BongoHive

BongoHive is Zambia's first technology and innovation hub. Founded in 2011 and based in Lusaka, it supports entrepreneurs and organisations in turning ideas into practical solutions, with a stated focus on unlocking Africa's economic potential and on solutions suited to local contexts and real needs.

The organisation combines two strands of activity. On the venture-building side, it runs structured entrepreneurship programmes, provides mentorship to founders, offers coworking space for people building ventures, and facilitates access to investors - a role that places it upstream of early-stage capital formation in the Zambian market. On the corporate side, it provides innovation and technology consulting to organisations, spanning digital transformation, end-to-end product development, and data and AI work that moves solutions from strategy towards deployment.

Technical domains covered include data and AI, digital transformation, product development, and innovation and technology consulting. Geographic presence is stated as Lusaka and Zambia, with an Africa-wide framing. Industry verticals are technology and innovation, entrepreneurship, and startups and venture building. BongoHive describes its working approach as collaborative with founders, businesses, and other organisations, and as supportive of entrepreneurship and founder development.