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Are you a Zambian entrepreneur who recently started a business with the potential to grow through Zambia and the regional market? BongoHive’s Launch Accelerator is now taking in applications for the its 8th cohort which starts this 3rd September, 2018. “The Launch accelerator is a 6 month incubation programme (a 3 months startup program +… Read more »
This year, BongoHive has partnered with Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) to scout the most potential early-stage startup in Zambia! This provides a chance for one Zambian startup to travel to Slush. Slush is one of the leading tech startup conferences in Helsinki, Finland. In 2017, Slush gathered over 20,000 attendees including investors, startups… Read more »
SAIS and Connected Hubs is excited to host a dynamic event at the SA Innovation Summit on 12 September 2018 – save the date! Join us as we celebrate opportunities in the Southern African innovation landscape and unbundle, outline and tackle pressing challenges at the Annual Southern Africa Innovation Forum. The Forum is an… Read more »
The world renowned Global Startup Awards, the largest independent startup-ecosystem competition, already covering 45 countries in 5 regions of Europe and Asia has arrived in Zambia. The mission of Global Startup Awards is to find, connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide and to fuse them together in a… Read more »
10 organisations, five Southern African countries. What could happen if true collaboration existed across borders? With small market sizes and struggling economies, hubs can be stronger together. A wider support network would benefit young enterprises, who have lot to gain from regional connectivity. At the heart of any ecosystem there are the people. Meeting,… Read more »
AB InBev Africa through it’s local country markets, went live with their very first Africa Sustainability Challenge! They are looking for Africa’s top innovation entrepreneurs to solve our continent, and the world’s Sustainability Challenges. About the Africa Sustainability Challenge We are at a point in time where sustainability challenges facing Africa and the rest of the… Read more »
ZedCredit, a local startup that digitizes savings groups records and automates their manual processes has won the DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) Zambia competition. The DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) an African innovation competition that encourages finance, tech and data enthusiasts to collaborate in using data and analytics to solve business challenges and extend financial… Read more »
ICT4D Conference 2018, the largest event of its kind for the humanitarian development sector, this year aims at mapping out to the path for technology to make the maximum impact on improving humanitarian relief and development work. This 10th conference brings together over 600 ICT experts, program managers and senior executives from 80 countries, from… Read more »
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the African Green Revolution Forum(AGRA), Women in Tech Africa, Wennovation Hub (Nigeria) and Suguba (regional), is launching Pitch AgriHack 2018. The theme for this year’s edition is “Women entrepreneurs innovate for agricultural transformation in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific”. The competition is open… Read more »
Team Gematrix, Zambia’s first official eSports team and home to some of the best NRS and FIFA 18 players in Zambia won big at the recent Pan-African MKXL Tournament. Justin Banda and Mwelele Zaza of Team Gematrix won 1st place with K50,000 and 3rd place with K10, 000 respectively. The Mortal Kombat XL tournament by Pro… Read more »
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