Zambia's main technology and innovation hub
A Lusaka-based innovation hub running accelerators and enterprise development programmes for Zambian startups and SMEs, often with donor and corporate partners.
Use when
You are a Zambian startup or SME and want the country's most established hub behind you.
Skip when
You are outside Zambia, or no programme matching your sector is currently in an open window.
Status (8 Sep 2026): BongoHive runs several programmes at once with individual windows - check the programmes page. Recently open: the FACE NDC Green Innovation Challenge, a six-month programme supporting 10 Zambian green technology startups across agriculture, forestry and renewable energy, running January to July 2026 in Lusaka. Recently closed: the Lumwana Supplier Development Programme (150 places, Solwezi) and IGNITE, an EU-funded digital economy incubator across Kitwe, Lusaka and Ndola. BongoHive also hosts the timbuktoo MineTech accelerator.
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