Category: Events
Seven Startups Graduate The 6th Launch Accelerator Cohort
Three times a year, the launch accelerator latest batch of startup founders present their companies to a room full of business leaders, selected investors and media. Demo night takes place on the last day of each launch accelerator cohort.
Thursday, …
United States Supports Third Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in Zambia
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 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2017/2018
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 …
8 Startups Graduate the BongoHive Launch Accelerator
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 …
MTN Y’ello Care Bloggers Mentorship & Training
MTN Zambia partnered with BongoHive to train and mentor upcoming Lusaka based bloggers as part of MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care. The 21 Days of Y’ello Care is a campaign where employees across MTN’s operations dedicate their resources and …
Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2017 Local Competition Date Announced
BongoHive, Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub will be hosting the Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2017 local competition on July 27th 2017 to select startups that will represent Zambia at Slush in November, in Helsinki, Finland.
Zambian startups are invited to …
Team Binary Wins Zambia DataHack4FI Competition Helping Get Zambian Students Insured.
Last night, we hosted the Data Innovation competition final where Team Binary won the competition with a product on financial inclusion for insurance through education with their target market size being the over 7000+ students at the University of Lusaka. …
BongoHive Unveils 6 Startups at 4th Demo Night
Last night, Lusaka’s innovation and technology hub, BongoHive unveiled 6 of Zambia’s most promising startups and graduates of it accelerator programme, Launch.
Launch is an accelerator programme designed by BongoHive for startups that want to scale and gain traction. …
7 Teams Develop Data Driven Solutions to Advance Access To Valuable Financial And Insurance Services – DataHack4Fi.
According to FinScope 2015 only 33.7 percent of adults in Zambia are financially included. While levels of financial exclusion have reduced since the past few years, financial inclusion remains relatively low and therefore of significant concern to both policymakers and …