Lukonga Lindunda builds entrepreneurs’ capacities with BongoHive

By :  Melchior Koba

Date : mercredi, 14 décembre 2022 13:06

He began his career providing tech assistance for educational projects and programs. For over 10 years, through BongoHive, he has worked with entrepreneurs and development partners to foster youth entrepreneurship.  

Lukonga Lindunda (photo) is a Zambian start-up ecosystem builder and the co-founder/CEO of  BongoHive Technology and Innovation Hub, Zambia’s first tech innovation center. 

Thanks to the innovation hub, he supports the startup ecosystem by improving leadership skills, accelerating their growth, strengthening networks, increasing collaboration, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, and reducing barriers to entrepreneurship.

Since its inception, BongoHive has hosted over 500 events, supported over 2,000 businesses, and benefited more than 9,500 people. In December 2022, it was selected to participate in Small Foundation and Village Capital’s Rural Impacting Entrepreneurship research project. 

In 2015, its CEO and co-founder also co-founded BongoHive Consult, a consulting firm that helps businesses meet their clients’ current and future needs. In 2019, he also co-founded Hive Coworking, which provides coworking space for entrepreneurs and startups.

Since 2021, he is a non-executive director of the fintech company Digital Shared Services Ltd. Months earlier, he became the chairperson of the non-profit financial organization FSD Zambia’s Program Investment Committee (PIC). Since June 2020, he is also the non-executive director and vice chairman of  Client Care Solutions Limited, a business process outsourcing company. 

The serial entrepreneur entered the professional world in 2008 working for the non-profit organization Education Development Center as an IT and communication coordinator. The following year, he became the ICT technical assistant of the non-profit organization VVOB - education for development. 

From 2010 to 2012, he was successively Junior ICT Advisor and ICT Program Advisor of VVOB. Between March 2021 and August 2022, he was an independent advisor to the Technology, Service Delivery, and Innovation Committee of the Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) Board of Directors.

A Mandela Washington Fellow in 2014, Lukonga Lindunda received the Nelson Mandela University Alumni Award in 2017 for his impact on society with BongoHive. In 2020, he received the ALUSB MBA Chairman's Scholarship, which celebrates African business leaders who have proven themselves as leaders both in the workplace and in the community.

 Melchior Koba

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