At the Procomum Institute, we just launched our open call for short term residencies at our lab with a focus on arts, communities and aesthetics of the commons. We had […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Alexandria, Egypt- June 27th, 2018: The networking event, taking place in Cairo on June the 28th 2018, titled “Impact Investing and the Future of Startups”, concludes the second part of the […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
The MakerNet initiative has been making progress, and a report has just been released that looks at design and knowledge sharing and procurement from local manufacturers. The report is shaping […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Last week, pan-African journalist Lee Kasumba stopped by Kumasi Hive for an interview with Jorge Appiah. Excerpt What started out as a community of makers, innovators and entrepreneurs has quickly grown into […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
I just arrived this week back home from my last visit to Berlin, attending to this year’s editions of re:publica and the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) Network annual meeting. This is my […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
“We are what we create together” re:publica #18 is happening again and we are excited that a vibrant, diverse community of innovators joined for the 6th Global Innovation Gathering (GIG). […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
In the past two years we have been developing human-centered formats for teaching the contents and especially the new transformative components of the SDGs to policy makers that work for […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
The year 2017 was the growth and consolidation of the Procomum Institute in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. We are working as a network in the construction […]
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 […]
Written by Fadia Elgharib
In 2016, several GIG members came together to launch the MakerNet Consortium. Starting with a pilot project in Kenya, MakerNet explored how products needed for development and humanitarian purposes can […]
