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Drone Hackathon Zambia will be a five-day virtual event taking place from August 24-28 and hosted by BongoHive and the U.S.-based Global Air Drone Academy The competition is open to all Zambian citizens/residents, ages 16-28 The top 3 winners will receive a professional-grade drone and business coaching to launch their new business These events are… Read more »
BongoHive Innovation and Technology Hub has partnered with Financial Sector Deepening Zambia Limited (FSD Zambia) to support the growth of the digital economy and increase access to financial services for all Zambians. This will be done through the BongoHive FinTech Challenge, which has been launched to explore opportunities for financial inclusion and innovation from aspiring… Read more »
[Blog] – It’s a warm Tuesday evening in Lusaka, and the Minister of Health has just announced that all schools will close from Friday to combat the spread of Covid-19. So I am pleasantly surprised that more than 30 women attended a “Female Financial Dialogue” panel at the BongoHive offices in Lusaka. This conversation is… Read more »
As we continue to monitor the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation closely, BongoHive is implementing stricter health and safety practices to ensure the safety and well-being of its staff and other stakeholders. Following the announcement of confirmed cases of the virus in Zambia, we will be following recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and local imposed… Read more »
Welcome to the first of our ‘Great Minds‘ features, where we will profile the great minds that BongoHive works with to create viable solutions that change the world. In commemoration of Women’s Month this March, our first feature is one of BongoHive’s startup founders, Ruth K. Mooto of My Perfect Stitch. Founded in 2016, My… Read more »
The African Tech and Creative Group (ATCG) is announcing the launch of ten MyAfCFTA nodes located across Africa in CcHUB (Nigeria/Rwanda), Afrinolly (Nigeria), iSpace (Ghana), iHUB (Kenya), BongoHive (Zambia), HYBR Group (South Africa/Kenya/Nigeria), Sylabs (Algeria), The Tech Village Innovation Hub (Zimbabwe), Bliss Executives (The Gambia), The Innovation Village (Uganda). The ten MyAfCFTA Nodes are the… Read more »
eMsika Services Limited today announced a new partnership with ZPOS. Their partnership will help agro-dealers with their business operations by providing ZPOS point-of-sale machines in retail locations currently working with eMsika on the Musika Development Initiative Agribusiness Accelerator Initiative (AAI) programme. The AAI programme is targeting 600 agro-dealers to adopt digital platforms to help sustain and grow… Read more »
BongoHive started off the year with the Discover Pre-accelerator Programme on 20th January 2020. We received the highest number of applications and also had the highest number of female participants in a cohort to date (9 out of 11). The programme is designed for entrepreneurs with a newly launched business or in the idea phase…. Read more »
Introducing FinTech4U’s first Cohort Mareta Lindunda and Mali Kambandu After a rigorous application process and interview process, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and BongoHive Innovation and Technology Hub are pleased to announce the five Zambian FinTechs that will begin the FinTech4U Accelerator Programme in January 2020. The companies selected for the first FinTech4U… Read more »
BongoHive closed off the year with 9 startups completing the final Discover Programme for the year 2019 on Friday, 22 November. The programme is designed for early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs to assist them in formulating their business ideas and creating launchable startups. The 2-week programme involves daily training sessions at Bongohive, where the selected… Read more »
