The company was founded by its Group Chairman Mr
Yesterday, the company's CEO, Dr
"As we celebrate this milestone, I want to thank God to taking us this far, and I want to say a big 'Thank you!' to all our valued customers for the tremendous support they have given us as we walked this journey together," said
The foundation has provided access to education for young leaders and impacted over 300 000 orphaned and vulnerable children with education, supported public healthcare programmes and contributed to agricultural food security initiatives.
"Top on the list of priorities we focused on during this journey has been the customer; the customer has been at the core of everything that we do.
"This is a vision that was unveiled to us by our Group Chaiman and Founder, Mr
He said the main objective of the company's celebratory campaign 'Halo 25,
"Because the customer is at the centre of what we do, as we reflect on the journey we have travelled with them over the past 25 years, we would like to intentionally celebrate this milestone with our customers, without whom we would not be where we are today as a company," said the
"As I salute our valued customers for their support, I also want to take this opportunity to thank our staff, our dealers and distributors, our suppliers, our shareholders and visionary founders, our board, along with all our regulators, for helping us to get this far and to creating an enabling environment for us to deliver a world-class service to our customers,"
He said going forward, the company - which envisions a digitally connected future which leaves no Zimbabwean behind - would step up the execution of its digital transformation strategy, as it moves from being just a communications service provider (CSP) to a digital service provider (DSP).
"We will be stepping up our transition from a CSP to a DSP so that we offer a full digital platform, providing our customers with a world of new possibilities, products and services that the new technologies we are deploying make possible," he said, adding that some of the products would be AI-driven.
Over the past 25 years,
Key milestones were the launch of Buddie, the very first prepaid platform in the country and in the region, as well as the launch of the Libertie hybrid package, both of which were very well-received by the market.
"By 2009, we became the first operator in
In 2013, the company launched 4G services in
"We have since rolled out the service to all our cities, towns and major urban settlements, and we are currently in the process of deploying more 4G-capable base stations further afield in the country, as we start on another phase of upgrading and expanding our network this year," he said, adding that agreements with equipment suppliers had already been signed and work was already underway to refresh and upgrade the core network, improve the customer experience and expand coverage geographically.
In 2022
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