Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building

#DIODENetwork

Lukonga LindundaStartup Ecosystem Builder

Co-Founder & Executive Director

We catalyse the growth of Zambia’s entrepreneurial community through support programmes, workshops, & events.

405Startups

$500KRaised

53%Female

15Staff

13Partners

61Events

891Attendees

234Glassesofwaterper

week

Call for Applications

Ideation Session EvaluationDiscover Pre-accelerator

Hands-on with US Entrepreneur Pitch Day

4 weeks 2 Days 1 week 3 weeks

100+ 50+ 30 15

$1,000 Seed

Funding

Marketing campaign leveraging multiple platforms, including partners’ marketing platforms.

Formulation of business ideas

Refine and prototype an idea while getting a set of business fundamentals essential to a new enterprise.

Hands-on support to Discover Pre-Accelerator participants

Participants pitch their business ideas for $1,000 seed investment.

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

Best ideas are selected to the next stage

Themes

Nov 2017Social Impact

Jan 2018 Media, Entertainment, &Marketing

Mar 2018 Financial Services/Technology

May 2018Retail and eCommerce

July 2018AgriBusiness, Energy and Clean Tech

Sep 2018 Internet of Things/Tech Hardware

Partners

Media

www.bongohive.co.zm