GINI Impact Gala
✨ GINI Impact Gala – African Diaspora Impact✨
In collaboration with AfroEuro Foundation
📅 Date: Saturday 28 February
📍 Location: Jenevermuseum, Schiedam
💃 Dress code: Evening, cocktail-style (standing)
GINI Impact Gala for impactmakers! The GINI Impact Gala returns for its second edition as an evening where impactmakers, entrepreneurs, community initiatives and ecosystem partners come together.
The Gala is a curated space where stories, initiatives and people get spotlighted and sparked ⚡ This edition is focused on African diaspora communities, making them visible, to each other and to the wider ecosystem.
Building on the first edition, where the participants and speakers truly led to real opportunities and collaborations, this edition introduces a curated pitch showcase. Not as a high-pressure competition, but as a moment of intentional visibility, connection and exchange with GINI Impact Award to win!
What to expect?
🎤 Inspiring talks and moderated conversations
🚀 A pitch showcase featuring African diaspora-led enterprises and community initiatives
🤝 A mixed room of founders, creatives, investors and ecosystem partners
🥂 Shared drinks and light bites in a relaxed, cocktail-style setting
✨ Who this is for
African diaspora-led entrepreneurs and community initiatives
Investors, corporates and ecosystem partners
Creatives, connectors and changemakers interested in impact, culture and inclusion
🚀 Why this matters
Intentional visibility for African diaspora-led enterprises and community initiatives
Real, in-person connection with investors and ecosystem partners
A curated room designed for exchange, not noise or competition
🎟 Ticket types
General admission - Access to the full programme, networking, drinks and light bites
Pitching impactmaker - Participation in the pitch showcase, including jury feedback and full event access
Supporter ticket (optional) - For those who wish to support African diaspora entrepreneurship and the GINI Impact Award
Join us for an evening of impact, exchange and connection, where visibility leads to possibility!
About GINI & partners
The GINI Impact Gala is hosted by GINI travel, a cultural and impact travel platform transforming tourism from extractive to cultural remembrance and regeneration. The GINI Impact Gala was created as a recurring space where stories, initiatives and people are made visible, because meaningful impact starts when the right people meet.
This edition is realised in collaboration with AfroEuro Foundation who contributes their network, perspective and ecosystem expertise to help bring the right mix of founders, initiatives and decision-makers into the room!