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Written by Fadia Elgharib
The South Sudan Open Knowledge and Innovation Hub “OPEN HARDWARE GUIDE” #OHG Following up on the 2016 “Let’s Go jHUB” programme, in collaboration with icebauhaus e.V. (Weimar, Germany), KAPITAL (Juba, South Sudan) and r0g_agency for open culture gGmbH (Berlin, Germany), the OPEN HARDWARE GUIDE (#OHG) is an outcome of the Open Tech and Repair Skills … Continue reading “OPEN HARDWARE GUIDE from South Sudan”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
Cyclones in the Caribbean. Earthquakes in Mexico. Floods in Nepal & India. Refugee crisis in Bangladesh. Cholera in Yemen. Crisis in Syria. Near-famine around Lake Chad Basin and South Sudan. There is a lot of urgent humanitarian relief to provide right now. Field Ready would like to ask the GIG community: Promote the Humanitarian Makers … Continue reading “Call for support to humanitarian makers”
Written by Victoria Wenzelmann
Africa is at the start of a technological renaissance. Last year, it was estimated that African startups raised a record-breaking total of $366.8 million in investment, with the top 10 destinations being Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda. The PitchDrive competition selected 14 of Africa’s top … Continue reading “PitchDrive in Berlin: A visit from Africa’s top 14 Startups”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
GIG member Rebeca Duque Estrada is a co-founder of Olabi Makerspace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and gave a presentation on tech wearables at the TEDx IE Madrid this June. Rebeca takes us through her own and amazing experience with tech wearables and its incredible capability of empowerment and communication. Rebeca Duque Estrada is a Brazilian architect … Continue reading “Wearable technology for empowerment”
Written by Fadia Elgharib
PitchDrive by CcHUB, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, will engage 14 of Africa’s top tech start-ups on a tour of tech hubs in Europe (London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich and Paris) to pitch to investors, explore international opportunities and learn about frontier technology markets. Last year, it was estimated that African start-ups raised a record-breaking total … Continue reading “PitchDriveXYZ – Presenting the 14 top Start-ups from Africa”
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”
