African born 3D printing in Greece

African born 3D printing in Greece

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For the past few weeks our [AB3D Kenya] team was in Athens, Greece working with MIT’s d-lab and a local NGO Faros as we trained unaccompanied refugee minors to build their capacity through teaching them relevant hands-on and digital skills. ...
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GIG @re:publica Accra

GIG @re:publica Accra

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Under the motto "next level" re:publica is going to Accra and so is GIG! The two-day festival will gather the digital society in Accra, Ghana.  As in Berlin you can expect mind blowing talks, hands-on workshops, art installations, an innovation marketplace, four themed lounges and an evening and party program. Through our the Through the CfP re:publica received over 200 applications, over 81% came from Africa-based speakers! There will be about 75 Speakers from all over Africa, from about 15 countries, among them South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Benin, Gambia and Senegal, as well as about  65 speakers from Ghana, on top of that there will be about 25 speakers from other continents (e.g. Brazil, USA, UK, Germany). As of today the program will be published bit by bit. At the moment there are 15 sessions online, with a  50%-50% Gender Balance among speakers.  GIG will be presenting a makerspace as one of the themed lounges and members will be present in different sessions! Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou will...
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GreenFingers Mobile digitizes farming

GreenFingers Mobile digitizes farming

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Hi all! We provide access to market and finance for smallholder farmers through a digital solution that replaces pen and paper farmer management systems. Shifting from Paper to Digital GreenFingers Mobile is a mobile first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform, to manage and finance large groups of smallholder farmers. Developed by a team of agricultural value chain experts, the platform easily adapts to different crop types and use cases. For more information or to get involved contact [email protected] and visit our website at greenfingersmobile.com....
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Human Networks Festival

Human Networks Festival

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Last week the Human Networks Convergence took place in Barcelona, Spain.  The Human Networks Convergence was a three day gathering of 30 network connectors representing 16 different international networks experimenting with alternative models and ways of organising to tackle systemic challenges. Theresa Fend participated to represent GIG. The purpose of the Convergence was to test whether a shared event, such as a co-designed Human Networks Festival, could provide a container for our networks to share our learnings and practices with the wider world as a means for being greater than the sum of our networks. In the upcoming weeks the working groups will share their insights and next steps in the form of Medium articles and a joint publication....
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Tell us what you think: Humanitarian Maker Principles

Tell us what you think: Humanitarian Maker Principles

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Please give is your feedback on the draft principles to guide Humanitarian Makers in their work: humanitarianmakers.org/.../HM-Principles-Action-Requested Over the past several months, Humanitarian Makers have been developing 8 principles to guide humanitarian making. The process has been to move forward a draft created at the Fab12 conference, to integrate reputable humanitarian and industry principles into the draft and then to invite input from humanitarians and makers to further refine the draft. Now we are opening up the discussion with the wider humanitarian making ecosystem and invite GIG members and friends to contribute. Please provide feedback on the principles and/or share principles that guide your efforts by the 19th October. Be honest and direct as it is our hope that these principles will be a relevant resource for people around the world engaged in humanitarian making. Also, if you have examples of statements of principles that you think would be relevant to our work, please include them in your submission too!! Link to the humanitarian makers principles feedback...
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iZone Hub has a new address

iZone Hub has a new address

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We have finally found a home for iZone Hub in the city centre of Harare, Zimbabwe and we like to call it a 'makerspace' – a place where makers, innovators, creatives and small business people can become part of a community of like minded people. Our first activity was to start up a maker community through partnering with GIG hackers Cairo Hackerspace to help us learn about 3D printing. This initiative also included Design Hub Kampala. Check out the hashtag #3DAfricaTour.   #3DAfricaTour ended today, what a fantastic time! Congratulations to all who completed the workshops and are part of our new #Maker community We are sooooo excited to have what we think may be the first #3Dprinter in an innovation space in town! Let the creation begin! pic.twitter.com/K1bvV3tKB6 — iZoneHub 🇿🇼 (@iZoneHub) July 5, 2018 ...
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Technology Not For Her?

Technology Not For Her?

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Originally published at webfoundation.org/.../, this guest post was written by Eva Yayi Mawa, Co-Founder of the GoGirls-ICT Initiative and Lecturer at the University of Juba. She is part of the Global Innovation Gathering, a diverse community of innovation hubs, makerspaces, hackerspaces and other grassroot innovation community spaces and initiatives as well as individual innovators, makers, technologists and changemakers.   When I was growing up, one of my half-brothers was not happy that my dad was spending money to send a girl to school; his argument was that one day I would get married and all the money spent on me would be a waste since I was going to benefit my husband’s family and not my dad. This kind of stereotype has been attached to many women across the globe — and especially in my country, South Sudan. As a result, many women in my country are being left behind when it comes to education and opportunities for establishing a career and independence. Pursuing my Computer...
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#SenStartupAct and the Dakar Policy Hackathon

#SenStartupAct and the Dakar Policy Hackathon

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The Dakar Policy Hackathon brought together more than sixty key players in the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Impact Dakar with the goal of developing a Start-Up Act. All stakeholders in the ecosystem have been mobilized to share different proposals to improve the business environment and equip themselves with startup-friendly legislation and regulations to support entrepreneurship and innovation and to respond to global challenges of the world. Read the event report (French). The opportunity for entrepreneurs, innovators and ecosystem enablers to contribute and gave input into policy formulation is a critical and progressive for policy makers and governments as major stakeholders are coming up with effective and inclusive policies that create enabling environment for business development and entrepreneurship. This is what i4Policy helps to deliver, enabling all and empowering all. ...
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