Asikana Network is hoping to engage with the companies in the private sector. AsikanaNetwork has partnered with organizations that offer support and mentorship to AsikanaNetwork including BongoHive, Anakazi, and Akirachix of Kenya.

Asikana aims to empower young women and equip them with ICT skills and help them in their various fields. We believe partnering with organization from the private sector will help us achieve our goals/objectives which include;

1.Provide ICT skills and training development.
2.Mentorship to the young ladies.
3.Placement for the young ladies who have qualifications in ICT.

Origins and Mission
AsikanaNetwork is the brain child of BongoHive, the first and only technology and innovation space in Zambia based in the capital city, Lusaka.
AsikanaNetwork was established in January, 2012. Our belief is that we can better the mindset of ladies/women in ICT and deal with negative stereotypes attached to ladies/women in ICT-related fields. Asikana Network has identified three groups of young women as the target group: those in high school, in University and those already in the ICT profession as the target group.
Operating methods.

Asikana Network operates through meet-ups online and physical. We also plan to have monthly trainings which will include various activities.

The essence of this new lab can be described by three keywords:

Innovation: Innovation generally refers to the creation or improvement of products, technologies, or ideas that signifies a substantial change or difference. The pioneers working in BongoHive want to bring innovation to the world of economics, business, entrepreneurship, health, education etc.

Creativity: We are out-of-the box thinkers that know new ideas need nurturing and support. We also know that having an idea is good but acting on it is more important. In our thinking, results are what count.

Sustainability: We believe some applications and services can leapfrog development in Zambia. To us successful applications and services need to have the capacity to endure. With a connected and conducive place for techies to work on technologies that can leapfrog development in Zambia we hope to produce sustainable outcomes.

Membership of BongoHive is free. Members must agree to specific agile development methods used at Lusaka’s Innovation Hub. We promote development, teamwork, collaboration, and process adaptability throughout the life-cycle of a project.

Team composition in an agile project is usually cross-functional and self-organizing, without consideration for any existing corporate hierarchy or the corporate roles of team members. Members of BongoHive must take responsibility for tasks that deliver the functionality a project requires.

That’s the secret to BongoHive’s success: geeks or nerds, are self-organising to equip themselves with the expertise and experience needed to solve social problems and enhance their personal development.

Contact:
Email: http://bongohive.co.zm/contactus/

Physical address:
25 Mpulungu Rd,
Olympia Park,
Lusaka,
Zambia
Tel: +260955769936

Graça Machel Scholarships

Postgraduate study in South Africa for women

The call for applications will open on 18 June 2012.

The application form and guidelines will be made available on this website as soon as the call for applications opens. Please do not send us application forms from previous years - they will not be considered.

What we offer:

Full tuition, stipend, mentoring and other support for Honours, masters and PhD study at South African universities.

Are you eligible?

To apply you must be:

 a woman

• a national of and resident in one of the SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• in possession of a good first degree or about to graduate in the year of application

Full tuition, stipend, travel costs, mentoring and other support for postgraduate study in South Africa or the United Kingdom.

Contact:

Hazel Bober,
(SA Contact Number-Tel: 011 4613 3876 (11:30-18:30)

Fax:   086 666 4481