We are GIG
Written by Fadia Elgharib
GIG member Aphrodice Foyo Mutangana is the general manager at kLab Rwanda. In a recent Medium article he explains the importance and impact of ICT for children and youth. Coding at a younger age embodies gradual benefits in a digital-oriented world. It’s a gift of beyond-class knowledge we give our children pursuing digital entrepreneurship; a gift that … Continue reading “Future Coders Rwanda”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
At the think and be-tank for a collaborative society Ouishare we had an all GIG panel, reunited to discuss and share ideas and projects on grassroots collaboration for improving our lives in fast changing cities from the global south perspective. Brazil, Marocco, Rwanda and Kenya were represented by Asmaa Guedira, Ouishare connector and project manager … Continue reading “GIG @ OuiShare in Paris”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Two Global Innovation Gathering members were announced as cameos in an upcoming graphic novel about hacker and maker movement – Glider Ink. Samer Shawar from Palestinian VecBox and Nawres Arif from Iraqi Science Camp are going to share their prosthesis and interfacing expertise with fictional characters featured in the comic. We would like to help … Continue reading “GIG members as graphic novel characters”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Our sparkling Big Blue #Labmobile is on it’s way to Greece together with a fabulous team: its creator Vicy, Communitere and FabLab Siegen. Follow @labmobil Wrapping up Berlin Maker Faire, Big Blue is ready for her 9 day 2000km road trip to Greece. #NationalWeekofMaking #WorldRefugeeDay #WeAreCommunitere #mfb17 @greececommunitere A post shared by Doc North (@docnorth) on … Continue reading “#Labmobile on tour to Greece”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
STARTUPS OF ALEX is the 1st Alexandrian incubator launched by icealex and funded by the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology under the program of “Intilac National Incubators”. Startups of Alex aims to connect the different components of the Alexandrian startup ecosystem together, including the startups themselves, mentors, investors, partners and supporting organizations such as … Continue reading “‘STARTUPS OF ALEX’ is calling all startups in Alexandria, Egypt”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Originally published at kairokoshary.com. For the fifth year, the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG) was held in Berlin, Germany. As with every year, it was tied to the infamous re:publica conference that takes place in early May. The conference focuses on internet & society, which ties perfectly to the booking innovation sector in what is called in development … Continue reading “GIG #rp17 Closing Dinner at c-base”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
„Digital Africa“ is a multi platform project about digital innovations in Africa, produced by Berlin based film production company Berlin Producers in cooperation with French-German TV ARTE, GIG, re:publica, Shrinkfish and others. The project consists of four elements: Documentary Film A DOCUMENTARY FILM (52‘) will be broadcasted on German – French TV ARTE in 2018. … Continue reading “Digital Africa – Arte cross-media project”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Samer Shawar is one of the founders of Vecbox, the hackerspace and knowledge hub in Ramallah, Palestine with a focus on civic tech and digital rights. I had the chance to 3D print a solar clock that i always admired and liked to make it in my childhood by using just a stick and small stones. … Continue reading “3D printed solar clock”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
re:publica is Europe’s largest and most inspiring conference on internet and digital society. It attracts to Berlin over 7000 participants to discuss, in a 500 hours program with more than 850 speakers, themes and topics concerning our interconnected society and creates a space for bloggers, politicians, scientists, business people, artists and activists to come together. … Continue reading “Towards an IoT from the Masses”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
There’s something magical happening here in Berlin. Every year the Global Innovation Gathering brings people from all across the world who create empowering community spaces together, and this year we have our friends from Basra, Palestine, and Egypt as a part of our crew. The Global Entrepreneurship and Maker Space Initiative [GEMSI], has been supporting … Continue reading “Science is a type of energy”
