Africa Tech Kin with Danny that Guy: ZEEX Launches in Bulawayo, Zimswitch Conference, & Amazon Leo in South Africa
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DannythatGuy analyzes the week's big technology news in Zimbabwe, Africa and the rest of the world.
The Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange launched in Bulawayo on Friday, opening a regulated market where small businesses can raise capital without collateral. Danny that Guy walks through how a founder actually registers, structures an instrument and gets to investors, step by step.
From the Zimswitch Payments Conference in Victoria Falls: Zimbabwe processed 1.37 trillion ZiG across 511.1 million digital transactions in the first half of 2026, and at the same event the RBZ revealed digital payments are lagging in Zimbabwe. CABS put the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax at over 67% of digital transaction costs, and said fewer than 5% of national switch transactions happen online. AFC Commercial Bank estimated that of every 20,000 point of sale terminals acquired in Zimbabwe, roughly 2,000 are active.
Also this week, the University of Zimbabwe opened an Industrial Incubation Centre at Msasa Industrial Park and a specialist medical centre offering IVF, eye health, oral health and trauma care.
Amazon's Leo satellite service is entering South Africa through a distribution agreement with Herotel, launching a consumer brand called Evry. Herotel holds the licences, which is how Amazon has moved into a market where Starlink has been in a years long standoff with ICASA over equity ownership rules. We look at whether Amazon can compete with Starlink across the continent.
Plus, Cape Town approves two hyperscale data centres drawing about 174 megawatts, and the electricity and water objections that follow. And Samsung Unpacked in London, where a memory chip shortage pushed most prices up.
Hosted by Danny that Guy on ZiFM Stereo.
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Hashtag: #AfricaTechKin
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The Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange launched in Bulawayo on Friday, opening a regulated market where small businesses can raise capital without collateral. Danny that Guy walks through how a founder actually registers, structures an instrument and gets to investors, step by step.
From the Zimswitch Payments Conference in Victoria Falls: Zimbabwe processed 1.37 trillion ZiG across 511.1 million digital transactions in the first half of 2026, and at the same event the RBZ revealed digital payments are lagging in Zimbabwe. CABS put the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax at over 67% of digital transaction costs, and said fewer than 5% of national switch transactions happen online. AFC Commercial Bank estimated that of every 20,000 point of sale terminals acquired in Zimbabwe, roughly 2,000 are active.
Also this week, the University of Zimbabwe opened an Industrial Incubation Centre at Msasa Industrial Park and a specialist medical centre offering IVF, eye health, oral health and trauma care.
Amazon's Leo satellite service is entering South Africa through a distribution agreement with Herotel, launching a consumer brand called Evry. Herotel holds the licences, which is how Amazon has moved into a market where Starlink has been in a years long standoff with ICASA over equity ownership rules. We look at whether Amazon can compete with Starlink across the continent.
Plus, Cape Town approves two hyperscale data centres drawing about 174 megawatts, and the electricity and water objections that follow. And Samsung Unpacked in London, where a memory chip shortage pushed most prices up.
Hosted by Danny that Guy on ZiFM Stereo.
Connect with the show:
WhatsApp: 0772 168 045
Hashtag: #AfricaTechKin
Subscribe to the ZiFM Stereo Current Affairs podcast for weekly episodes.
