BongoHiveDid you know that BongoHive has a book library? The BongoHive library was started in November 2016. In September 2016, Barclays Bank Zambia donated books to the community of entrepreneurs at BongoHive as part of their shared growth initiative for
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The City of Lusaka #Climathon2017
WWF Zambia team and Impact Hub bring to you the City of Lusaka – Climathon 2017. The climathon is a climate hackathon to take place at BongoHive this June 28th – June 29th 2017.
If you’re a developer, tech-head and …
7 Promising Zambian Startups Make The Launch Accelerator
BongoHive kicked off the 5th cohort of the Launch Accelerator programme. Seven (7) promising Zambian startups made it into the current cohort. The startups in this cohort are from various industries including agriculture, real estate, food and e-commerce, home …
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. …
SEEDSTARS World Will Visit Over 23 Sub Saharan African Cities To Find The Best Entrepreneurs In Technology
Seedstars World, the biggest seed stage startup competition for emerging markets is coming back to Africa to scout for the top high growth startups and entrepreneurs and accelerate them on their path to global success. On this 2017 edition of …
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. …
United States Pledges to Support Entrepreneurship Financing Boot Camp Zambia
… 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 …