TEDxLusaka event scheduled for 22nd May 2016
TEDxLusaka will be hosting a TED talk themed: The Next Chapter, allowing for the exchange of ideas among Zambian innovators and …
Tag: Startups
Last week’s Tech Trends – April 18th to 22nd, 2016
Here are all the stories we shared last week: The Apple app store is dead The App mall (store) is …
BongoHive to host finance bootcamp for 20 startups
To handle debt and learn about investments in the initial stages of running any startup, innovation hub BongoHive in partnership with …
Local Startup Friday: Msanga delivery service
Msanga is a service that connects merchants and consumers that need deliveries, to riders that fulfill them. It was officially …
Total “Startupper of the Year” 2016 winners announced
On Friday night, Total hosted the final awards ceremony of their “Startupper of the Year” challenge at Intercontinental Hotel in …
Are you an entrepreneur or intrapreneur?
With everybody bragging about how they’re building a startup, those at desk jobs may start to feel like they’re slaves …
About BongoHive’s Launch demo night
Last night local technology and innovation hub BongoHive held their Launch demo night event which had 7 pitches from …
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 …
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 …
Local App Friday: Viva Campaign
Every Friday we feature a local tech product in our Local App Friday segment and this week’s is Viva Campaign. …
MTN and Jumia launch Entrepreneurship Challenge competition for Africa
MTN in partnership with the MTN Solution Space at the University of Cape Town have launched the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by …
Apply for the 2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
TEEP, the flagship programme of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is a US$100m initiative to support emerging entrepreneurs across Africa over …
Mbonge: The business competition reality TV show for Zambian entrepreneurs
Great Minds Media Solutions with backing from the Citizen’s Economic Empowerment Commission have launched an audition phase for a reality TV …
Last week’s BIGGEST tech stories
Before we go ahead with February let’s just briefly look at what happened last week closing off January in technology …
MTN and BongoHive sign MoU to onboard app developers
Today, MTN Zambia signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with BongoHive, a hub for technology and innovation of young entrepreneurs …
CEEC to give loans to entrepreneurs in ICT and others
The Citizen’s Economic Empowerment Commission in Zambia is a state-backed agency through which entrepreneurs can obtain loans to grow/develop their …
The tech trends to look forward to in 2016
Last year we predicted some new trends in tech in Zambia in 2015 and also reviewed them later in the …
7 lessons for startups from Slush 2015
Slush is an event held in Helsinki, Finland that brings together some of the world’s most promising startups to meet …
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 kicks off today
Today marks the 1st day of the first ever 2-day Global Innovation Summit for Youth and Children, hosted by the United …