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The German African Entrepreneurship Summit (GAES) will bring together 150 representatives of the Pan-African entrepreneurship ecosystem to learn from each other and leverage on their experiences and creativity to re-evaluate and define the future of entrepreneurship in Africa. The event will be almost entirely curated by the i4Policy community. There will be a big focus […]
Are you a Maker? Lebanon's first Maker Faire is coming to Beirut in 2019! Beirut Mini Maker Faire is calling for makers, tinkerers, tech enthusiasts, designers and crafters to showcase their innovative work! Like and Follow Beirut Mini Maker Faire 2019 for more news and updates! #BMMF19 #BeirutMiniMakerFaire #DigitalFabrication #Robotics #MakeForLebanon #makersmovement
"Digital transformation offers civil society a great deal of opportunities and challenges. We would like to discuss with you how the project "digitization" can succeed - in your own organization as well as in society as a whole!"
Looking for data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence or similar technology solutions The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. If you’ve got a start-up registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries and have a […]
Be creative and create an atmosphere with us that sprays sparks! Ever thought of a robot petting zoo? Or what it would be like to be an avatar? What would you say if a vending machine predicted your future and, in case of bad prospects, created a comforting KIBA drink mixture? How do you imagine surprises, and how can […]
SXSW: GIG has a panel in the official programme of SXSW which will take place on March 8th - apart from Geraldine de Bastion (GIG), Nanjira Sambuli (Web Foundation) Jillian York (EFF) and Markus Beckedahl (netzpolitik) will be speaking on the panel about ““Fighting Misinformation and Defending the Open Web” . Featuring a variety of […]
Ecosystem event coming up: Le Grand Barouf Numérique The Ouishare community is co-organzing Le Grand Barouf Numérique, discussing digital policies in Lille, France, on March 20th and 21st under the motto "Qui gouverne le monde? Who runs the world? The format will be a fictional parliamentary assembly where MPs will examine and vote on three digital […]
AfricaOSH is a gathering for everyone interested in Open Science & Hardware as a means to achieve locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically and economically feasible production in Africa; as an alternative to traditional Intellectual Property (IP) and closed knowledge systems; and to understand its potential for development and collaboration across Africa, especially by reducing barriers […]
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. More specifically, the Permanent Forum: provides expert advice and recommendations on indigenous […]
The NESI Global Forum is a biennial event bringing together all elements of society to share the latest developments in social innovation and the new economy from around the world In 2017, the first NESI Forum brought together more than 700 people from 43 countries to collaborate on building a wellbeing economy. In 2019, the second […]
Das erste digitale Volksfest kommt 2019 wieder!
re:publica GmbH’s re:publica Berlin is Europe’s largest internet and digital society conference. More than 19 500 participants from 80 countries came together to discuss current issues of digital society at the three-day festival re:publica 18. re:publica participants represent…
