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Local Startup Friday feature: Afridelivery

June 2, 2017

Afridelivery is an online platform that lets you place orders for food from restaurants within Lusaka to be delivered to your selected location….

whats3words, a solution to addressing Zambia’s unaddressed

February 7, 2017

Firstly, what3words? What is it? What3words is a UK-based start-up with the addressing solution to service 75% of the world’s population without an address….

BHLaunch; Views of a certified wantreprenuer

March 16, 2016

BongoHive yesterday hosted their BHLaunch event at Protea Hotel ‘towers’. The goal of the event was to give start-ups who have product in market…

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…

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,…

5 tips to protect your startup idea from being stolen in Zambia

September 24, 2015

Before I start, this applies to not only tech startups but others as well. You can use some or all of the tips below…

About the Barclays Africa Supply Chain Challenge 2015

August 17, 2015

Listen, or read up, startups and/or entrepreneurs, because this might be the big break you’re looking for! Barclays is inviting applications from young innovative…

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…

Opinion: on entrepreneurship, jobs and Government…as well as DStv.

March 27, 2015

The Famous 6 “Graduates.” The now “Famous 6”, UNZA graduates who protested about the lack of employment in the country and were subsequently arrested,…

Startup Hour With Jo Pope

January 9, 2015

Starting with a short story of how she moved to Zambia in 1988, Jo Pope starting out working on a safari camp which was…

Tips to Help You Invest In A Tech Startup in Zambia

October 9, 2014

Zambia is yet to have a technological innovation, be it an app or a tool, that blows the world’s minds away. Most of our…

What Zambian Start-ups Need To Do with Social Media

September 26, 2014

If you’re one of the Zambian start-ups out there and you’re not on social media these days, you don’t exist, So as a start-up…

Bongohive Tech Talk with Emma Sinclair, Entrepreneur

September 25, 2014

Last night at Bongohive we got to be graced by Emma Sinclair, a woman so passionate about entrepreneurship you could feel it in the…

Startup Hour with NetOne MD, Bejoy Nettikadan: A Summary

September 5, 2014

As every first Wednesday of every month we attended the Startup Hour the other day and got to meet entrepereneur Bejoy Nettikadan , who…

What’s the Deal with KaDealo?

August 27, 2014

Ever heard of Groupon? KaDealo is not quite like it but very similar. The great thing about it is that it is accessible offline…

Bongohive Insaka with Pangaea Holdings CEO, Ceaser Siwale; An Entrepreneurial Read

August 20, 2014

Last night was yet another Bongohive Insaka, hashtag #BHInsaka at Protea Hotel in Cairo Road, and it was graced by Mr Ceaser Siwale, entrepreneur…

Swap Your Airtime With Any Network’s, Using AirtimeSwap

July 17, 2014

Ever wanted to swap airtime to another network? Or send airtime to a lot of numbers? Or even just to one? AirtimeSwap is the…

The Top 7 Tips to a Successful Start-up Business

July 16, 2014

Look, we can’t all be employed. Some of us have to make things work somehow i.e start a business and create employment for ourselves…

Want Your Startup Project Funded? How’s about a KickStarter?

June 11, 2014

Many people young and old alike come up with ideas but have no where to go to get funding. There are many channels….

Nyimbo Za Zambia, The New Online Shopping Store for Zed Beats

June 11, 2014

We all see the numerous links that are thrown around social media by some musicians but we never really get quality music because either…