Author: Ricardo Ruiz

A vegetation enthusiast. My experience ranges from a consultant for IBM Corporate Service Corps International Leadership Training / PYXERA Global; co-founder and designer at 3Ecologias, an IT consulting firm for the environment, education and culture; and also a co-founder of Descentro – Institute of Research in Media, Culture and Technology. I have participated in numerous projects for social inclusion through opens source information technology.
Conference

Critical Making awarded at Bali FabFest

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

During October’s first quarter, FabFest Bali gathered experts and enthusiasts at Jimbaran Hub for ten days of inspiring activities and new connections at the premier conference for people-centred digital transformation. Representing the Critical Making project, former GIG Executive Board Member Regina Sipos explained: “How Critical Makers Propose Alternative Futures“. The article, built upon the research conducted by consortium partners on … Continue reading “Critical Making awarded at Bali FabFest”

Critical Making

Interview with Gertrude Goh from the Africa Makerspaces Network

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

The Africa Makerspace Network seeks to harmonize all makerspaces under one umbrella for growth and sustainable development in Africa. They achieve this by researching and contacting makerspaces in Africa, building makers’ businesses, technical and entrepreneurial capacity, and enhancing prototype-to-product development and manufacturing. In this interview while in Berlin, Gertrude Gosh explains the Africa Makerspace Network … Continue reading “Interview with Gertrude Goh from the Africa Makerspaces Network”

Critical Making

Please, Make things that Make sense!

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

We are inviting makers & innovators globally to take part in the journey toward shaping a sustainable future of making.  Critical Making mentoring programme takes a deep dive into its principles:  Make Things That Make Sense: Create products and solutions that solve fundamental, real-world problems.  Share How You Make: Develop guidelines that provide a framework for … Continue reading “Please, Make things that Make sense!”

Biotechnology

MboaLab inaugurates its “Bio Innovation Hub”

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

MboaLab committed to educating, transforming and positively impacting the lives of the Cameroonian people through its DIY lab. Last February, Mboalab, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, inaugurated its “Bio-Innovation Hub”. This Hub is a shared biotechnology laboratory made available to researchers and students and is already undoubtedly contributing to the democratisation of biotechnology in … Continue reading “MboaLab inaugurates its “Bio Innovation Hub””

Critical Making

Climate Lab in Science Camp Iraq

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

Science Camp is a well-known on-field player on job-oriented technological education for social innovation in the city of Basra, at the banks of Shatt al-Arab in southern Iraq. Moreover, Science Camp plays a significant role in the region by proposing methods and products intrinsically connected to the SDGs.  The ever-greater effect of climate change in the region pressures … Continue reading “Climate Lab in Science Camp Iraq”

Conference

GIG presents a Masterclass at Innovate2030 Bootcamp

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

We are excited to announce that Geraldine de Bastion, a GIG member and co-founder, will present a Masterclass about GIG at the Innovate2030 Bootcamp on March 10th, in a day full of profound insights, learnings from the best, and crucial interactions moments.  Innovate2030 Bootcamp is the space where stakeholders, challenge-providers, collaborating partners and the Bootcamp´s … Continue reading “GIG presents a Masterclass at Innovate2030 Bootcamp”

Digital Africa

Labmobile: on the road in Northern Uganda

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

Young people between the ages of 18 and 30 in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement and surrounding communities in northern Uganda face many problems, two of which GIG and Platform Africa proposed a project that seeks to address: Youth unemployment and lack of media literacy. With a youth unemployment rate of almost 70% and a high … Continue reading “Labmobile: on the road in Northern Uganda”

GIG Network

Have the best of African Makerspaces at your fingertips

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

The Africa Makerspace Network launched their first magazine: join us in this reading! The Africa Makerspace Network (AMN) is a grassroots, continental movement that seeks to set the platform for dialogue and increase the visibility of makerspaces in Africa. AMN launched its magazine first edition, The African Maker. The publication throws light on the activities … Continue reading “Have the best of African Makerspaces at your fingertips”

Careables

Careables Online Exhibition at Remote Chaos Experience 21!

Written by Ricardo Ruiz

Last December, Saad Chinoy, one of our most active members and part of GIG’s supervisory board, presented Careables during the remote Chaos Experience 2021 – a 96 hours event organized online by The Chaos Computer Club e. V. (CCC), Europe’s largest association of hackers. For more than thirty years, CCC has provided information about technical and societal … Continue reading “Careables Online Exhibition at Remote Chaos Experience 21!”