Total’s Startupper of the Year competition Zambian finalists
Remember the Startupper of the Year competition that Total launched last year? It took place in a few countries including …
Tag: Innovation
Apply for BongoHive’s Discover Programme March cohort
Discover is a 3 week full-time bootcamp by innovation hub BongoHive that help startups turn their ideas into a business. BongoHive through …
Innovation in Zambia; Pointless rhetoric?
There’s so much talk about how the government is not empowering youth, or giving them access to resources that would …
Why you may soon be able to access Wi-Fi using a light bulb
If you depend on Wi-Fi to get your everyday tasks done you’re not alone. If you have trouble finding reliable …
Microsoft and COMESA sign MoU on ‘4Afrika Initiative’
Microsoft in partnership with the Common Marketplace for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) announced the launch of its 4Afrika Initiative …
UNICEF’s Global Innovation Summit for Youth and Children 2015: Day 1
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland just held the …
Airtel introduces 100% bonus minutes on its So Che packs
Airtel Zambia have introduced a 100 bonus on minutes for every So Che pack a subscriber buys from them in …
GSMA report shows mobile sector brought in over $100bn value to Sub-Saharan Africa
According to a study by the GSMA last month, the mobile sector brought in over $100 billion in value …
Total to give away K390000 to startups, with coaching support from Bongohive
To mark its 65th anniversary of doing business in Zambia, Total Zambia will be hosting a competition called Startupper of …
MTN Zambia donates a Smart Board to Daina Kaimba School in Lusaka
Leading communications solutions provider MTN Zambia yesterday donated an interactive white board at Daina Kaimba Primary School in Lusaka as …
Apply for the 2016 Barclays Accelerator Programme for FinTech startups
If you are a startup in financial technology (FinTech), Barclays has partnered with startup and accelerator funding venture TechStars to …
Cybrary.IT has a new cyber security job portal
Many job seekers in the technology field, cyber security, to be specific, fail to find jobs because these are not …
Kaymu shuts down Zambia presence: Why e-commerce is struggling in emerging countries
Online shopping platform Kaymu ( formerly www.kaymu.co.zm) has shut down its operations in Zambia with ‘macroeconomic reasons‘ being the official …
Day 2 of the ZICTA ICT Business Forum 2015
Day 2 of ZICTA‘s ICT Business Forum under the theme ‘Innovate – Create – Thrive’ started off with the announcement …
Day 1 of ZICTA’s ICT Business Forum 2015
Scheduled to begin at 8 am but only kicking off at almost 10 while we waited for the Minister (of …
Zambia to build PC assembly plant in Lusaka by 2017
The plan to build this plant began in former President Michael Sata’s tenure (may his soul rest in peace) in …
Are smart objects making us dumber?
It seems everything is getting smarter, but how smart are we ourselves getting? True, smart objects are just the idea …
Top Tech Trends of 2015: Which one has trended well so far?
Earlier this year some predictions about the top tech trends in Zambia for 2015 were made and this is the …
Samsung, Habitat for Humanity and Airtel set up solar powered internet school in Kabwe
Off the national electric grid, Hamududu School in Kabwe is just one of many schools around Zambia lacking the basic …
Airtel Zambia and British Council open up a second ICT school hub
Airtel Networks Zambia Plc in partnership with British Council (the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations with …