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The Awesome Foundation Lusaka launched in last month and has awarded its first micro- grant of 3,000 Kwacha to the most awesome idea submitted in the inaugural monthly funding round. The grant is made possible by a group of 12 Zambian and international trustees that donate their personal money. Every month, they award the most… Read more »
DEADLINE: First Round of Submission: July 11th 2014 Introduction and Background The Zambia Innovation Fund is jointly implemented by the Expression and Engagement programme; Governance and Human Rights programme of Hivos Foundation and Free Press Unlimited media programme. Hivos is a Dutch non-governmental organization whose work is based on humanist values, that wants to contribute to… Read more »
We are pleased to host Pekka Sivonen, Head of AppCampus – Aalto University Center for Entrepreneurship, at this month’s Insaka on Thursday 22nd of May from 18:00hrs to 19:30hrs. To attend, please register here. Pekka Sivonen has been working at Aalto University as the Head of AppCampus from March 2012 to March 2014. AppCampus is a 3-year mobile accelerator—program operated by Aalto University in collaboration with Nokia and… Read more »
On 26th April, MakerHut will be having a mini Make-a-thon. What is a Make-a-thon? Simply, an event in which we work on projects together and share with one another. The purpose of the event is to provide a opportunity for people to gain hands-on experience with electronics.MakerHut will provide all the tools and components you’ll need to create… Read more »
Hackers Guild, Bongohive’s programming group, is back with a bang. For the past two weeks, the tech hub was the place to be to learn about all things tech in captivating educational sessions by programmers from within and from outside Zambia. The first session was held from Monday 24th to Friday 28th March and taught Git(Version… Read more »
So how do you like to spend your Sunday nights? Cringing at the thought of tomorrow’s Monday blues? Salvaging whatever you can from the last of your last happy hours? Or just lazing about? Well, there’s a growing trend in the heart of Africa that’s bringing together an unconventional community: The African anime community. From… Read more »
Hi Techies, It’s that time of the year again COMPETITION time and first up we have the Android Africa Challenge bear in mind it may say Africa but it’s a chance to show the world what you can do as its one of the biggest competitions in Africa. ( Your app can be either HTML5… Read more »
BongoHive proudly announces a strategic partnership with Protea Hotels Zambia. Protea Hotels own and operates 7 hotels throughout Zambia, and will open their 8th in Lusaka in April 2014. Protea Hotels Zambia demonstrates its support for technology, innovation and networking by providing BongoHive with access to conference facilities in all of their hotels. Lukonga Lindunda, Co-Founder… Read more »
The application window for DEMO 2014 is now open. The applications can be submitted through http://demoafrica2014.com between March 15th and June 15th 2014. This history-making event is scheduled to take place between 22nd and 26th of September at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. Terms and Conditions To be eligible to launch on the DEMO… Read more »
BongoHive is pleased to host Sipho Phiri, Chairman at western power company limited, at this month’s Insaka on Tuesday 25th from 05:45 pm to 19:30 pm. Register now to attend this exciting event. Profile Sipho is a banker by profession and has extensive Corporate Finance, Transaction Advisory and Corporate Turnaround experience. Having left the consulting and finance… Read more »
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