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Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that brings together Lusaka designers, developers, entrepreneurs, and experts from all domains to do amazing things. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined… Read more »
The Hackers Guild will host a 3 month intensive training session that will help participants in Zambia to code. Applications are now open for anyone who wants to become a professional web developer. This adventure started a few weeks ago through a chance encounter between the three founders: Charles Mwanza, a consultant and the former… Read more »
Despite Zambia’s economic growth in recent years, youth unemployment figures remain high (48% for the 20-24 years age group). The world is at a pivotal point right now, re-evaluating models of education and forming policies that will shape and foster new business creation. Design thinking is a process, applicable to all walks of life, of… 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 »
Join us for another thrilling talk at this month’s Insaka with one of Zambia’s top female entrepreneurs,Angelika Huwiler, on the 23rd of September at Cairo Road Protea Hotel. To attend this event, please register here. Angelika Huwiler is Founder and Managing Director of Foxdale Court Office Park and Chairperson of the Zambia Fashion Council. Angelika has a BSc… Read more »
“Hello, world!” The sound of that probably gives you a hint on what’s coming next. At this month’s “Meet the Industry” we are featuring Developers who’ve been practicing their skills in web development. What are some of the opportunities and challenges for the developers in Zambia? Is technology the future of Zambia’s development? Come and… Read more »
The Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative announces the launch of the public voting for the 2014 Technology Idea (Tech-I) Competition. Tech-I is an annual science and technology entrepreneurship competition, which this year accepted over 500 entries from 86 countries in the four areas of agriculture, energy, health, and information and communications technology… Read more »
infoDev has released the “Mobile at the Base of the Pyramid: Zambia” report. This set of reports assesses existing mobile application (app) business models targeted at, or suitable for, people living at the base of the pyramid (BoP). The reports address specific pain points for app developers and provide practical, actionable advice. Their recommendations are… Read more »
What is the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) and what is it hoping to achieve? How do applicants submit their innovations for the IPA? What are the IPA 2015 priority areas? If you would like to know the answers to these questions and to find out more about the IPA Competition, join us as we meet with the Director… Read more »
infoDev has released the Enhancing Access to Finance for Technology Entrepreneurs in Southern Africa report. This report examines the financing gaps for early stage and growth that high-growth technology entrepreneurs are facing in the information and communication technology (ICT), climate technology, and innovative agribusiness sectors in Zambia and Mozambique, with a more regional review of… Read more »
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