What is the Global Innovation Gathering? How it all began...

1. WHAT IS GIG?

2. IT STARTED AT A LUNCH.

3. A growing global network of hub managers, makers,
founders, innovators, change makers, and other like
minded, brilliant people, that gather yearly in Berlin to
create synergies among themselves, while
maintaining continuous exchange through common
projects throughout the year.

4. A growing global network of hub managers, makers,
founders, innovators, change makers, and other like
minded, brilliant people, that gather yearly in Berlin to
create synergies among themselves, while
maintaining continuous exchange through common
projects throughout the year.

5. A growing global network of hub managers, makers,
founders, innovators, change makers, and other like
minded, brilliant people, that gather yearly in Berlin to
create synergies among themselves, while
maintaining continuous exchange through common
projects throughout the year.

6. CORE VALUES
We are comitted to the values of Constant Curiosity,
Open Collaboration and Meaningful Impact.

7. ANNA WALDMAN-BROWN SAN FRANCISCO
“Rumors of brilliant people with aligned passions.”

8. MUSTAFA NASEEM PAKISTAN
“I'm coming to GIG to speak to people who have set up
similar spaces and to learn from their learnings
(challenges and successes).”

9. ULRICH SOSSOU BENIN
“I'm coming to GIG to interact with more tech enthusiast
from around the world and look into ways of better learning
from and working with each other.”

10. JAY FAJARDO MANILA
“GIG is one of the things I look forward to every year. It
immerses me in probably the largest group of smart,
innovative, and diverse people in one place.”

11. TAYO OLUREMI AKINYEMI UNITED STATES
“I'm coming to GIG to gain many new perspectives and
some courage!”

13. SYNERGIES

14. AFRICA HACK TRIP

15. HABAKA : MADAGASCAR/BERLIN

16. CAPACITY BUILDING : KIGALI/EGYPT

17. PROTO:TYPE YOGYAKARTA

18. ICE CAIRO

19. FUTURE PROJECTS

20. AND NOW WE’RE AT THIS DINNER.

21. Danke.

22. WE ARE WHAT WE CREATE TOGETHER