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Author: Kateule Nakazwe

Six Startups Complete The 8th BongoHive Launch Accelerator Programme

Six (6) startups completed the BongoHive Launch Accelerator 8th programme during Demo night which was hosted at Alliance Francaise on 6th December, 2018. The six start-ups pitched before an audience which included: Njavwa Mulwanda – Co-founder and Partner at Zenga Venture Fund, Charity Lumpa – Board Chairperson at ZANACO Plc, and Benjamin Katubiya – CEO… Read more »

U.S. Government-Supported Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Empowers Over 200 Young Entrepreneurs in Zambia

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher Krafft today closed the 2017/2018 Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Finale for young Zambian entrepreneurs in collaboration with local innovation and technology hub BongoHive. The goal of the year-long bootcamp program was to support the development of youth entrepreneurship through skills training, strategies, and expert advice.  Over the past 12… Read more »

DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) Season 3

The DataHack4FI Innovation Competition promotes the use of data and data analytics to solve challenges experienced by individuals or communities. The competition encourages Pan-African collaboration by creating opportunities for data enthusiasts and emerging tech companies to partner in developing solutions that address local financial and economic inclusion-related challenges. Building on the previous seasons of the… Read more »

Socio- Economic Reform through Procurement Collaboration

Given the substantive role that procurement plays in public financial management, and in light of its impact on the wider public sector objectives including sustainability and socio-economic objectives; the need for each country to develop and implement workable strategies is essential. Only through collaborative action plans organisations can mitigate the challenges and weaknesses identified with… Read more »

BongoHive Welcomes 9 Zambian Startups into its 8th Launch Accelerator Cohort

BongoHive has selected its latest cohort of Entrepreneurs in its Launch Accelerator, with founders from 9 Zambian startups. The Launch accelerator is a 6-month programme (a 3 months startup program + 3 months additional business support) developed for startups looking to gain traction and scale up. Startups in the program share co-working space with other… Read more »

The Annual Southern Africa Innovation Forum (ASAIF) 2018: Everything You Need To Know

The SAIS 2 Programme together with Connected Hubs, brings you the Annual Southern Africa Innovation Forum (ASAIF) themed as “Inclusive Innovations within the context of connected ecosystems, innovations and entrepreneurship”. The ASAIF is taking place on 12 September 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa as part of the South Africa Innovation Summit. Inclusive Innovation Innovation for Inclusive Development… Read more »

BongoHive Launches Social Enterprise Academy Zambia

BongoHive is excited to announce a new partnership with the Social Enterprise Academy that will see the innovation and entrepreneurship hub operating the social franchise of the Academy’s world class learning and development programmes. The Social Enterprise Academy, based in Edinburgh, provides leadership and entrepreneurship development programmes for social enterprises and young people. Its core… Read more »

Six Startups Complete Agribusiness, CleanTech & Energy Focused Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

The 5th theme of the entrepreneurship bootcamp focusing on Agribusiness, CleanTech or Energy business ideas, came to an end on Friday 13th July, 2018 with a Pitch Event where an agribusiness startup providing unique variety flowers, Royal Blooms emerged best pitch and was awarded US$1000 seed investment for the business. The six startups to complete… Read more »

BongoHive and TrustLaw Partner to Offer Pro Bono Legal Assistance to Social Impact Startups

BongoHive, Zambia`s first innovation and entrepreneurship hub, has partnered with TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service, to make free legal services accessible to social impact startups. TrustLaw connects NGOs and social enterprises creating social and environmental change around the world with leading law firms that take care of their legal needs… Read more »