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ZedCredit, a local startup that digitizes savings groups records and automates their manual processes has won the DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) Zambia competition. The DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) an African innovation competition that encourages finance, tech and data enthusiasts to collaborate in using data and analytics to solve business challenges and extend financial… Read more »
ICT4D Conference 2018, the largest event of its kind for the humanitarian development sector, this year aims at mapping out to the path for technology to make the maximum impact on improving humanitarian relief and development work. This 10th conference brings together over 600 ICT experts, program managers and senior executives from 80 countries, from… Read more »
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), with the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the African Green Revolution Forum(AGRA), Women in Tech Africa, Wennovation Hub (Nigeria) and Suguba (regional), is launching Pitch AgriHack 2018. The theme for this year’s edition is “Women entrepreneurs innovate for agricultural transformation in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific”. The competition is open… Read more »
Team Gematrix, Zambia’s first official eSports team and home to some of the best NRS and FIFA 18 players in Zambia won big at the recent Pan-African MKXL Tournament. Justin Banda and Mwelele Zaza of Team Gematrix won 1st place with K50,000 and 3rd place with K10, 000 respectively. The Mortal Kombat XL tournament by Pro… Read more »
Are you an African web developer? Are you ready to tackle the challenge of improving demand and access to tractors for African farmers? To celebrate 100 years of innovation in tractors, John Deere is inviting developers from across Africa to build the solutions that will shape the next century. Developers have 21 days to create… Read more »
Eduserve, a microfinance startup company designed to specifically facilitate loans for school fees won the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp: FinTech. The startup won $1000 worth of seed investment for the advancement of their project after completing the bootcamp at the Pitch event which was held on Friday 23rd March 2018. Eduserve, with founder, Dominic Kapalu was in… Read more »
The top ten winners of the Zambia Agribusiness Bootcamp have been announced. The top 10 were announced at the final and pitch event of the Agribusiness Bootcamp Zambia held at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC) on Friday 23rd March, 2018. The 10 become the first beneficiaries of Zambia Agribusiness and Trade Project (ZATP)’s Market… Read more »
The rapid growth in the numbers of attendees at the ICT4D Conference since its inception is testament not only to the fantastic learning and networking opportunities the event provides but also to the global focus on ICT4D. Yet ten sessions on from the first conference, many questions are still being asked about the extent and… Read more »
Introduction i2i is seeking data science experts to provide specialised support/mentoring to data enthusiasts taking part in the DataHack4FI innovation competition. What is DataHack4FI? DataHack4FI is an annual innovation competition that promotes evidence-based decision-making for improved financial service provision to un- or underserved clients. The competition is targeting established African tech companies (FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech,… Read more »
Impact2Insight (i2i), in partnership with BongoHive, CEC Liquid Zambia and Financial Sector Deepening Zambia have launched the DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) Zambia competition, an African innovation competition that promotes evidence-based decision-making for improved financial service provision to low-income individuals. The launch DataHack for Financial Inclusion competition launch was officiated by Patrick Mutimushi, Director General… Read more »
