Hello! 

Here is what we have planned for you this week:

The Hive Coworking space is now live on Twitter and Facebook. Like our pages to stay up to date with the latest updates from the Hive Coworking space. Visit our website to find out more about our services and to book your workspace.  

This week, the Embassy of Finland will host the Finnish Week of Business in Zambia from 26th to 28th April 2021. This year, specific focus will be given to the following sectors: Education. Sustainable Mining, Renewable Energy, Environment and Circular economy, ICT and Digitisation as well as Forestry and Agribusiness. We are delighted to be among the speakers during the session on Entrepreneurship and Digitialisation. Companies from all sectors are welcome to join the online event. Register here.

The fifth episode of the BongoHive Podcast went live last Friday. In this episode, we interviewed Chabu Muchinshi (ACE Smart Zambia) and Gilbert Mwale (eMsika), who shared their experiences navigating the world of strategic partnerships and how those benefitted their businesses. We also sat down with Jessica Chisompola from Zanaco Bank who gave insights on how to secure corporate partnerships and corporate strategies for partnerships. Listen to the episode here.

That is all from us this week. Have a great week, and stay safe.
BongoHive Opportunities
The Hive Workshop: Sale Workshop Series by Scale Up (Part 1&2) 
Part 1 of this workshop will guide you on how to effectively build your sales stack, processes, and prospecting strategy..You will also learn how to create an infrastructure (process, tools, messaging) that will allow your sales team to be most effective. Each of your product features will be quantified by its direct (or indirect) impact to the customer and we will discuss how your messaging needs to be adjusted to align with the most impactful features.
Date: April 20
Time: 3 PM-4 PM CAT
Opportunities in our Community
MarketConnect Zambia is calling on processors in the agribusiness sector to apply for the Zambia Agribusiness and Trade Project.
Eligibility
  • Proven and verifiable sales track record for at least 12 months
  • Recorded annual revenue of USD15,000-USD 1,000,000
  • Processing or aggregating raw or intermediate agricultural into market-ready products.
For more information about the project and eligibility criteria, visit the MarketConnect website.
The International Trade Centre and NTF4 Uganda are organizing a training on Startup Valuation on 21 and 22 April. If are you part of a startup that is in the early stages (but already up and running) and interested in how to value your startup or you are part of a startup that is already more mature, and you're interested in learning more about the details of your startup valuation?  Sign up here: 
Applications for the 2021 ZICTA ICT Innovation Programme are now open.
The ICT Innovation programme is an initiative under the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority that provides various technical and business development support services to ICT innovators, start-ups and entrepreneurs to develop their nascent tech-related innovative ideas into viable business ventures. 
Deadline: April 30, 2021
The Innovating Justice Challenge is inviting all startups that are transforming the justice sector to become part of the 2021 accelerator cohort. The Innovation Justice Challenge invites startups from East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, the MENA region and Ukraine. Grow your game-changing innovation into an impactful business.
Deadline: April 30, 2021
Apply here
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Zeepay, the leading African Fintech with operation in over 10 African countries, has acquired a 51 percent stake in Mangwee Mobile Money Zambia. In a private placement, Zeepay and Mangwee agreed to sell off 51 percent of Mangwee shares to Zeepay. The deal makes Zeepay Ghana the majority shareholder of the entity. 
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TechTrends That Cannot be Ignored in 2021 and Beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated reduced physical human interaction with more people engaging online now than ever before. This is unlikely to fade anytime soon and will see the increased datafication of our lives.
 
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