Econet bemoans power cuts

The country’s biggest telecommunication company, Econet, says its operations have been severely crippled by the prolonged power outages, compromising service delivery.

The country is experiencing crippling electricity cuts lasting for at least 16 hours per day, affecting households and industry operations.

Econet services such as voice, data and mobile money transfer platform Ecocash were down for the most part of the day due to power cuts at the weekend.

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