Posted by zi.editor on August 12th, 2008 in From the Experts.
A look at the state of company websites in Zimbabwe
Chances are you print a new company brochure and/or new business cards every year or every time you change certain details about your services or products or whenever you move office.
It’s rather tacky each time you pull out a card to be searching frantically for a pen and then cancelling out things and scribbling your new details in tiny little spaces remaining on the card- so it’s a great idea to print new cards every now and then, yes? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on August 7th, 2008 in News & Updates.
Newly formed online marketing firm, Lists of Africa, today (7th August 2008) launched an innovative new service to enable Zimbabweans to advertise for free by email. The new service, an email group called SuddenlyZW will enable anyone who signs up to send short email messages advertising goods and services to thousands of potential customers.
The service will be offered for free and Lists of Africa has not indicated how it hopes to benefit from this service. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on July 31st, 2008 in News & Updates.
Remember our story about the ZOL Internet Unit (ZIU)? Well the people at ZOL have expanded the ZIU currency- sorry- concept. Their customers can now pay in Old Mutual Shares and, hear this, fuel coupons! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on July 27th, 2008 in Events & Functions.
Notice is hereby given of the thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Computer Society of Zimbabwe and the thirty-fourth Annual General Meeting of its Harare Chapter which will take place together at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday 27 August 2008 at the Harare Club, Third Street, Harare. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on July 8th, 2008 in News & Updates.
One of Zimbabwe’s leading Internet Service Providers, Zimbabwe Online (ZOL), which suspended its billing system a few weeks ago as it could not cope with all the zeroes, has come up with an innovative billing system. It has introduced a new way of charging their customers- the ZOL Internet Unit (ZIU). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on June 18th, 2008 in News & Updates.
Econet Wireless Holdings (”Econet”), a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed telecommunications services company, is pleased to announce the launch of its new investor relations section of the Group website on www.econet.co.zw. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on June 4th, 2008 in Jobs & Opportunities.
Highway Africa, a programme of the School of Journalism at Rhodes University, will be hosting the 12th edition of the Highway Africa Conference from 8-10 September in Grahamstown, South Africa. There are a limited number of scholarships for practising African journalists who are keen on learning and using digital media. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by zi.editor on May 8th, 2008 in News & Updates.
Lessons for Zimbabwean companies from the heart of an Asian success story
When the business boom began in Mumbai India perhaps a decade ago, the transport, water and electricity infrastructure was falling apart. Potholed highways, frequent power cuts, inconsistent water supplies, etc were some of the challenges that businesses had to deal with. Sound familiar? Today, things have changed a great deal- but civil infrastructure is still many years away from being adequate. Read the rest of this entry »
