest deals in African history, the $10bn sale of rival mobile-phone operation Zain.
Read the rest on the Guardian website…
Source: Guardian
Tags: African mobile networks, Econet, Nigeria, Zain, Zimbabwe
