If you recall, a couple of weeks ago we had our first Game Dev Weekend where we introduced the process of Game Development and distributed some easy to use Game Development Kits. It also ended up in the formation of BongoHive’s official Game Development group, Ubongo Game Lab. As a follow up, we decided to… Read more »
Lusaka Social Media Day
The 30th of June has, since 2010, been declared Social Media Day by the ever popular social media news and tech site, Mashable. Why would we dedicate an entire day(or two) to social media? Well, it IS pretty big. Social media is rapidly transforming the way we do business and how we interact with each… Read more »
The Africa Internet Summit
If you’ve been paying attention, Lusaka’s tech community has been really active for the past two weeks. What for? Well, for the first time ever the Africa Internet Summit was being hosted in Zambia at Lusaka’s Intercontinental Hotel from the 9th to the 21st of June. The Internet Summit invites people from all over the… Read more »
Game Dev Weekend
Over the weekend BongoHive hosted the first ever Game Dev Weekend which was put together to introduce the process of game development to our guests from concept to publishing and also introduce absolute beginners to programming through the creation of small text based games. It was also a means of bringing together Lusaka’s current game… Read more »
Introducing BongoHive Cloud
BongoHive in collaboration with Seven Seas Technologies is implementing the “Bongohive Cloud”. A project that will see local startups and tech savvy individuals at Bongohive host their apps and software without worrying about space and only concentrate on building apps…. Read more »
The Buzz on: Ifunga Ndana
Ifunga is one of the more elusive members at BongoHive. Those who have heard of him, know him as the creative mind behind The SCND Genesis: Legends, a role playing game based on his comic of the same name set in a post-apocalyptic Africa. Those much closer, know him as that honest, discerning friend who… Read more »
The Africa Internet Summit 2013
The Africa Internet Summit (AIS) to see the new Era of African Internet Industry: African Internet Community using AFRINIC 18 meeting to open event to wider audience in business and emerging industries. Zambia 28 May 2013 – This African Internet Summit (AIS) will take place in Lusaka, Zambia from the 9th to 21th June… Read more »
RHoK Innovation Hackathon Lusaka 2013
This weekend, BongoHive, Peace Corps volunteers and eager techies from Lusaka got together once again for a Random Hacks of Kindness(RHoK) Global Innovation Hackathon here at BongoHive. Random Hacks of Kindness is a joint initiative by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, NASA, the World Bank and regional partners that encourages the improvement of communities through group collaboration… Read more »
Mobile Monday review: What’s trending
In case you haven’t heard, our continent is exploding . . . in mobile technology consumption. Not only does Africa have the fastest growing mobile presence in the world but it also has, overall, the second largest mobile market next to Asia. Consequently, there is a huge potential for mobile development. Mobile Monday is an… Read more »
The Google I/O Extended 2013 Lusaka
Over the weekend, the Google Developer Group Lusaka met for the Google I/O Extended and HTML hackathon as a follow up of the annual Google I/O conference which is that magical time of the year when we are awed by Google’s latest in innovation and tools for developers. Google Developer Group Lusaka (GDG Lusaka) is… Read more »