Category: Conference

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Malian in Diaspora of the Year 2018

Written by Fadia Elgharib

On January 26, Youssouf Simbo Diakite, founder and CEO at African Diaspora Youth Forum in Europe (ADYFE) was awarded the Mali Entrepreneurship and Engagement Award in the category Malian in Diaspora of the Year 2018 – Best Achievement. Read more at maliactu.net/mali-4eme-edition-de-la-nuit-de-lentrepreneuriat-promouvoir-la-creation-demploi/ (French). In December 2018, Youssouf and his team at ADYFE organized the high-level … Continue reading “Malian in Diaspora of the Year 2018”

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GIG@35C3. Hacking Diversity at a Hacker Congress.

Written by Victoria Wenzelmann

In December 2018, we managed to gig up rp:Accra and just a week later also 35C3. It has been an intense time – but totally worth it! What is 35C3? The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club, Europe’s largest association of hackers. The congress features a variety of … Continue reading “GIG@35C3. Hacking Diversity at a Hacker Congress.”

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Human Networks Festival

Written by Fadia Elgharib

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 … Continue reading “Human Networks Festival”

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Tell us what you think: Humanitarian Maker Principles

Written by Fadia Elgharib

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 … Continue reading “Tell us what you think: Humanitarian Maker Principles”

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#SenStartupAct and the Dakar Policy Hackathon

Written by Fadia Elgharib

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 … Continue reading “#SenStartupAct and the Dakar Policy Hackathon”

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Building the Africa Open Science Hardware community

Written by Fadia Elgharib

Our GIG colleagues Vicy, Jaiksana, Stephen and Jo made their way to Kumasi, Ghana to attend the very first Open Science Hardware summit in Africa: AfircaOSH. The event is being hosted at Kumasi Hive. AfricaOSH is a gathering for everyone interested in Open Science & Hardware as a means to achieve locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically and economically … Continue reading “Building the Africa Open Science Hardware community”

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Co-creating urban water information systems

Written by Fadia Elgharib

Digitologias Belo Jardim A 3-months conference (Oct 27 – Dec 19, 2017) in Belo Jardim, Northeast Brazil had the aim to collect and manage water and sanitation data on the city of Belo Jardim together with different actors. The city is located in Brazil’s hills of the north-east semi-arid region. It was once “The city of the waters”, but … Continue reading “Co-creating urban water information systems”