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Over the years, Zambia has continued to record a low representation of women in politics. According to the World Bank (2017), Zambia has the lowest proportion of seats held by women in the national Parliament in Sub Saharan Africa. The regional average is projected at just below 25%. In the current Zambian government, women only… Read more »
Last Sunday, 23rd January 2022, we concluded the MTN MoMo Hackathon which we were conducting in partnership with MTN Zambia and Channel VAS. The aim of the hackathon was to provide entrepreneurs and developers with the opportunity to build innovative financial and transactional applications using the MTN MoMo API platform. The application period was from… Read more »
A few months ago, we came across a tweet from a Zambian startup founder inquiring about funding for Zambian startups. After 10 years of supporting entrepreneurs, this is a conversation we are familiar with because we frequently receive similar versions of this question. The questions we are asked range from whether we provide funding to… Read more »
My name is Bwalya Malwita. I am a Social Media Associate at BongoHive. How would I describe myself? I would say that I am an ambivert who usually doesn’t talk much but says a lot. In my pre-teen years, I spent an awful amount of time holed up in my room reading up on everything… Read more »
We are a few days away from 2022, and this is a critical time for businesses to plan and close off the year. By now, we would assume you have already conducted your 2021 review or are in the process of doing so. Since the pandemic, businesses across all sectors have to deal with rapid… Read more »
Do you know that a Google search on ‘why innovate’ produces 114,000,000 results? There is a lot of conversation going on about innovation and even more specifically, its importance in business. Innovation has become part of a survival kit for companies that want to meet current and future customers’ needs. The world has become so… Read more »
My name is Jerrix Nkhata, and I am the Co-Founder of Ekamo Wallet. Ekamo is a payment system business that focuses on bridging the acceptance of digital payment from different wallets. I initially studied to become a Science Laboratory Technologist. My vision was to work for 10 years in the private sector then start doing other… Read more »
Employee training and development is key to organisational growth. Employees are your greatest assets; you need to empower them with the skills that are critical to meeting organisational goals. Organisations that have invested in employee training programmes benefit from an engaged and loyal workforce. If you don’t have a training programme in place and you… Read more »
VillageSavers provides an automated savings platform that helps savings groups to digitize their operations and make their savings experience better and secure. The VillageSavers app tracks saving records, eliminates human error and brings transparency to the savings groups. The startup was Co-founded by Moses Mwansa, who is also the CEO. Moses is a Project Management… Read more »
DIGILOGIC Community: an online open space to build networks between European and African smart logistics innovators. Dedicated to Digital Innovation Hubs, entrepreneurs, startups, logistics experts, and public organizations, the platform is free and provides content and tools to create opportunities for collaboration between European and African innovators. DIGILOGIC Community, a multifunctional online platform, offers: an… Read more »
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