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Insight 2 Insight facility & BongoHive launch the Data Innovation Competition to advance financial inclusion in Zambia.

South Africa based Insight 2 Insight facility and Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub, BongoHive today launched a data innovation competition to advance financial inclusion in Zambia. In partnership with Financial sector deepening Zambia and the Insurers association of Zambia, the data innovation competition was launched today and will also a host a hackathon, co creation… Read more »

The DataHack4Fi Innovation Competition: Advancing Financial Inclusion Through Data Innovation

Insight2impact (i2i) in partnership with BongoHive Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub, Financial Sector Deepening Zambia and Insurers Association of Zambia announce the DataHack4FI Innovation Competition. The competition brings together data specialists (analysts and software developers) and Financial Service Providers (FSPs) to use data to create innovations that address low financial inclusion in Zambia. The competition aims to… Read more »

African Startups Shine At Slush GIA 2016

  The past few days have been a whirlwind extreme startup/investor/innovator heaven in Helsinki Finland at Slush 2016. After some great pitches, the African startups, Teledoctor from Zambia, Izyshop of Mozambique and Kgoshigadi Tradings of South Africa won the Bayer social Innovation grants at this years Global impact accelerator during the slush conference. The Slush… Read more »

BongoHive to Host Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2016 Local Competition

Europe’s leading startup and technology event, Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2016 has been launched. Lusaka’s innovation and technology hub, BongoHive is excited to be part of Slush for the first time. BongoHive will be hosting Slush 2016 local competition this August to select startups that will represent Zambia at Slush Global event in November –… Read more »

Botswana to host Pan-Africa’s most celebrated innovation event of the year – Innovation Prize for Africa!

The prestigious African award marks its 5 year milestone boasting the “Made in Africa” spirit Gaborone, Botswana 20 January, 2016 — The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) in a joint collaborative effort with the Government of Botswana (GoB) represented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Science and Technology and the Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) today announced that… Read more »

Total Launches K390, 000 Startup Competition for Zambian Entrepreneurs

Total Zambia this month celebrates its 65th anniversary in Zambia and launches a competition to encourage social and economic development through entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship continues to create social and economic benefits for communities across Zambia and supporting startups will encourage more youth participation in economic growth. Speaking in Lusaka at the launch of the K390 000… Read more »

ICT Business Forum 2015 Innovators Challenge – ZICTA

Theme: INNOVATE – CREATE – THRIVE In line with the Theme of the ICT Business Forum and Expo, the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) has established a young Innovators Challenge Competition. The challenge aims to demonstrate how innovative ideas can be taken from conception to actualization. THE CHALLENGE Innovators will be required to… Read more »