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Written by Mugethi Gitau
Citizen-led data journalism from Brazil’s favelas fills historical information gap: while the favela communities may be ignored by the government, a local organisation, Data Labe, is using the power of data journalism and narrative storytelling to re-write these, often forgotten, histories of the favelas, and the people who call them home. Through this, Data Labe […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
“Join Global Scale Up X – a new community for female entrepreneurs to connect, be empowered, and scale up!” Founded by MIT D-Lab and Inclusive Business Action Network, Global Scale Up X features inspiring stories from female founders around the world who have successfully raised funding for their business. Learn more on their Instagram
Written by Mugethi Gitau
A pioneering data model has been launched that will enable a consistent way of documenting and sharing information about manufacturing capabilities. “Open Know-Where” will make it easier for anyone to know where they might be able to make anything, by providing a mechanism for the discovery and exchanges of the location of manufacturing capabilities. It […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
The #MMN initiative is proud to announce the launch of its new #MMN Migrant Media Network Field Guide kit! In 2019 #MMN developed the first Social Media Hate Speech Mitigation Field Guide, using materials and information gathered during a diaspora training in Berlin. This field guide was then used to facilitate workshops and roundtable discussions […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
In May of this year, Olabi held the second edition of “Aprenda com uma avó”. The project was created in 2020 to be exclusively face-to-face, but its activities were adapted to a 100% digital environment during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a proposal for people over 60 to offer classes on varied knowledge to a wide […]
Written by Mugethi Gitau
re:publica Accra, the very first re:publica conference held in Africa, took place on 14-15th December 2018 at the Trade Centre in Accra, Ghana and was attended by over 2000 people from 32 countries. 1st @republica in Africa was a blast. More than 2000 attendees came to Ghana to debate the rising digital society. 274 spokesperson, […]
