🌟 Meet Our 2025 Advisory Board! 🌟 We’re proud to introduce the powerhouse of industry leaders guiding the Women in Tech Zambia Accelerator this year. Their expertise, vision, and passion will help shape the journey of our next cohort of women-led tech startups. 🙌 Join us in welcoming: Vwanganji Bowa – CEO, Mighty Fin Trevor Hambayi – Senior Managing Partner, Development Finance Associates Nambula Kachumi – Executive Director, The Women’s Entrepreneurship Access Centre Alessandra Martini – Co-founder & COO, Union 54 Muma Ngambi – Project Lead, Open Capital Advisors Phoebe Musonda – Director, International Direct Fulfillment, Amazon Syreeta Chitengi – General Manager – Zambia Cluster, Yara International Kabwe Yambayamba – Co-founder, Genius Education Zambia 🚀 With their guidance, selected startups will gain access to world-class mentorship, training, and a $10,000 equity-free grant. 📝 Think this could be you? Apply now to join the 2025 cohort: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/WomenInTechZm2025 Together, we're building a future where women in tech thrive! #WomenInTechZM #TechForHer #Futuremakers #BongoHive #VillageCapital

Are you an entrepreneur who has recently started a business with the potential to grow throughout Zambia and the regional market? Launch is a 6-month incubation programme (a 3 months startup program + 3 months additional business support) for a handful of startups with great promise. The 80+ startup alumni have raised over $750,000 in funding from funders such as GSMA, Kukula Capital, Zenga Ventures, and Ground Squirrel Ventures, among others. Some of the notable alumni include Musanga Logistics, My Perfect Stitch, and Outsource Now Participants Receive: Top Rate Class Sessions on Business Modeling One-on-one Business Advisory Sessions One-on-one Accounting & Finance Advisory Tax advisory by Ernst & Young Legal advisory by Musa Dudhia & Co. High-Speed Internet Access by CEC Liquid and MTN Zambia Cloud Computing Credit with Amazon’s AWS or Microsoft’s Azure Top Rate Business Mentorship by industry leaders Introduction to Funding, Promotion and Travel Opportunities Free Co-working Space for 6 months How we select participants: Have at least a minimum viable product Desire and ability to grow in and outside of Zambia Can demonstrate some sort of market traction NB. There is no maximum or minimum number of founders per team however we prefer small teams over individuals as most successful startups have a few founders. The Launch accelerator programme is open to men and women alike and we are strongly encouraging women to apply. Women are 49.59% of the world’s population so women should launch 49.59% of the startups. https://bongohive.co.zm/programmes/launch/?utm_source=chatgpt.com