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About The Data Protection Act In Zambia

June 13, 2023

Introduction As technological advancements continue to integrate into our daily lives, concerns arise regarding the amount of information and control we should provide to…

Get rid of your data problems once and for all

March 6, 2019

Data cleansing is probably one of the most difficult things to do and business owners just ignore this step only because of the…

MTN #335 services are down; Do Out Bundle rates apply?

September 30, 2016

MTN data services are currently down, #335 services are unavailable. The services currently down are preventing users from buying new bundles. Several users have taken to…

The cost of the internet outage; over K1 million at risk

August 19, 2016

As we reported certain parts of the country had an extended internet outage lasting between 48hours and 72hours. The outage was limited to Southern…

Data; Who is cheaper?

May 12, 2016

I bravely decided to conduct an online survey comparing the costs of data between our 3 operators. I will start with many disclaimers: I…

Special Offer? No, just confusing

April 26, 2016

At the fantastic time of 01:34, in the morning, I received the three messages above. An intelligent algorithm calculated that in my dream state I…

10 tips to stay safe on the internet

June 14, 2015

Being on the internet, especially on social media, may be exciting and most get carried away but is your data safe? Will that picture…

A Roundup Of Last Week’s Tech Trends

April 20, 2015

Let’s recap everything in tech that happened between the 10th and 17th of April, 2015: Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge was launched: With…

6 Simple Ways To Protect Your Device’s Data

April 15, 2015

With yesterday’s social media frenzy regarding a man and a very young girl (or 3) topping the trends in Zambia, you may want to…

ITU Launches Ebola Information Sharing App

December 23, 2014

As Ebola still continues to claim more lives with no cure found yet, the technology world is playing its part by making the information…

MTN Zambia Launches HomePack Data Bundles

November 25, 2014

Recently beating Airtel Zambia as leading mobile network provider, it seems MTN is on a roll with service provision. The just introduced the HomePack…

Is Your ISP Throttling Bandwidth?

November 17, 2014

We all complain about how slow internet connections can get. Infact, we generally associate slowness with the rate of our data connections. Some internet…

A Summary Of Tech,Telecoms and Social Media in Zambia Last Week

October 13, 2014

Last week we witnessed Zambian Social Media platforms come alive as the much watched Big Brother 9th Season called the Hotshots brought users from…

East Africa to cut roaming call rates by over 60%, is Zambia taking notes?

October 10, 2014

East African countries have just announced plans to cut down call rates by over 60%. 5 countries are on board the project including Uganda,…

What exactly does the MTN SME BIZPack offer?

October 7, 2014

We’ve seen the ads but do we know what exactly it offers? Zambia has reached a level where SMEs (small medium enterprises) are sprouting…

Clearing the Clouds around Cloud Computing

July 4, 2014

Simply put Cloud is a style of computing where standardized IT capabilities namely platforms, software or infrastructure are provided “as a service” using Internet…

Free Facebook from Airtel Zambia; The Downside

June 16, 2014

With the increased cost of internet bundls, free connectivity is a breath of fresh air and Airtel Zambia has come through to try and…

“Call Failed”: Understanding Why Calls Drop

May 19, 2014

First of all here’s a disclaimer that what you are about to read is highly simplified explanation to enable you understand why calls drop…

MTN Chadibadiba: 60 ‘free’ Minutes from 06 till 17hrs

May 6, 2014

We have hardly blinked since Airtel launched Nights of Chimwemwe, and Zamtel had launched Real Mahala promotion (which has since been made a permanent…

Huawei Zambia launches Roadshow Demo Truck

May 6, 2014

Today Huwawei Zambia luanched their highly innovative roadshow demonstration truck at Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka and it was graced by Honorable Yamfwa Mukanga, Minister of…