Zimbabwe Independent

According to a Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (AMPS) Survey, 24% of urban adults are now using the Internet. Of these, 83% of the Internet users go online at least once a week and social networking site Facebook is the most visited by all age groups.

While Internet cafes used to be widely frequented by tourists and visiting business people to communicate with associates back home and in the office, Zimbabwean youths have invaded the country's cafés to comb for fantasy and "adult" sites.

Last Wednesday Wednesday Zimbabwe’s Parliament ratified a US$45 million loan from the Import Export Bank of China for NetOne's second (2G) and third generation (3G) network rollout project set to transform the information communication technology (ICT) industry in the country through connection of the Zimbabwean optic fibre-network to the undersea cable in the Mozambican channel.

A battle to control Telecel Zimbabwe escalated this week after Empowerment Corporation (EC), owners of the firm's licence, pushed for the cancellation of the company's operating licence and the ouster of two of its directors.
EC, an empowerment group controlled by President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo, is pushing for the ouster of fugitive board chairperson James Makamba and his deputy, Jane Mutasa from its ranks.