Southern Africa / 
Zambia / Lusaka
WEAC Zambia
WEAC Zambia enables women entrepreneurs move from the informal sector into the formal sector, while generating momentum for measurable economic and societal change. WEAC is specifically designed to advance gender equality in entrepreneurship through a portfolio of business growth programs, tools and events created to address barriers faced by women seeking to start and grow their businesses. <br><br> Our Mission<br> <mark>To empower women and youth with entrepreneurship skills through linkages, resources and skills transfer to end poverty, create good jobs and enhance economic growth</mark> <br><br> WEAC provides the following specific resources:<br> - Trained and certified mentors to support women entrepreneurs <br> - Education programs on entrepreneurship and accelerated go-to-market strategies <br> - Financial and Business Literacy training <br> - Investment readiness trainings <br> - Technology, Innovation and Social Impact learning <br> - Business Development Services <br> - Industry focused programming <br> - Opportunities to Funding and Investment <br> - Global networking <br> - Co-working facilities
AfricaWorks Lusaka
Lusaka is home to AfricaWorks, a co-working space where businesses of all sizes can reach their ambitions. From startups to SMEs and multinationals, you'll find the drive and resources to expand, grow, and strengthen your business here. <p></p> Lusaka is the perfect place to bring your ambitions to life with AfricaWorks. <mark>Our co-working space offers businesses of all sizes a range of services and resources to help you expand, grow, and strengthen your business. With dedicated management, a team of highly skilled professionals, and quality support services, we provide everything you need for success.</mark> Come experience truly focused leadership and calm professional research that can lead to real solutions and budget-friendly strategies! <p></p> Discover some of our solutions in Lusaka shared offices such as: Daily Pass, the Africa Pass, Meeting Rooms and Virtual Offices.
Gritcube
We support entrepreneurs in Africa with resources to launch growing startups. Gritcube envisions an entrepreneurial Africa filled with job opportunities and economic growth. <mark>Gritcube is a virtual startup accelerator that builds startups through direct business support, access to educational resources, and connections to global networks.</mark><p></p> We connect high-growth entrepreneurs with volunteer business consultants with strategy and operations experience, and the ambition to use their skills to contribute to social good. We engage startups with a structured business development and educational program designed to prepare startups for operations and seeking investment.
Algorithmics Zambia
Kids learn how to code in Python and test their skills in the most future-oriented IT fields, from game development to machine learning expertise. <p></p> Programming in practice <br> We focus on solving concrete problems, not abstract tasks: how you can send a friend an encrypted message, or add a scoring system to your game <p></p>Real work experience<br> <mark>Kids learn the A to Z of creating IT products: ideas and project plans, distributing tasks, teamwork, testing and presentation</mark> <p></p>Portfolio of projects<br> Students put together a developer portfolio of 3D games, sites, bots and apps that they’d be proud to show an employer <p></p> Teenagers learn to <br> - Develop 3D games in the most popular genres, just like real game designers <br> - Create websites using HTML and CCS, like real web developers <br> - Extract useful information from large data sets and build models, like true data scientists <br> - <mark>Launch mobile apps and present their products to a live audience, like real startup entrepreneurs</mark>
Hackers Guild
Hackers Guild (HG) is a Zambian non-profit organization whose primary roles include innovative educational services in computer science and programming training, youth development and workforce development. Best place to embark on a journey as a professional software developer. Learn how to build web and mobile application in just 3 months. What We Do<br> Coding Bootcamps <br> <mark>The flagship program at HG is its 3 month-long intensive coding “bootcamp” that teaches professional software development from a beginner level leading to marketable skills, with focus on web and mobile application development. This program allows participants to learn how to be a programmer and builds adaptive skills that may be utilized in any programming language, leading students to be capable of solving complex problems using technology.</mark> <p></p> Hackerthons <br> To promote collaboration and sharing of knowledge we use hackathorns as a good place to highlight skills gained from respective coding clubs, Students are challenge to start solving real world problems using the skills gained from coding club activities. <p></p> School Clubs <br> As an initiative to spark computer science interest in high school, HG works with school age youth through coding clubs. The school coding clubs are meant to groom upcoming developers, as such we will set them up to be more than just an ordinary school club but a place to have fun as they build skills that will inform their career path. HG’s approach is to mentor a group of pupils who will take up the leadership role of the club with supervision of the teacher. They are then exposed to basic Web and mobile app development, electronics and game development.
BongoHive
BongoHive is Zambia’s first technology and innovation hub. Established in May 2011 and based in Lusaka, the co-founders, all enthusiastic programmers, sought to address the gaps they experienced working within the local technology industry leading to a lack of coordination, skills exposure and productivity. <mark>BongoHive has evolved to assist scalable startups of any background by enhancing skills, accelerating growth, strengthening networks, increasing collaboration, providing a forum for ideas exchange and reducing the barriers to entrepreneurship.</mark> <p></p> We work with great minds building viable solutions that change the world. <p></p> We do this by providing a range of startup and tech programmes, workshops and events all focused on making Zambia Africa’s next hotbed of innovation. <p></p> The programmes that we have created have been crafted to guide startups through the entrepreneurial journey; from idea right through to getting investment. We collaborate extensively with like-minded organisations and industry leaders to ensure that we are delivering relevant material that helps startups thrive. Our partners and stakeholders include a number of Zambian government entities from local to republic level alongside both local and international non-governmental, corporate and tertiary education partners. <p></p> In addition to our startup programmes, <mark>we organise issue-specific workshops and seminars, support community developer groups on a variety of topics such as gaming and robotics and host a wide range of industry networking events.</mark>
The Bookworm Cave
Providing you with serene environment for working, reading and studying with free fast and reliable WiFi. The Cave offers the following services for weekly and monthly subscriptions: <mark><br>1-Quiet reading, working and studying space <br>2-Small groups discussion rooms (useful for bookclubs) <br>3-Cafeteria <br>4-Complimentary refreshments and snacks for certain subscriptions packages <br>5-Outdoor space for reading, studying, working and small group discussions</mark>
Jacaranda Hub
Jacaranda Hub is a Social Enterprise and Ecosystem developer providing support to young people and the youth through the provision of collective services, infrastructure, and specialized tools and equipment. <mark>We provide a conduit of resources and programs for aspiring MSMEs and entrepreneurs with growth potential; all targeted at improving the Startup/MSME landscape in Zambia. </mark>
Blue House
Focus and thrive in a prominent business location. Give your business an impressive new base in one of the most prominent commercial areas in Lusaka. Located in the first modern-style shopping centre to have been established in the Zambian capital, our Blue House workspaces have a major conference centre on the doorstep. <p></p> <mark>Work productively in vibrant modern office spaces that feature a comfortable lounge area and videoconferencing studio, as well as secure underground parking.</mark> When it’s time for a break, stroll across the road to a wide choice of shops, restaurants, cinemas and hotels.
DigiHub Lusaka
Connect with local entrepreneurs and talented professionals while building your company by opting for one of our Co-Working Packages. You can book online via Credit Card or Mobile Money. <p><mark>We give entrepreneurial-minded people the freedom to thrive in a collaborative working environment. Our co-working space encompasses gathering talented individuals under one roof in a shared environment, which promotes innovation, collaboration, creativity, community spirit and exchange of ideas.</mark></p>
Eden University
Learning at Eden university is more than a Course or a Certificate. Our vision is to Nurture Possibility and Stir Change. We do this by caring for our students individual needs and keeping our classes small and friendly. Our tutors value your individual experience, and students learn from one another. In this atmosphere of respect and encouragement, new possibilities and life-changing learning thrive. Eden University is a thriving hub in lusaka where you can <mark>learn new skills, meet new, interesting people and change the direction of your life. If you are looking for a Certificate that opens employment opportunities, a Short Course that offers new skills, or a Lifestyle Course to add fun and sparkle, we welcome you!</mark> <p></p> What you will learn<br> - All PHP Fundamentals and Building Blocks with practical implementation in Projects <br> - Form Validation with most Secure way using Regular Expressions <br> - Making web pages dynamic with the variety of PHP Techniques <br> - Employee Management System CRUD Application in PHP From Scartch <br> - Complete CMS ( Content Management System) with Admin-Panel <br> - Getting Started with Bootstrap 4 FrameWork from scratch without using any Bootstrap Template <br> - Using PHP Sessions in a more sophisticated way and pass information easily on different modules of Project <br> - Powerful Web Forms which will be Free of Hack <br> - Build Professional CRUD
The Sandbox Co
We are a boutique membership based coworking space situated in Mass Media, Lusaka. We've created a unique and flexible working experience, the perfect office alternative for the suburban entrepreneur and start-up looking for a productive environment in the Age of Distraction. A Creative Collaborative Co-Working Space with boutique flair, industrial inspired furniture, quirky open workspaces. We are passionate about creativity. The first week is on the house. Come check us out. Oh and there's pour over coffee too. <p></p> Fully adaptable <br> Focus on your passion. Let us streamline your operations so you can keep doing what you love. We act as the central platform for all your activities and we create spaces for you too. <p></p> Business Support <br> You We will offer you compliance, legal and printing services all in-house. You do not need to leave to get things done anymore. <p></p> Collaborative Environment <br> <mark>We understand the important role your contacts play in your business eco-system, which is why the Sandbox creates an environment to create contacts by interacting with other members.</mark>
Mansfield University Lusaka
In the Information Technology, B.S., you’ll learn to design, implement, and evaluate computer-based systems and programs to solve an organization’s challenges. You can also tailor your degree to build skills in business, telecommunications, digital media, and database management to suit your goals and interests. <mark>Information Technology and Computing is an excellent choice to help advance your career. It covers a wide range of topics but some themes include software applications, hardware, programming, security, business applications, design, artificial intelligence, databases, medical records, and others. </mark>
Impact Hub Lusaka
Impact Hub Lusaka (IHL) offers Co-working space for entrepreneurs and Social Innovators. Our co-working space provides an inspirational environment that allows deliberate collaboration and mutual inspiration among the members. <mark>We connect entrepreneurs and innovators to large organizations, investors and the public sector. Why? To enable inclusive and sustainable innovation at scale. We believe that the time to act is now. And the way to act is together.</mark>
The Quorum
Everything you need for business is at your fingertips in the The Quorum’s business centre, The Hub. It is a state-of-the- art facility where members can work seamlessly, <mark>offering private meeting rooms, communal workstations and private work pods all equipped with curved screens and dex stations.</mark> The luxurious boardrooms and conference rooms are kitted out with 75” flat screen TVs and interactive digital flip charts with the aim of synchronised accessibility for seamless collaboration and integrated audio and video conferencing facilities for real time global conferencing.
AnakaziWorks
AnakaziWorks was created to meet the need for Women to have a space just for them: a space to share ideas, connect, and support each other. The space is designed to help women to truly have a voice, surrounded by other inspiring and encouraging women who are ready to listen. <mark>In terms of community, the AnakaziWorks provides a space for female friendships, support circles, professional mentoring, networking, and bonding. The AnakaziWorks is your personal office with meeting rooms, desk-spaces, events spaces, out-door arts area, and an in-house mini-cafe.</mark> The AnakaziWorks is an affiliate of Anakazi Center which is also incredibly involved in business development and advocacy, supporting women entrepreneurs, and partnering with organizations that work with underserved women and girls. Enjoy speedy Wi-Fi, coffee, quiet rooms, lockers, and support our women economic empowerment programs by shopping at our gift shop and fashion studio.
ZCAS University
In order to develop, maintain systems in operation, and evolve software systems that are of high quality, it is imperative that the Computing professionals must understand software development and its evolution as an engineering discipline. <mark>This program will facilitate an understanding of the theoretical foundations of software engineering and demonstrated critical application of software engineering theory to real world problems.</mark> <p></p> The overall aim of the Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering (BSE) degree programme is to provide learners a thorough understanding of the relationship between the processes used in the engineering of software systems, the software products produced, and the theory, laws, and models that provide a rational basis for the practice of software engineering.
Cavendish University Zambia
This is a 4-year programme designed to prepare students to apply the skills, knowledge and competencies in the computing domain thus allowing them to contribute to the computing and Information technology professions. <mark>It trains students in current technologies such as databases, operating systems, network systems, mobile and web development, artificial and business intelligence and data security.</mark>
Zambian Open University
What you'll learn, Core PHP and Fundamentals of MySQL Databases for PHP Web Applications. Object Oriented Programming Concept in PHP. Creating Web Applications using PHP and MySQL. Bootstrap Framework for creating responsive web designs. Basics HTML, CSS for Web Page Designing. PHP
University of Zambia
The objective of the department is to provide an academic, research and training environment whose standards match those of recognized institutions of computer studies elsewhere. <mark>To furnish this country with the computer skills and professional expertise necessary for national development.</mark> The department is currently offering programs to both undergraduate and postgraduate level. At undergraduate level, the main program offered is Bachelor of Science in Computer Science while at Postgraduate level, the department is currently offering the Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science. Plans are under way to introduce Master programs. The department is also a CISCO Networking Academy and offers short courses in CCNA and IT Essentials.