It is week five already of the FinTech4U Programme that is being run by Bongohive and UN Capital Development Fund. On Monday, 18th February 2020 Inonge, Chief Executive Officer and Kampamba, Chief Information Technology Officer, spent four hours with Rathi Mani-Kandt, a specialist in Human-Centered Design. Rathi shared how we can create better products for…
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Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A) hosted a Mentor Driven Capital program at Bongohive in Lusaka Zambia. Thirteen startups and mentors attended the event. A series of introductory sessions on Business Angel Mentorship, Partnering with Corporates and Thinking Like an Angel Investor was held in the morning session. Mentor-entrepreneur sessions, group mentoring, and theme-based mentorship sessions…
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A light mixer and networking session to launch the FinTech4U Accelerator Programme was held at Bongohive on Thursday, 23rd January 2020. The event was attended by mentors, partners, Launch Accelerator alumni who came to meet and mingle with the current cohort of the programme. BongoHive and UN Capital Development Fund staff also attended the event.…
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Mangwee and Hirondelle de l’Avenir have partnered to pilot a Women Empowerment Program in Zambia which will also be implemented in Benin. The project is justified by the fact that the majority of women are excluded financially because they lack collateral and stable sources of income. Most women in Africa are financially excluded and cannot…
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Mangwee payments have continued to gain local and global recognition as a disruptor of electronic payments. The Zambian startup was selected to represent the country at the Women In Africa (WIA) 54 Project Third Annual Summit Edition, which took place in Marrakech on 27th & 28th June 2019. With over 2000 applications received from all…
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Africa’s startup portal, Disrupt Africa a one-stop-shop for all news, information and commentary on the continent’s tech startup ecosystem, announced the launch of Mangwee Payments on its website. Mangwee is a fin-tech company based in Zambia. Mangwee offers a safe and secure electronic wallet service, available in many parts of Zambia through a network of…
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“No matter how brilliant your idea is, if you’re not correctly networked and linked, it’s difficult to make it big”. These are the words of one of the Co-Founders of Mangwee during an interview with the Baobab Network. Click here to read full story. A Mangwee Outlet in a densely populated Lusaka Township of Matero
2018 was a great year for Mangwee, We were selected among the Hot Fintech Ventures of 2018 by Briter. We are one of the impactful ventures changing the rules of the game across a wide range of sectors in Zambia and beyond. Briter is a think tank and consulting firm headquartered in London. The firm…
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The Mangwee Wallet android app is now available on Google Play. The app enables you to send and receive money using a smart device. The app now brings Mangwee services closer to the people and makes it more affordable for people to use our products and services. We aims at providing easy, secure and very…
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Saving groups (Chilimba) are rapidly being adopted by the unbanked and underbanked in Zambia. Not only are they used by people in rural areas with little or no physical financial structures, but people in both urban and Peri-urban areas are also now using saving groups because of their nature to provide affordable savings and their…
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