ENGINEERINGNET.EU -- Crowdsourced research has revealed that there are at least three times as many technology entrepreneurship hubs in Africa than even the best-informed 'industry insiders' had previously thought.
The initiative has produced the first ever on-line map of Africa's technology hubs, business incubators, hackerspaces and university technology hubs.
Lukonga Lindunda, co-Founder of BongoHive: “ Before this process began the largest network of technology hubs in Africa had five members and nobody had ever claimed that more than 15 existed on the continent.”
A technology hub is a building where tech entrepreneurs, experts and enthusiasts come together to share experience, collaborate and innovate new ideas.
Many tech hubs provide training and events to build skills and strengthen networks to form synergies and provide a supportive environment in which innovation and entrepreneurship can blossom.
BACKGROUNDER
BongoHive is Lusaka's Technology and Innovation Hub, a place where tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs meet to share, learn and innovate. Lukonga Lindunda and Bart Cornille were instrumental in setting up the centre in Longacres, central Lusaka as a place for tech geeks to incubate ideas and create synergies. BongoHive was set up in 2011.
