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BongoHive Partners with Amazon Web Services: Offering Free Hosting Services to Startups.

BongoHive has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide startups that have been through a BongoHive program with free hosting services on their Amazon Web Service platform.   The offer from Amazon Web Services to BongoHive startups includes: free access to AWS and tools via AWS promotional credits (approx. 2 years) free and discounted… Read more »

Agricomm, Out Source Now & Agrisave: Zambian Startups to attend Finland’s Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2017

Slush global has announced AgriComm, Outsource now and AgriSave as Slush Global Impact Accelerator (GIA) 2017 – Zambia winners. The three startups were all picked after emerging finalists at the local slush event BongoHive hosted on July 27 2017. Ten (10) Zambian impact startups were shortlisted to pitch at the event where Agricomm media, Outsource… Read more »

BongoHive Masterclasses: Price Change Notice

BongoHive, Lusaka’s technology and Innovation hub has announced some changes to the BongoHive Masterclasses, which come into effect on 18th September, 2017. NOTICE: This serves to inform the public and all interested parties that effective 18th September, 2017 the fees for the BongoHive Masterclass. The following prices will be applied to the BongoHive masterclasses: The… Read more »

8 Startups Graduate the BongoHive Launch Accelerator

The ingredients for the launch accelerator are simple: great entrepreneurs with registered startups, experienced industry mentors, business development, legal and finance advice, and access to customers & desire to grow or scale up in and outside Zambia. But it takes more than that. It takes hard work and dedication to turn these ingredients into something… Read more »

BongoHive Engages Musa Dudhia & Company: Making legal services accessible to Zambian Start-ups.

BongoHive, Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub has engaged Musa Dudhia & Co, to make legal services accessible to BongoHive start-ups. BongoHive programs guide startups through the entrepreneurial journey; from idea right through to getting investment. Speaking during the official announcement of the development in Lusaka this morning, BongoHive Co-founder and Head of Entrepreneurship, Simunza Muyangana… Read more »

Climathon Lusaka: Creating Green Solutions for a Sustainable City

Climate advocates, entrepreneurs, economists, civil society, academia, digital innovators and environmental experts will convene from June 29th to June 30th at BongoHive in Lusaka to create innovative and sustainable solutions to climate-change impacted development challenges affecting communities and cities globally and Africa and Zambia in particular. The first Climate Hackathon, aka #Climathon, in this format… Read more »

The BongoHive Community Library #Giveabook

Did 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 2016. Barclays Bank Zambia donated business development books worth K10,000. The handover took place during… Read more »

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 entrepreneur or problem solver – this is something you don’t want to miss! How it… Read more »

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 improvement, gift fulfillment and gaming. In 12 weeks of the Launch accelerator, the startups go through customized series of interventions with… Read more »