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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka ABUJA – Africa’s telecommunications regulators are operating with 20th-century tools to govern a 21st-century digital economy—and the cracks are showing, according to a bold proposal tabled by…

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Satellite vs Fibre: New Players Spark Internet Price War in Zimbabwe

1 week ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE – A “strong wave of competition” in Zimbabwe’s Internet service provision space is forcing a market shake-up that analysts say will drive down prices, improve service…

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Data Explosion, Voice Collapse: POTRAZ Report Lays Bare Zimbabwe’s Digital Revolution

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka HARARE – Zimbabweans are abandoning traditional voice calls in droves, opting instead for data-driven communication platforms like WhatsApp, Zoom and Facebook Messenger, according to the latest sector…

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One Finger Cannot Crush Lice: Zimbabwean Wisdom Meets Global Cybersecurity

4 weeks ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — If you want to welcome a friend, you slaughter a chicken. If you want to welcome a relative, you slaughter a goat. If you…

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Deepfakes a Growing Threat to National Stability, POTRAZ Chief Warns

4 weeks ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — A fabricated video of a Head of State announcing a national crisis. A falsified recording of a central bank governor destabilising financial markets. A…

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‘May the thunder of Victoria Falls remind us of our collective voice’: POTRAZ chief rallies Africa for PP-26

2 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — The mighty Zambezi River plunged over the basalt cliff with a roar that has echoed for millennia. The mist rose in columns visible from…

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Inside Africa’s high-stakes preparations to shape global digital agenda at PP-26

2 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — On paper, it looks like a preparatory meeting. Delegates sitting around tables. Agendas to follow. Resolutions to draft. A procedural exercise, no different from…

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What African nations are really negotiating ahead of PP-26

2 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — The public speeches are warm. The welcomes are heartfelt. The proverbs about kinsmen gathering in the moonlight are inspiring. But behind the closed doors…

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Victoria Falls Hosts Back-to-Back Digital Diplomacy Forums

2 months ago

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. . . Victoria Falls hosts ITU Regional Development Forum and African Preparatory Meeting in same week By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — The delegates arrived on a Monday. They…

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POTRAZ chief says AI that doesn’t speak Shona, Yoruba or Hausa will erase African cultures

2 months ago

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By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka VICTORIA FALLS — If artificial intelligence cannot understand Kiswahili, isiZulu, Shona, Yoruba, Hausa, Amharic, or Arabic, the Director General of Zimbabwe’s postal and telecommunications regulator warned on…