If you followed our activities last week, you’ll remember that the first thing to keep us busy was the Social Good Summit on Monday. The Social Good Summit is an annual event that was pioneered by UNF, Mashable and the 9Y2 in 2010 and takes place annually in September in participating countries all over the… Read more »
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Author: Kateule Nakazwe
Our first Mini Game Hackathon
If you recall, a couple of weeks ago we had our first Game Dev Weekend where we introduced the process of Game Development and distributed some easy to use Game Development Kits. It also ended up in the formation of BongoHive’s official Game Development group, Ubongo Game Lab. As a follow up, we decided to… Read more »
Lusaka Social Media Day
The 30th of June has, since 2010, been declared Social Media Day by the ever popular social media news and tech site, Mashable. Why would we dedicate an entire day(or two) to social media? Well, it IS pretty big. Social media is rapidly transforming the way we do business and how we interact with each… Read more »
Game Dev Weekend
Over the weekend BongoHive hosted the first ever Game Dev Weekend which was put together to introduce the process of game development to our guests from concept to publishing and also introduce absolute beginners to programming through the creation of small text based games. It was also a means of bringing together Lusaka’s current game… Read more »
Introducing BongoHive Cloud
BongoHive in collaboration with Seven Seas Technologies is implementing the “Bongohive Cloud”. A project that will see local startups and tech savvy individuals at Bongohive host their apps and software without worrying about space and only concentrate on building apps…. Read more »
The Buzz on: Ifunga Ndana
Ifunga is one of the more elusive members at BongoHive. Those who have heard of him, know him as the creative mind behind The SCND Genesis: Legends, a role playing game based on his comic of the same name set in a post-apocalyptic Africa. Those much closer, know him as that honest, discerning friend who… Read more »
The Google I/O Extended 2013 Lusaka
Over the weekend, the Google Developer Group Lusaka met for the Google I/O Extended and HTML hackathon as a follow up of the annual Google I/O conference which is that magical time of the year when we are awed by Google’s latest in innovation and tools for developers. Google Developer Group Lusaka (GDG Lusaka) is… Read more »
Statement and thankyou note from Mobile Monday Lusaka
Technology as a Way of Improving Livelihoods As technology advances, the opportunity to make use of innovations in the health and education sectors increases. The issue on how to utilize this for Zambian development gathered over 120 technology professionals this Monday evening 20 May, as the Mobile Monday network held a meeting in Lusaka under… Read more »
The Buzz on: Daryl Lukas
Daryl is one of the most active members at BongoHive and if you ever visited us here, even in his absence, no doubt you’d hear his name creep into a conversation. He is an involved young mind enthusiastic about being in the forefront of innovation. Even with all he has to offer, he still remains… Read more »
Hubs-in-Africa List Now Available
We would like to thank all of you who have supported the Africa Hubs project so far by either submitting reports or providing critical feedback. We have published a detailed listing of the hubs that have been mapped so far. It is available here. Feel free to use and share it.