When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pay their utilities online, claims a report on Zim Techreview.
Most people in the country use Econet Wireless, Zimbabwe's Ecocash mobile phone payment system for daily transactions. They buy electricity in units of $5 or less and almost all domestic users are on pre-paid meters, so many buy for $1 at a time.
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"Tonight will be spent in darkness," said John Pedzesai, who sells plants on a sidewalk in the capital, Harare.
Econet, Zimbabwe's biggest mobile phone company, declined to comment.
Source - zimtechreview.co.zw
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