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If someone buys a budget phone and later finds out it is painfully slow, whose responsibility is that?
The buyer, for not researching properly?
Or the seller, for not explaining the limits clearly?
We did not agree on this one.
04/06/2026
Legends remember this era of removable batteries!😂😂😂
04/06/2026
SixDegrees.com is the correct answer.
While MySpace and Facebook are the names most people remember, they came later. Launched in 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first platform to bring together user profiles, friend lists, and the ability to see connections between people.
It attracted millions of users, but the internet of the late 1990s wasn't ready for social networking on a large scale. When Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook arrived a few years later, better internet access and changing online habits helped social media take off.
The original SixDegrees service shut down in 2001, but the website still exists today. It no longer functions as as a social media platform
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03/06/2026
Update: EcoCash has regained control of its X account and removed the unauthorised posts.
The account had earlier appeared to be compromised, with explicit content and messages from an individual claiming responsibility for the takeover.
Full story:
EcoCash’s X Account Appears To Have Been Hacked EcoCash’s X account appears to have been hacked, with unauthorised posts, explicit content appearing as the company works to regain control.
03/06/2026
If you follow EcoCash on X, you might want to look away for a bit
The account has been compromised and is currently posting content that definitely did not come from EcoCash
EcoCash is aware, has engaged X and are working to regain control
EcoCash’s X Account Appears To Have Been Hacked EcoCash’s X account appears to have been hacked, with unauthorised posts, explicit content appearing as the company works to regain control.
Most of us think our WhatsApp usage is normal.
But is it?
How many groups are you in right now, and how many are actually active?
Family, work, church, school, community and old school groups add up faster than you think.
03/06/2026
Victoria Falls has always been a place of wonder.
Now, it’s also becoming part of a new story of growth and possibility.
Econet InfraCo is helping shape what comes next.
Visit our website for more information:
https://econetinfraco.co.zw/
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Almost everyone agrees children should be protected online
But how? We don't agree on how.
Zim approved a new Child Online Protection Policy, yet the public doesn’t appear to have access to it yet
So what exactly was approved? Will it be a pleasant surprise or the opposite?
What’s the best tech-related decision you’ve ever made? (Could help someone.)
03/06/2026
The correct answer was Miko Rwayitare.
Many people chose Strive Masiyiwa, which is understandable given his impact on our telecoms sector. The name "Ian Muckson Smith" was our own creation. As far as we know, there is no notable figure by that name connected to African telecommunications.
Miko Rwayitare, a Rwandan engineer and entrepreneur, is widely credited with pioneering Africa's mobile telecommunications industry.
In 1989, through Telecel, he helped launch Africa's first cellular mobile network in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). At a time when mobile phones were still rare and expensive, the project demonstrated that mobile telecommunications could work on the continent.
Telecel International eventually expanded across Africa and made its way into Zimbabwe. Telecel Zimbabwe was established in the late 1990s as a partnership between Telecel International and the Empowerment Corporation, an interesting consortium of Zimbabwean business groups.
Telecel would go on to operate in more than a dozen African countries, helping spread mobile connectivity across the continent. Rwayitare later sold his shares to Orascom Telecom in the early 2000s.
Rwayitare died in Brussels, Belgium, on 25 September 2007 at the age of 65 following complications after surgery.
Before Africa's mobile giants like Vodacom, MTN, Safaricom and Econet became household names, Miko Rwayitare had already helped prove that the continent could build and sustain its own mobile networks.
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