Kukula Capital (“Kukula”), a leading Zambian venture capital investor, and eVentures Africa Fund (“eVA”), a leading Dutch venture capital fund specializing in E-commerce in Africa, are pleased to announce the signing of a transaction with Dot Com Zambia, a growing e-commerce company headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia. Kukula and eVA have jointly agreed to initially invest… Read more »
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Innovation in the Banking Sector Opportunity for Local Startups?
Join us from 18:00 – 20:00hrs on Monday, 31st of August 2015 at Foxdale Court, Roma for Mobile Monday Lusaka event. The event will open up discussion on the state of the local Banking industry in relation to innovation and technology and also inform entrepreneurs and solution providers on current & future opportunities that can… Read more »
Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 open for applications
The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards 2015 celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. Innovation knows no borders and Appsafrica.com welcomes applications from innovations launched in at least one African market, regardless of where in the world the venture actually started. The awards will take place in Cape Town on Monday 16th November with… Read more »
Digital Means Nothing Without Creativity: First Digital Creative Session Held
Guest blog by Imanga Kay Creativity makes digital things interesting. It’s quite simple to think about it that way, except, the case in Zambia makes it difficult to understand. This article is not about digital migration, so take a chill pill. I heard someone once say that digital was just 1s and 0s but creativity… Read more »
Developer Economics survey 2015 Developer Skills Census
Developer Economics is the largest, most global app developer research & engagement program. Reaching up to 10,000 developers in over 140 countries, it’s considered the leader when it comes to tracking the app economy. Now in its 9th edition, the research program tracks developer sentiment across platforms, revenues, apps, tools, APIs, segments and regions. More… Read more »
Insaka with Miyanda Maimbo | April 21st
Miyanda Maimbo, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Business Coach at Prosoft Group of Companies leads the conversation at this month’s Insaka on the 21st of April at BongoHive. Click here to reserve your seats. Prior to starting her own group of companies, Miyanda worked for 8 years in the Courier and Communications industry. She quit a well-paying… Read more »
New Membership Plan for You!
We are excited to announce the launch of our revamped membership plan. Recently we moved to a bigger space and more ideal location in response to the growing needs of our members. We encourage an open and collaborative working style whether you are shaping an idea, contracting as a freelancer or working on a startup as a… Read more »
INFORMATION ECONOMY REPORT 2015 – Unlocking the Potential of E-Commerce for Developing Countries
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way in which enterprises are interacting among each other as well as with consumers and governments. Despite important potential benefits, businesses and consumers in developing countries were for a long time slow to exploit e-commerce. As a result of changes in the evolving landscape for information and communications… Read more »
Harvard Business School Names Dot Com Zambia’s Bus Project as Africa’s Best New Venture for 2015
Zambian company, Dot Com Zambia and their start up project called ‘Bus Tickets Zambia’ was named the 2015 New Venture Winner at the 17th Annual Africa Business Conference, held at the Harvard Business School Campus in Boston, on Saturday February 27th, 2015. The theme for this year’s conference, which was hosted by the University’s Africa… Read more »
Bongohive Forum: Developing the ICT Sector In Zambia Featured UNCTAD
By Imanga Kay On February 19, the chief at ICT Analysis section of UNCTAD, Torbjörn Fredriksson, visited Bongohive to speak on the topic of “Developing the ICT sector in Zambia.” UNCTAD and BongoHive organised a multi-stakeholder discussion in order to bring to the fore the challenges and opportunities in the ICT Sector in Zambia. Among… Read more »