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BongoHive Welcomes 9 Zambian Startups into its 8th Launch Accelerator Cohort

BongoHive has selected its latest cohort of Entrepreneurs in its Launch Accelerator, with founders from 9 Zambian startups. The Launch accelerator is a 6-month programme (a 3 months startup program + 3 months additional business support) developed for startups looking to gain traction and scale up. Startups in the program share co-working space with other… Read more »

The Annual Southern Africa Innovation Forum (ASAIF) 2018: Everything You Need To Know

The SAIS 2 Programme together with Connected Hubs, brings you the Annual Southern Africa Innovation Forum (ASAIF) themed as “Inclusive Innovations within the context of connected ecosystems, innovations and entrepreneurship”. The ASAIF is taking place on 12 September 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa as part of the South Africa Innovation Summit. Inclusive Innovation Innovation for Inclusive Development… Read more »

BongoHive Launches Social Enterprise Academy Zambia

BongoHive is excited to announce a new partnership with the Social Enterprise Academy that will see the innovation and entrepreneurship hub operating the social franchise of the Academy’s world class learning and development programmes. The Social Enterprise Academy, based in Edinburgh, provides leadership and entrepreneurship development programmes for social enterprises and young people. Its core… Read more »

Six Startups Complete Agribusiness, CleanTech & Energy Focused Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

The 5th theme of the entrepreneurship bootcamp focusing on Agribusiness, CleanTech or Energy business ideas, came to an end on Friday 13th July, 2018 with a Pitch Event where an agribusiness startup providing unique variety flowers, Royal Blooms emerged best pitch and was awarded US$1000 seed investment for the business. The six startups to complete… Read more »

BongoHive and TrustLaw Partner to Offer Pro Bono Legal Assistance to Social Impact Startups

BongoHive, Zambia`s first innovation and entrepreneurship hub, has partnered with TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service, to make free legal services accessible to social impact startups. TrustLaw connects NGOs and social enterprises creating social and environmental change around the world with leading law firms that take care of their legal needs… Read more »

SAIS and BongoHive Call for Impact Startups: Road to Slush 2018

This year, BongoHive has partnered with Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme (SAIS) to scout the most potential early-stage startup in Zambia! This provides a chance for one Zambian startup to travel to Slush. Slush is one of the leading tech startup conferences in Helsinki, Finland. In 2017, Slush gathered over 20,000 attendees including investors, startups… Read more »

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Global Startup Awards Arrive in Africa. Nominations Now Open to Zambia!

The world renowned Global Startup Awards, the largest independent startup-ecosystem competition, already covering 45 countries in 5 regions of Europe and Asia has arrived in Zambia. The mission of Global Startup Awards is to find, connect, support, and celebrate key players in national and regional startup ecosystems worldwide and to fuse them together in a… Read more »