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How we picture an office today is not how we could have pictured it a year or two ago. A typical work environment was a 9-5 schedule with all employees in their respective offices. Many businesses considered the office as the only place to meet deadlines, be productive and get the work done. This changed… Read more »
My name is Zoe Kuyanda, and I recently joined BongoHive Consult as Programmes Manager for the Hackers in Residence (HIR) Coding Academy. I am currently a 4th-year student pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology at ZCAS University. Growing up, I was inspired by my brother- He is a computer genius! I would invade his… Read more »
BongoHive is Zambia’s first innovation and tech hub, that provides incubation and accelerator programmes to startups at all stages of their businesses. We have conducted different programmes with various partners to help grow the Zambian startup ecosystem. It is our goal to leave a long-lasting social-economic impact by building more partnerships to help build a… Read more »
BongoHive Innovation and Technology Hub has officially launched its newest offering, Hive Coworking space, also referred to as The Hive. The coworking space, which has been running for over three years for entrepreneurs and startups officially launched its new office on Friday, 4 March 2022. BongoHive’s ‘latest’ offering is a solution for startups and… Read more »
In a previous article, we looked at the statistics of (major) funding that Zambian startups received during 2020 and 2021. We also hosted a Twitter Space with the founders of some of the businesses that had received significant investment during that period – the space was not recorded but we have shared a summary of… Read more »
Startups, just like any other business need funds to operate. The most important funding for startups is seed funding, which gets the business off the ground. However, funding for startups becomes even more important when their demand for goods and services and the need for expansion arises. Unfortunately, fundraising as a startup is not as… Read more »
Last Sunday, 23rd January 2022, we concluded the MTN MoMo Hackathon which we were conducting in partnership with MTN Zambia and Channel VAS. The aim of the hackathon was to provide entrepreneurs and developers with the opportunity to build innovative financial and transactional applications using the MTN MoMo API platform. The application period was from… Read more »
A few months ago, we came across a tweet from a Zambian startup founder inquiring about funding for Zambian startups. After 10 years of supporting entrepreneurs, this is a conversation we are familiar with because we frequently receive similar versions of this question. The questions we are asked range from whether we provide funding to… Read more »
My name is Bwalya Malwita. I am a Social Media Associate at BongoHive. How would I describe myself? I would say that I am an ambivert who usually doesn’t talk much but says a lot. In my pre-teen years, I spent an awful amount of time holed up in my room reading up on everything… Read more »
My name is Jerrix Nkhata, and I am the Co-Founder of Ekamo Wallet. Ekamo is a payment system business that focuses on bridging the acceptance of digital payment from different wallets. I initially studied to become a Science Laboratory Technologist. My vision was to work for 10 years in the private sector then start doing other… Read more »
