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Winners of The Zambia Agribusiness Bootcamp Announced

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 »

DataHack for Financial Inclusion (DataHack4FI) Season 2 – Launched!

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 »

Call for Applications: The AgriBusiness Bootcamp Zambia

Are you a Zambian agribusiness SME? Join us in the Agribusiness Bootcamp to learn on business development strategies, connect with industry peers & leaders, engage with investors, buyers and other stakeholders to facilitate growth for your business. The Zambia Agribusiness Bootcamp, conducted by BongoHive and Agri-ProFocus Zambia, is sponsored by the World Bank Group and… Read more »

CEC Liquid Partners with BongoHive to Accelerate Zambia’s Gaming and IoT Ecosystem

As part of Liquid Telecom’s ongoing African Innovation initiative, start-ups in Zambia will have greater access to high-speed internet and cloud-based services CEC Liquid Telecommunications, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom, is helping to accelerate Zambia’s emerging gaming and Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem through a new partnership with BongoHive; Zambia’s first… Read more »

United States Supports Third Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in Zambia

The Embassy of the United States of America to the Republic of Zambia Deputy Chief of Mission Christopher Krafft today launched the 2017/2018 Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for young Zambian entrepreneurs in collaboration with local technology and business incubation hub BongoHive. The goal of the Boot Camp program is to support development of youth entrepreneurship in… Read more »

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 »

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 »

MTN Y’ello Care Bloggers Mentorship & Training

MTN Zambia partnered with BongoHive to train and mentor upcoming Lusaka based bloggers as part of MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care. The 21 Days of Y’ello Care is a campaign where employees across MTN’s operations dedicate their resources and time towards supporting charity initiatives in their local communities, this happens between the 1st and… Read more »

Team Binary Wins Zambia DataHack4FI Competition Helping Get Zambian Students Insured.

Last night, we hosted the Data Innovation competition final where Team Binary won the competition with a product on financial inclusion for insurance through education with their target market size being the over 7000+ students at the University of Lusaka. Students can have the option of paying insurance premiums using mobile money. Insurance companies are the… Read more »