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African Startups Shine At Slush GIA 2016

  The past few days have been a whirlwind extreme startup/investor/innovator heaven in Helsinki Finland at Slush 2016. After some great pitches, the African startups, Teledoctor from Zambia, Izyshop of Mozambique and Kgoshigadi Tradings of South Africa won the Bayer social Innovation grants at this years Global impact accelerator during the slush conference. The Slush… Read more »

Developer Economics: State of Developer Nation Q1 2016

Based on the VisionMobile survey of 21,000+ software developers Welcome to the State of the Developer Nation Q1 2016 report, based on the 10th Developer Economics global survey wave. Produced by VisionMobile, Developer Economics is the leading research program on mobile, desktop, IoT, and cloud developers, tracking developer experiences across platforms, revenues, apps, languages, tools,… Read more »

Insaka: Benjamin Katubiya (Recap)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1592823432027{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}”]About three weeks ago we had the privilege of hosting successful Zambian entrepreneur and businessman – Benjamin Katubiya, CEO and founder of BUK Holdings,  for an Insaka at BongoHive. Mr. Benjamin Katubiya generously awarded us with two hours from his busy schedule. Without a doubt, sitting down to listen to… Read more »

Recap: June WordPress Lusaka Meetup

Guest blog by Imanga Kay The very first WordPress Lusaka Meetup was held yesterday at BongoHive. Aspiring bloggers sat together with veteran bloggers and shared their experiences with the content management system (CMS) called WordPress. Blogspot also popped in the conversation here and there, it seems nobody really uses it. For its first time being hosted,… Read more »

Startup Weekend Lusaka 2014 Recap

Startup Weekend Lusaka took place from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th of November 2014 at BongoHive. This is the second time BongoHive is hosting this global event that brings together and connects entrepreneurs, developers, designers and startup enthusiasts with mentors and resources. The startup weekend nurtures passionate entrepreneurs and guides them through practical sessions on… Read more »

Otaku Movie Night and the Zambian Anime Scene

So how do you like to spend your Sunday nights? Cringing at the thought of tomorrow’s Monday blues? Salvaging whatever you can from the last of your last happy hours? Or just lazing about? Well, there’s a growing trend in the heart of Africa that’s bringing together an unconventional community: The African anime community. From… Read more »