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The BongoHive Podcast takes listeners through the various challenges they may face as budding entrepreneurs and how they can tackle them.
The Hive Webinars are curated online workshops/events for entrepreneurs at various stages of their growth.
Startup Tools
Lean Canvas
We use the Lean Canvas in place of a traditional business plan as the backbone to the entrepreneurship programmes that we run. It helps startups quickly map out their idea and assumptions and works particularly well for those looking to transition from idea to business or have recently launched and are searching for market traction.
User Experience
Once startups have completed the Lean Canvas, we encourage them to learn everything they can about their prospective users because no matter how hard you try, you will never be your user. Our startups create personas and then user journeys which help them understand how their users will interact with their product or service.
Personas – A great step-by-step guide to creating personas
User Journey – A great step-by-step guide to creating user journeys
Accounting & Finance
Any startup wanting to survive needs to understand where they stand financially from the idea stage onward. We use this simple spreadsheet with all of our startups in our Discover programme to help them understand their financial model. As our startups progress, begin generating revenue, having to stock products or track their customers, they require a more robust solution which has resulted in our finance system.
BongoHive Simple Budget Template
BongoHive Startup Finance System
Pitching your Startup
Whether pitching your idea to investors or someone you meet on a bus, we get our startups to get comfortable selling their business to those around them. We practice pitching both as a networking tool as well as to investors.
Elevator Pitch – A simple tool to help you craft a sales pitch
BongoHive Pitch Deck – The template our startups use
Other Recommended Online Tools
Wave Accounting – Free invoicing & accounting software with credit card processing & payroll services.
Back of a Napkin – For creating quick & easy founders agreements
Google Docs – Create & edit documents online with access to multiple team members
Canva – Anyone can be a graphic designer with Canva; use their simple drag & drop features to create artwork
Other Entrepreneurship Resources
Whitepaper by startup commons on the startup ecosystem explaining details on what it is and how to benefit from it as a business owner
Startup Development Phases – to help you understand what stage your business is at.
Zambian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Entrepreneurship Support Organisations
WEAC – Women’s Entrepreneurship Access Centre
Jacaranda Hub – Social-Economic Impact and Commercial Value
PEP Zambia – Supporting MSME Growth in Zambia
AGS – Accelerated Growth for Small and Medium Enterprises in Zambia
Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission – Promoting Economic Development in Zambia
Mentorme Africa – Entrepreneurship Support Organisation
Ecosystem Studies and Reports
World Bank – Accelerating Digital Transformation in Zambia : Digital Economy Diagnostic Report (2020)
Internation Trade Center – Tech Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Zambia (2020)
Tech Publications, Groups & Event Platforms
Tech Trends – Zambian Online Technology Publication
The Best of Zambia – The best online resource for products and services in Zambia
Asikana Network – Empowering Young Women in Technology
Developer Circle Lusaka by Facebook
DevCon – Zambia’s annual Developer conference
Hacker’s Guild – Immersive Training to Craft Mobile and Web Applications
Funders
PEP Zambia – Helping Zambian businesses to flourish
VC4Africa – Pan-African Platform for Startup Financing
ICA – Impact Capital Africa
AGS – Accelerated Growth for Small and Medium Enterprises in Zambia
Zenga Ventures – is a Southern African focused firm providing advisory, capital raising, market entry services and corporate finance consulting
Amano Capital – Our vision is to help nurture and build businesses in Zambia’s SME market which will have a positive long term impact on the social and economic development of Zambia and the Zambian people
Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission – Promoting Economic Development in Zambia
Enygma Ventures is a unique purpose driven investment fund
Regulators and Agencies
Zambia Information & Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) – ICT Regulator
Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) – Taxpayer Identification Number (TPIN), Income Tax Registration, PAYE, and VAT.
Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) – Specializes in standardization, quality assurance, metrology, and testing.
National Technology Business Centre (NTBC)
Patent And Company Registration Agency (PACRA) – Company registration, Patent, and Trademark
Securities and Exchange Commission – Capital Markets Regulation