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E-commerce and Online Shopping Trends in Zambia

June 26, 2023

With Zambia’s telecommunications sector having experienced rapid growth over the last couple of years due to the government and ZICTA’s more liberal regulatory approach,…

A Global Outlook On Some 2023 Global Tech Layoffs

March 29, 2023

Pre-pandemic, tech-related companies saw a spike in job recruitment due to a positive projection of the tech industry. Amid the pandemic, there was a…

10 tips to be a great startup!

April 9, 2018

I hope these 10 tips to be a great startup help you get started or keep moving with your brilliant ideas: 1. Have a story…

Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2018 now underway

March 13, 2018

Since Thursday, 1 March, green start-ups from all over the world can sign up for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The competition has expanded to become…

Kwesé TV and Africa Insight shift Africa’s entrepreneurs to the next level

March 2, 2017

With small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seen as the catalyst for job creation and economic growth in Zambia, entrepreneurship is fast emerging as a…

Press Release – Huawei and UNZA sign ICT Talent Development MoU

September 28, 2016

Huawei has signed an agreement with the University of Zambia (UNZA) that will pave the way for Zambia to build a pool of local…

ICT4D meetup focuses on opportunities for women in technology

August 29, 2016

Zambia’s ICT4D group has shared an event this Wednesday focusing on tech opportunities for women and here’s an overview of what it will be about…

Are you an entrepreneur or intrapreneur?

March 17, 2016

With everybody bragging about how they’re building a startup, those at desk jobs may start to feel like they’re slaves of a system that…

Apply for BongoHive’s Discover Programme March cohort

February 22, 2016

Discover is a 3 week full-time bootcamp by innovation hub BongoHive that help startups turn their ideas into a business. BongoHive through this programme helps startups…

MTN and Jumia launch Entrepreneurship Challenge competition for Africa

February 16, 2016

MTN in partnership with the MTN Solution Space at the University of Cape Town have launched the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge powered by eCommerce platform Jumia. To…

Apply for the UNICEF Innovation Fund

February 10, 2016

The UNICEF Innovation Fund is still open for Zambian creatives to submit their ideas for products/projects to get funded. UNICEF will fund up to US…

Apply for the 2016 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme

February 5, 2016

TEEP, the flagship programme of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, is a US$100m initiative to support emerging entrepreneurs across Africa over 10 years and this…

WeChat to invest R50m in African tech startups

January 21, 2016

WeChat Africa has just unlocked applications for tech entrepreneurs and startups all over Africa to apply for part of a R50million fund that…

Mark Zuckerberg welcomes baby girl and will part with 99% of Facebook shares

December 2, 2015

Yesterday Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan welcomed their first child, baby girl Max, into the world, accompanying her arrival with…

An eCommerce chat with Kaymu Zambia on entrepreneurship and innovation

June 25, 2015

In an hour with the online marketplace, Kaymu Zambia, they showed some great ways young entrepreneurs/startups looking to start their businesses even without a…

Lusaka Tech Salon and Zidisha: “Will P2P Financing Succeed Where Microfinance Has Failed?”

June 12, 2015

From left to right: Ben Bellows – Lusaka Tech Salon host, Irene Banda – DAI Zambia & FSD Zambia, and Daniel Coysh – Zidisha…

The Zambia 2050 Business Plan Competition for startup entrepreneurs

June 11, 2015

With over half the population in Zambia being under the age of 35, seeking jobs to make ends meet but not finding any, it’s…

Bus Tickets Zambia, PostDotNet and Zamtel enter ticketing partnership

May 22, 2015

Honorable Vincent Mwale (Minister of Youth and Sports) and Honorable Margaret Mwanakatwe (Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry) testing the online bus ticketing system….

Major Factors Killing Tech Startups In Zambia

May 5, 2015

Seen all 18 reasons above why startups fail ? Good, now read on. Technology in Zambia is growing at a steady rate but most…