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Major Factors Killing Tech Startups In Zambia

Major Factors Killing Tech Startups In Zambia

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Seen all 18 reasons above why startups fail ? Good, now read on.

Technology in Zambia is growing at a steady rate but most of it revolves around larger already established organisations that are acquiring already made technology and putting it to use here. What about tech that’s made by Zambians, for Zambians?

There are many technological advances especially youth…

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A Comparison Of The Samsung Galaxy S6 And The LG G4 Smartphones

A Comparison Of The Samsung Galaxy S6 And The LG G4 Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy S6 vs LG G4

Let me start by saying both phones really came hard at the world with their specifications, but obviously there has to be a winner here. The Android operated smartphones are the latest offerings from LG and Samsung and here are the features you need to look out for, or the few ones that set them apart;

Features Samsung Galaxy S6 LG G4 Display5.1″ Super AMOLED…

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Last Week's Tech Trends: What You Missed

Last Week’s Tech Trends: What You Missed

As a new week begins let’s recap some of the biggest tech stories that made waves last week starting with this one:

1. Social media being banned in Zambian government offices.This will happen in the near future in order to promote productivity in government offices due to civil servants going to work to basically browse their social media rather than do their job. This ban is not illegal, with…

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LG G4 Smartphone Pre-orders Open in UK First For About £500

LG G4 Smartphone Pre-orders Open in UK First For About £500

If you were dying to get your hands on the new LG G4 it looks like we may not have to plan your burial any longer. It has been made available through pre-orders in the United Kingdom first  at about £500 and will soon be shipped worldwide. It is available on Amazon if you’re looking.

It may be a step up from its predecessor the LG G3, which was quite the gadget. It ranked in our top 5…

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Coming Soon: Facebook Messenger With Video Calls

Coming Soon: Facebook Messenger With Video Calls

Works for both iOS and Android devices. Image Source: Facebook

The VoIP world is at it, trying to push for products that rival every competitor out there on the technology scene, and Facebook is no different.

You can now talk to people face-to-face on Facebook Messenger. This new feature allows you to call a person you’re chatting with by tapping a small video camera icon on the top right of your…

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Instagram Introduces Emoji Hashtags, And More Filters!

Instagram Introduces Emoji Hashtags, And More Filters!

Starting today, you can now create emoji hashtags as shown above in the picture, on Instagram. You can even search for and explore the same emoji hashtags in your app search bar to find other people using it. For example, you can search for # *smiley face* as shown in the image below, and see all the users who shared that too. Clearly 14,776 posts were happy ones!  With the amount of smileys…

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Social Media Access To Be Blocked In Zambian Government Offices

Social Media Access To Be Blocked In Zambian Government Offices

If you work in a Government office and really enjoy spending what should be working ours on social media, we have some bad news.

Plans are being made to block access to social media sites for civil servants as they spend quite a lot of time on it as it is.

In a report on IT Web Africa, Zambia’s Secretary to the Cabinet Rowland Msiska said “My office is working on e-governance and Zambia…

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Last Week In Zambian Tech Trends

Last Week In Zambian Tech Trends

    Last week started off with the launch of the Sony Xperia Z4 which we didn’t think really tops its predecessor the Xperia Z3 but we have the full details so click here and see for yourself. It’s not yet available globally, just Japan and the price is yet to be known for Zambia.

Still speaking about phones, One Plus announced that no invites were needed to buy their Android baby, the One Plus…

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Just How Secure Is eCommerce in Zambia?

Just How Secure Is eCommerce in Zambia?

With businesses migrating to improve their presence online, attract new customers and provide services or products from afar, we need to know just how safe eCommerce is in Zambia.

There are many who fear being defrauded of their money especially if they pay before they reeieve the product or service, which has forced many eCommerce businesses to offer cash on delivery services or emphasize on a…

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It's Earth Day, And Google Has Just The Doodle

It’s Earth Day, And Google Has Just The Doodle

April 22nd is Earth Day, meaning we celebrate this big ol’ earth and appreciate it.

Google has a Doodle for well, almost everything, from previous ones we’ve written about. See those here. Earth Day is no different, with Google writing on its site that “Earth Day is a great time to search for information on how to celebrate and protect our planet–and it’s now a great time to find out something…

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"Be Creative Or Die", Miyanda Maimbo Says At BongoHive's Insaka

Miyanda Maimbo Katiwa, Founder of ProSoft Solutions

A standing virtual ovation for last night’s Bongohive guest, Miyanda Maimbo Katiwa, founder of Human Resource development company Prosoft Solutions, and board member for Cavmont, World Vision, Diamond Equity, amongst other things she’s passionate about.

Where does her entrepreneurial story start? From just below scratch. Having had no financial…

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MTN Mobile Money And Vodafone's M-Pesa Announce Cross Border Transfers

MTN Mobile Money And Vodafone’s M-Pesa Announce Cross Border Transfers

When East meets South is the mobile money story making headlines today as the MTN Group and Vodafone who handle M-Pesa mobile money platform announced a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) that allows for remittances to be sent to 7 countries in the East and Southern parts of Africa;  Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia

In a joint statement to…

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Twitter's New (Lack Of?) Privacy Feature In DMs

Twitter’s New (Lack Of?) Privacy Feature In DMs

Twitter previously would not allow you to send a direct message to someone who was not following you back, for example, celebrities you want to stalk and bombard with virtual love notes.  Not anymore…

The new Twitter update allows you to send messages to anyone, whether you follow each other or not. Twitter has said in their blog that this new upgrade, which was launched yesterday, could help…

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No Invites Needed To Buy The OnePlus One Smartphone Anymore

No Invites Needed To Buy The OnePlus One Smartphone Anymore

If you have been looking to buy the really cool OnePlus One smartphone here’s new sfor you. OnePlus just posted this on their Facebook page today: “No invites for the #OnePlusOne…ever! Enjoy open sales all day, every day. Plus, 75% discount on select accessories!”

Very few Zambiana have had a chance to get it because of the whole invitation process which truthfully seemed a little complicated…

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The New Sony Xperia Z4 Is Officially Out, But Only In Japan For Now

The New Sony Xperia Z4 Is Officially Out, But Only In Japan For Now

The new Sony Xperia Z4 has officially been launched and it’s welcome news for users of its predecessor the Xperia Z3. It is only available to the Japanese market for now with rollout to the rest of the world expected soon.

There is also another slight setback. If you’re big on battery power you have to know first of all that the Sony Xperia Z4 has been downgraded to a 2930mAh battery, compared…

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A Roundup Of Last Week's Tech Trends

A Roundup Of Last Week’s Tech Trends

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 the first batch officially being launched at Connect Zambia’s Samsung Experience Store at Eastpark Mall in Lusaka on the 11th of April, 2015. They’re both very beatiful phones to look at, and the camera had our jaw slightly dropping at it’s clarity. You have to…

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Huawei P8 Is Out, While You Slept On The P6 and P7

Huawei P8 Is Out, While You Slept On The P6 and P7

Image Source: Huawei

In our study of what Huawei phones ‘made’ it in Zambia, we found that the majority of people went for the really low budget handsets that were not smart at all.

However, Huawei upped its game and now has some brilliant devices out there, like the Ascend P6 and Ascend P7. Yes, you’ve seen the billboards. No, you didn’t buy it, did you?

Well, you might rethink your…

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