Denis Opudo
The partnership between Liquid Telecom and BongoHive will see the increase in speed in upcoming gaming and Internet of Things (IoT) world. Liquid Telecom is a Pan-African while BongoHive is a Zambian based innovation and technology hub. The partnership is a way of Liquid Telecom cementing its ongoing African Innovation initiative to support the startups in the BongoHive hub. The support will be in the form of provision of cloud-based services, high-speed internet access and leveraging its pan African fiber footprint.
The partnership between Liquid Telecom and Kwese tv will also develop ways to improve Zambia’s gaming ecosystem, helping to support game developers as they aim to promote their content on Africa’s largest gaming platform, Kwese Gamer. It will also analyze how the IoT can play a more prominent role in new solutions being developed by start-ups, which can utilize tools from the Microsoft Azure IoT suite.
According to Andrew Kapula, managing director at CEC Liquid, the company is excited to be a part of Zambia’s start-up scene, which is growing a big reputation for itself in the region as an innovation hotspot. Through the partnership with BongoHive, the company can make a real difference to young entrepreneurs, who can benefit from both our experience and technology,
Liquid Telecom was happy to partner with such an ambitious organization, CEC Liquid, and they hope that their common effort to support the Zambian innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem will yield greater results and ensure that Zambian entrepreneurs excel locally and globally,
