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As part of Liquid Telecom’s ongoing African Innovation initiative, start-ups in Zambia will have greater access to high-speed internet and cloud-based services CEC Liquid Telecommunications, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, is helping to accelerate Zambia’s emerging gaming and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem through a new partnership with BongoHive; Zambia’s first… Read more »
Safe Motherhood Alliance, a startup that provides, produces and distributes safe baby delivery kits to women in rural areas has won the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: Social Impact theme. The startup won $1000 worth of seed investment for the advancement of their project after completing the bootcamp. The objective of Safe motherhood alliance is to decrease the… Read more »
The Embassy of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher Krafft today launched the 2017/2018 Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for young Zambian entrepreneurs in collaboration with local technology and business incubation hub BongoHive. The goal of the Boot Camp program is to support development of youth entrepreneurship in… Read more »
BongoHive, in partnership with the US Embassy Zambia announce the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2017/2018. The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp will support 60 aspiring entrepreneurs in the following themes: Social Impact, Media & entertainment, FinTech, eCommerce & retail, AgriBusiness/CleanTech/Energy, and Internet of things/Hardware over the course of twelve (12) months starting November 2017. Under each theme, participants in the… Read more »
TADHack, the only global meeting place for people (hackers, hustlers and hipsters: developers, business-types, and designers) who want to learn, share, code and create using the tools and technologies available in telecommunications. TADHack Global 2017 ran parallel across 30+ cities worldwide over the past two weekends, including Lusaka. A big thank you to everyone who took part in TADHack… Read more »
BongoHive has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide startups that have been through a BongoHive program with free hosting services on their Amazon Web Service platform. The offer from Amazon Web Services to BongoHive startups includes: free access to AWS and tools via AWS promotional credits (approx. 2 years) free and discounted… Read more »
Slush global has announced AgriComm, Outsource now and AgriSave as Slush Global Impact Accelerator (GIA) 2017 – Zambia winners. The three startups were all picked after emerging finalists at the local slush event BongoHive hosted on July 27 2017. Ten (10) Zambian impact startups were shortlisted to pitch at the event where Agricomm media, Outsource… Read more »
BongoHive, Lusaka’s technology and Innovation hub has announced some changes to the BongoHive Masterclasses, which come into effect on 18th September, 2017. NOTICE: This serves to inform the public and all interested parties that effective 18th September, 2017 the fees for the BongoHive Masterclass. The following prices will be applied to the BongoHive masterclasses: The… Read more »
The ingredients for the launch accelerator are simple: great entrepreneurs with registered startups, experienced industry mentors, business development, legal and finance advice, and access to customers & desire to grow or scale up in and outside Zambia. But it takes more than that. It takes hard work and dedication to turn these ingredients into something… Read more »
BongoHive, Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub has engaged Musa Dudhia & Co, to make legal services accessible to BongoHive start-ups. BongoHive programs guide startups through the entrepreneurial journey; from idea right through to getting investment. Speaking during the official announcement of the development in Lusaka this morning, BongoHive Co-founder and Head of Entrepreneurship, Simunza Muyangana… Read more »
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