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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…

Innovation in Zambia; Pointless rhetoric?

February 17, 2016

There’s so much talk about how the government is not empowering youth, or giving them access to resources that would allow them to make…

Why you may soon be able to access Wi-Fi using a light bulb

December 1, 2015

If you depend on Wi-Fi to get your everyday tasks done you’re not alone. If you have trouble finding reliable Wi-Fi connections, again, you’re…

Microsoft and COMESA sign MoU on ‘4Afrika Initiative’

November 18, 2015

Microsoft in partnership with the Common Marketplace for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) announced the launch of its 4Afrika Initiative that will focus on…

UNICEF’s Global Innovation Summit for Youth and Children 2015: Day 1

November 12, 2015

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland just held the first Global Innovation Summit…

Airtel introduces 100% bonus minutes on its So Che packs

November 6, 2015

Airtel Zambia have introduced a 100 bonus on minutes for every So Che pack a subscriber buys from them in their promotional value packs….

GSMA report shows mobile sector brought in over $100bn value to Sub-Saharan Africa

November 3, 2015

According to a study by the GSMA last month, the mobile sector brought in over $100 billion in value to the Sub-Saharan region…

Total to give away K390000 to startups, with coaching support from Bongohive

November 3, 2015

To mark its 65th anniversary of doing business in Zambia, Total Zambia will be hosting a competition called Startupper of the Year by Total…

MTN Zambia donates a Smart Board to Daina Kaimba School in Lusaka

October 30, 2015

Leading communications solutions provider MTN Zambia yesterday donated an interactive white board at Daina Kaimba Primary School in Lusaka as part of its corporate…

Apply for the 2016 Barclays Accelerator Programme for FinTech startups

October 28, 2015

If you are a startup in financial technology (FinTech), Barclays has partnered with startup and accelerator funding venture TechStars to provide a co-working space,…

Cybrary.IT has a new cyber security job portal

October 22, 2015

Many job seekers in the technology field, cyber security, to be specific, fail to find jobs because these are not readily advertised or are…

Kaymu shuts down Zambia presence: Why e-commerce is struggling in emerging countries

October 19, 2015

Online shopping platform Kaymu ( formerly www.kaymu.co.zm) has shut down its operations in Zambia with ‘macroeconomic reasons‘ being the official cited by some internal…

Day 2 of the ZICTA ICT Business Forum 2015

October 9, 2015

Day 2 of ZICTA‘s ICT Business Forum under the theme ‘Innovate – Create – Thrive’ started off with the announcement of its Innovators’ Challenge…

Day 1 of ZICTA’s ICT Business Forum 2015

October 8, 2015

Scheduled to begin at 8 am but only kicking off at almost 10 while we waited for the Minister (of Transport, Works and Supply…

Zambia to build PC assembly plant in Lusaka by 2017

September 9, 2015

The plan to build this plant began in former President Michael Sata’s tenure (may his soul rest in peace) in order to bring ICTs…

Are smart objects making us dumber?

August 10, 2015

It seems everything is getting smarter, but how smart are we ourselves getting? True, smart objects are just the idea of bringing things around…

Top Tech Trends of 2015: Which one has trended well so far?

August 10, 2015

Earlier this year some predictions about the top tech trends in Zambia for 2015 were made and this is the progress report, sort of,…

Samsung, Habitat for Humanity and Airtel set up solar powered internet school in Kabwe

August 7, 2015

Off the national electric grid, Hamududu School in Kabwe is just one of many schools around Zambia lacking the basic necessities but for now…

Airtel Zambia and British Council open up a second ICT school hub

August 6, 2015

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc in partnership with British Council (the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations with offices in more than…

Facebook to provide free internet access in remote areas using drones

August 5, 2015

There are still places in the world that do not know what the internet is, and Facebook has made it their mission to let…

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