Innovation is defined as enhancing an existing product or service by identifying gaps and applying targeted innovative solutions.

This is a survey and assessment tool used to gauge an organisation's internal innovation culture, mindset, and overall readiness to adopt and learn from new solutions.

Ideas are prioritised based on a set of criteria that includes their Feasibility, Impact, Viability, and Urgency.

We offer the Applied Human-Centred Design (HCD) The Practitioners Programme, a 7-week hybrid course for corporate innovation teams and practitioners. It focuses on adapting innovation into work processes and ensuring solutions are user-driven, not based on internal assumptions.

The BongoHive Idea Spring Platform is an in-house product designed to help innovation managers manage the entire process of collecting, scoring, and rating ideas for both internal and external innovation programmes/challenges.

Yes. We specialise in helping teams visualise digital solutions, such as creating clickable prototypes. We are stronger in digital systems and physical process mapping/design than in physical product prototyping, and we also offer capacity building and training for your staff to build prototypes themselves.

We advise organisations to start small, develop internal champions within a small team to spread the culture, and focus on the longevity and sustainability of internal capacity. Large groups often lose focus.

• Innovation Edge Event: An exclusive "peers connect event" for leaders in the innovation space held every two months.
• The next peers connect is scheduled for the 9th July, 2026- registration like (IInnovation Edge Edition 3

• Webinars and "Ask Me Anything (AMA)" Sessions: Open, interactive forum where participants can directly submit questions to subject matter experts, seasoned entrepreneurs, and programme leadership, receiving real-time, personalised advice.
• Networking and Peer-to-Peer Learning Events: Formal and informal opportunities designed to connect innovators with each other, potential partners, investors, and industry veterans. This includes co-working sessions, and dedicated community forums for knowledge exchange, collaborative problem-solving, and building a supportive ecosystem.

• Newsletters: The BongoHive Main Newsletter (bi-weekly article from the innovation team) and the Consult Newsletter (monthly/bi-monthly publication on innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology).

Yes, our operations are primarily driven by remote work (since COVID-19). Physical travel and interactions are arranged based on logistics, budget, and the location of the lead host country.

Focus on three core pillars: People, Process, and Product

• The People infrastructure (culture and capability): You cannot innovate without the right mindset. Infrastructure isn't just software; it's the brainpower you cultivate. Equip your team with Human-Centered Design (HCD) skills, they need to learn how to empathize with the user before they build solutions.
• The Process infrastructure (governance and workflow): You need a pipeline that moves an idea from a "sticky note" to a "market ready product." Build infrastructure that allows for cheap failure. If an idea doesn't work, pivot early before it costs you resources. We use Design Sprints (a 5-day process) to help you test ideas rapidly.
• The Product infrastructure (tech and tools): The Product Infrastructure: This constitutes the digital backbone enabling the first two pillars. To prevent data silos from stifling innovation, we implement agile toolkits and prototyping platforms. These tools allow staff to execute rapid demos and sprints, moving quickly from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity digital prototypes.

University-Led Innovation is our work with universities to help students, lecturers, researchers, and institutions turn ideas, research, and talent into practical solutions, startups, industry projects, and innovation programmes.

Yes. We host student tours for universities and colleges that want learners to experience Zambia’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. These visits are conducted once every last Friday of the month and can include an introduction to BongoHive, startup showcases, innovation talks, workspace tours, and interactive Q&A sessions.

Student tours can be requested by universities, colleges, lecturers, student associations, innovation clubs, and academic departments. We usually recommend that requests come through an institutional representative.

Students learn about entrepreneurship, technology, innovation, startup building, career pathways, and how ideas can be developed into real-world solutions. Where possible, we also expose students to founders, innovators, and professionals working across different sectors.

Yes. We work with universities on innovation programmes, entrepreneurship support, research commercialisation, student engagement, hackathons, incubation, skills development, and industry-linked projects.

We support partnerships around student innovation challenges, entrepreneurship training, startup incubation, research-to-market support, digital skills programmes, AI and emerging technology training, ecosystem events, and industry collaboration.

Yes. We can work with universities to design, strengthen, or implement innovation hub activities, entrepreneurship programmes, mentorship models, venture-building support, and student innovation pipelines.

Yes. Depending on the engagement, students may have opportunities to pitch ideas, receive feedback, join innovation challenges, or be connected to relevant BongoHive programmes.

Universities can reach out to us with the type of engagement they are interested in, whether it is a student tour, partnership, innovation programme, training, hackathon, or support for an entrepreneurship hub. Our team will then discuss the objectives, audience, timelines, and the best format for collaboration.