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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 »
According to FinScope 2015 only 33.7 percent of adults in Zambia are financially included. While levels of financial exclusion have reduced since the past few years, financial inclusion remains relatively low and therefore of significant concern to both policymakers and financial service providers alike. This past weekend, BongoHive and Insight to Impact launched the Data… Read more »
South Africa based Insight 2 Insight facility and Lusaka’s technology and innovation hub, BongoHive today launched a data innovation competition to advance financial inclusion in Zambia. In partnership with Financial sector deepening Zambia and the Insurers association of Zambia, the data innovation competition was launched today and will also a host a hackathon, co creation… Read more »
Lusaka based organizations partner with Nyamuka Zambia to reach more women and young entrepreneurs and provide more application centres for the Business Plan Competition Today, Nyamuka Zambia, an initiative of the Private Enterprise Programme Zambia (PEPZ), signed partnership agreements with key implementing partners in a ceremony held at the PEPZ offices in Lusaka. Partners include… Read more »
Europe’s leading startup and technology event, Slush Global Impact Accelerator 2016 has been launched. Lusaka’s innovation and technology hub, BongoHive is excited to be part of Slush for the first time. BongoHive will be hosting Slush 2016 local competition this August to select startups that will represent Zambia at Slush Global event in November –… Read more »
United States Ambassador to Zambia Eric Schultz today launched a six-month finance boot camp for Zambian entrepreneurs beginning May 9 and running through October 2016. In partnership with Zambian innovation hub BongoHive, the U.S. government will bring American business experts to Zambia to hold workshop sessions at BongoHive and at the U.S. Embassy. The… Read more »
Cavmont Bank and BongoHive sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) and announce partnership to improve financial awareness and mentorship among local entrepreneurs and MSMEs. At the signing ceremony, held on Wednesday 27th January, Cavmont Bank and BongoHive committed to working together to improve the delivery of a seamless and robust mentorship & coaching programme for entrepreneurs… Read more »
BongoHive Technology and Innovation Hub have today signed a memorandum of understanding with MTN Zambia. MTN Zambia seeks to provide support to Application and software developers in Zambia through a partnership with Bongo hive, the first technology and innovation hub in Zambia built on an entrepreneurship hub concept. The support is aimed at stimulating interest… Read more »
ZACCI, ZAM, ZCSMBA and BongoHive sign MOU with PEP-Z MOU reaffirms signatories’ objective of creating economic and social development LUSAKA, Zambia, Thursday, January 29, 2015 – Senior representatives from the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI), the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM), the Zambia Chamber for Small and Medium Business Associations (ZCSMBA), and BongoHive… Read more »
The Global Design for UNICEF Challenge is launching at BongoHive in Zambia in October 2014, along with universities in five other countries around the world. The Challenge is an academic design competition coming out of the UNICEF Innovation Unit that engages students in local problem solving and global collaboration around pressing global problems. The topic… Read more »
