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The Fourth Industrial Revolution African Crossroads is a community of future-oriented African thinkers and doers which meets annually to exchange and critically reflect on the most cutting-edge entrepreneurial, scientific, artistic, and technological developments anchored in African intellectual and technological traditions. Through design exhibitions, invigorating workshops, art installations, and more, this three-day event will spark deep discussions […]
For several years, delegates have been coming from all over Africa to re:publica in Berlin to discuss internet politics and digital rights, economic and cultural developments and new technologies. Now it's high time for re:publica to come Ghana and bring Africa's digital society together in Accra. The two-day event with an expected attendance of 500 […]
The Chaos Communication Congress is the Chaos Computer Club’s (CCC) annual symposium and hacker party. During four days between Christmas and New Years Eve, thousands of hackers, technology freaks, artists, and utopians get together in Leipzig to communicate, learn from each other, and party together. We focus on topics such as information technology, digital security, […]
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 […]
