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Ep. 2: Simunza Muyangana on Running a Sustainable Hub Model

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Can entrepreneurship hubs be sustainable beyond donor funding? Can they create value that their 'customers' willingly pay for? What kind of entrepreneurs are hubs designed to support, game-changing, industry-disrupting entrepreneurs or bread-and-butter business entrepreneurs? 
I'm joined on this episode by co-Founder and Director of Entrepreneurship at Bongohive, Simunza Muyangana, to hear the story of Bongohive, Zambia's first innovation and tech hub, and learn how they are addressing these cornerstone questions through their work in Zambia.
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18 Jun English Ghana Management · Investing

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