We are GIG
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Anna, Saad, Alex, and Jorge joined this year’s edition of the Gathering for Open Science Hardware in Shenzhen. China’s booming hardware city was the perfect place for workshops, fruitful discussions and foundation of new collaborations from people all around the globe. Saad and Alex hosted a workshop about microbial fuel cells and discussed with the … Continue reading “GOSH, GIG!”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
For the past few weeks our [AB3D Kenya] team was in Athens, Greece working with MIT’s d-lab and a local NGO Faros as we trained unaccompanied refugee minors to build their capacity through teaching them relevant hands-on and digital skills.
Written by Fadia Elgharib
I am involved in a project to look at increasing the value that waste pickers in Chennai, India can get from the plastic rubbish they collect. Would you be interested to join a working group under the MakerNet Alliance to share knowledge on ‘wealth from waste’ recycling projects? Contact [email protected] and we will connect you with Anna.
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Under the motto “next level” re:publica is going to Accra and so is GIG! The two-day festival will gather the digital society in Accra, Ghana. As in Berlin you can expect mind blowing talks, hands-on workshops, art installations, an innovation marketplace, four themed lounges and an evening and party program. Through our the Through the CfP re:publica … Continue reading “GIG @re:publica Accra”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Hi all! We provide access to market and finance for smallholder farmers through a digital solution that replaces pen and paper farmer management systems. Shifting from Paper to Digital GreenFingers Mobile is a mobile first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology platform, to manage and finance large groups of smallholder farmers. Developed by a team of agricultural value … Continue reading “GreenFingers Mobile digitizes farming”
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”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
All around the world plastic waste is being washed and recycled into new forms and functions. Here is a documentation of one of the newest sites in Kisii, Kenya. Add your own workspace to the map! For more go to preciousplastic.com.
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”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
We have finally found a home for iZone Hub in the city centre of Harare, Zimbabwe and we like to call it a ‘makerspace’ – a place where makers, innovators, creatives and small business people can become part of a community of like minded people. Our first activity was to start up a maker community … Continue reading “iZone Hub has a new address”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Originally published at webfoundation.org/…/, this guest post was written by Eva Yayi Mawa, Co-Founder of the GoGirls-ICT Initiative and Lecturer at the University of Juba. She is part of the Global Innovation Gathering, a diverse community of innovation hubs, makerspaces, hackerspaces and other grassroot innovation community spaces and initiatives as well as individual innovators, makers, technologists and changemakers. … Continue reading “Technology Not For Her?”
