5. Aug. 2024

Supporting small business start-ups is heralding in a new era for EU-Africa cooperation on innovation

A recently published article by Horizon, the EU Resarch & Innovation magazine, features the mAkE project. mAkE is coordinated by ZSI senior Dr. Barbara Kieslinger to strengthen to African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem.

The article highlights the importance of European-African partnerships and gives concrete examples of how such partnerships can benefit both continents. mAkE puts specific emphasis on local production and global knowledge sharing. Makerspaces, modern workshops with digital production facilities, offer new opportunities for local entrepreneurs and they strongly encourage sustainable production or directives such as the right to repair. The project offers makerspaces infrastructure, training, guidelines and policy agendas for a growing ecosystem. 

Read the full article here: 
https://projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-magazine/building-bridges-business-between-europe-and-africa

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Tags: Africa, maker movement, makers