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Zoona was awarded a prestigious continental Kalahari Award for the “Best Use of Mobile Money in Africa” at the 2014 Mobile Money Expo that was held last month in Lagos, Nigeria. This is in recognition of the innovative ways in which Zoona is using mobile money to promote financial inclusion for all and contribute to… Read more »
Empowering makers to develop sustainable projects, and use making to solve local challenges and create an exchange of best practices between locals. Are you interested in creative problem solving using technology? Would you like to help us spread your passion for technology in Zambia & and the rest of Africa? The AfriMakers project will be visiting Zambia from Sunday… Read more »
Are you are into fashion? Would you like to find out how fashion works as a business? What is the inspiration behind every outfit for a fashion designer? Then don’t miss this month’s Meet the Industry cause it’s all about Fashion. Join us on Tuesday the 25th as we discuss fashion with some of the… Read more »
Developer Economics Q1 2014 analyst report VisionMobile has just published the latest in the bi-annual series of Developer Economics reports – this 6th report, entitled State of the Developer Nation, takes a look at the latest developer trends, based on VisionMobile’s most recent online survey of over 7,000+ developers across 127 countries. You can get… Read more »
BongoHive is pleased to announce that Katebe Monica Musonda, CEO & founder of Java Foods will this month come to our space for an Insaka to share her experience and journey as an entrepreneur. Lawyer turned entrepreneur, Monica Musonda is CEO & Founder of Java Foods, a Zambian based food processing company established to provide affordable nutrition to the Southern African market. Java Foods seeks… Read more »
Saturday 1st at 09:00 am to Sunday 2nd at 05:00 pm February 2014 BongoHive in collaboration with the U.S. Peace Corps, will host the Project Innovate Hackathon. Over the 48 hour period an app will be brainstormed and developed to be used by the public. We are looking for people of all skill levels in programming and design. If… Read more »
We would like to announce two great partnerships for our local tech community. Microsoft BongoHive has partnered with Microsoft Corporation through a continent-wide collaboration with AfriLabs, the African Tech Hub network. The Partnership between AfriLabs Network and Microsoft Corporation signed in October 2013 is envisioned to establish in Africa a favorable environment to support the growth of a technology and innovation economy by enabling… Read more »
You can sign up for the VC4Africa Global Entrepreneurship Week meetup in Lusaka! This event will take place on the 4th of December from 5:30 pm until 8:30 pm. The meetup will be held at Lusaka Hotel (Corner of Cairo road, Katondo Roads, Lusaka, Zambia) and is hosted by community member Edwin Zulu.
It’s Devfest season 2013! All over the world, different Google developers groups are hosting their own Devfests. GDG Lusaka decided to host theirs last week as their first ever GDG DevFest. Fueled by pizza and the lifeblood of our Google nerd herd, the first GDG Lusaka Devfest was pretty successful and with a great starting crowd… Read more »
If you’ve been following recent events, over US$700,000 was raised for the Westgate Mall attack victims through the Mobile Money service M-Pesa within 76 hours through the WeAreOne campaign. This reflects not only how Africans rely on their mobile phones for connectivity but also one of the massive benefits Mobile Money is bringing to the… Read more »
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