Join the Open Ventilator System Initiative (OVSI) Being involved with this project will ensure that you gain valuable experience of working with medical device prototypes, are able to produce high-quality open source documentation, gain understanding of a complete design process and how to communicate that clearly to other collaborators, and provide you with the … Continue reading Call for volunteers to join the Open Source Team for the Open Ventilator System Initiative (OVSI)
Kijani Energy Seeks Senior Data Scientist
Role: Senior Data Scientist Start Date: 1 December 2020 Terms: Full time for duration of pilot, with view to extend to permanent position Hours: Flexible Location: Remote Salary: £35,000 – £40,000 per annum Applications with CV and cover note to: neelo@kijanienergycompany.com – (Max 2 pages each) Role Summary Kijani Energy is looking for a creative … Continue reading Kijani Energy Seeks Senior Data Scientist
A Farewell to Tim Harford-Cross
For the past 3 months, Tim Harford-Cross has been volunteering with CGE. Tim has been helping with policies, business development and in October, accompanied CGE Cultivator Member Kitty Liao to Madagascar on a field trial. It has been a pleasure working with Tim, and we wish him all the best in his adventures in Fiji … Continue reading A Farewell to Tim Harford-Cross
Sparrow are looking for short-term storage space
One of our Cultivator projects, Sparrow, is running a pilot to upcycle discarded bicycles in Cambridge for use in Bahir Dar, Ethopia, with the long term vision of increasing access to sustainable mobility for the economic bottom billion. As they accumulate bicycles over the next few months, they are seeking assistance from anyone who may be able … Continue reading Sparrow are looking for short-term storage space
Renew your CGE Membership
We would like to invite our members to renew their CGE membership. As an intrinsically collaborative organisation, the support of our members is invaluable to our development. In the past, we experimented with requesting data from members in lieu of membership fees. This proved very effective and we will continue with this approach for the future. The aim is … Continue reading Renew your CGE Membership
Melinda Bohannon (Director of Strategy at DFID) visits Cambridge
The Centre for Global Equality’s student society hosted a talk by Melinda Bohannon, Director of Strategy at the Department for International Development (DFID). As a senior civil servant with over 20 years of experience in international policy, Ms Bohannon provided students with an insight into the policies and ethos underlining the UK government’s commitment to global, sustainable development. Be sure to … Continue reading Melinda Bohannon (Director of Strategy at DFID) visits Cambridge
Cambridge International Development Conference (CamIDC) 2020
CGE’S student society hosted the CamIDC 2020. Titled “Rising Tides: Meeting the Challenge of Inequality in the Age of Climate Change”, the conference explored how climate change disproportionately effects poorer communities worldwide, and thereby perpetuates further societal inequality. With over 100 attendees, CamIDC brought together senior figures from within the CGE network (Kitty Liao, CEO Ideabatic), and beyond (British Red Cross, Action Against Hunger, Sourcing Justice) to explore how inclusive and collaborative international … Continue reading Cambridge International Development Conference (CamIDC) 2020
Ideabatic’s Field Trial in Madagascar
CGE Cultivator member Ideabatic visited Madagascar for one month for field testing. Ideabatic have developed a Smart Last Mile (SMILE) vaccine cooler. Kitty, CEO of Ideabatic was accompanied by volunteers Tim and Minna to test the SMILE device with front line health workers.
Building a 3D printer at BIT Maker Space
In December, makers at the BIT Maker Space in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, participated in a 3D printer building workshop. CGE is partnering with the Bahir Dar Institute of Technology (BIT) and the BIT Business Incubation and Technology Entrepreneurship Centre for the Maker Space project. In March 2020, in collaboration with Nairobi Maker Space we will be … Continue reading Building a 3D printer at BIT Maker Space
BioMaker Workshop in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
A two-day Biomaker Challenge workshop brought together students from the five engineering faculties at the Bahir Dar Institute for Technology (BiT). In collaboration with BiT, CGE, OpenPlant and the University of Cambridge Synthetic Biology IRC, the workshop hosted 30 participants who created 10 mini-projects. A huge thanks to the BiT Maker Space team and the ICT4D Centre at Bahir Dar University for coordinating the workshop.