Introduction
Welcome to the Global Platform for the South
Connecting people, knowledge, technology, policy, and enterprise across the Global South.
Who do we connect?
Universities, governments, businesses, civil society, innovators, researchers, artists, and communities.
What do we connect?
Knowledge, technology and innovation, policy, and enterprise — in every direction, never a straight line.
Why do we connect them?
To co-create solutions, opportunities, sustainable development, and societal impact across the Global South.
Our work
Fields of action.
01
Knowledge
Co-create, share and disseminate research, journals, and Southern scholarship.
Read more 02Technology & Innovation
AI, data, and tools designed with the Global South, not imported for it.
Read more 03Policy & Leadership
Governance, public leadership, and policy that serve Southern priorities.
Read more 04Enterprise
Sustainable development through enterprise, investment, and practical solutions.
Read more 05Activities
Dialogues, convenings, and flagship programmes underway across the network.
Read more The GPS ecosystem
What makes the GPS model distinctive.
At GPS, people work together across disciplines, sectors and regions, connecting knowledge, innovation, policy and enterprise so that they reinforce one another and transform ideas into action, impact and social transformation.
UniversitiesCivil society
01Knowledge Co-Creation, Sharing & Dissemination
Research, universities, publications, training and fellowships.
GovernmentsPrivate sector
02Technology & Innovation
AI, digital transformation and innovation labs.
GPSInstitutions · Sectors · People
03Policy, Governance & Public Leadership
Governance, diplomacy and policy advisory.
Communities
04Enterprise & Sustainable Development
Industry, start-ups, investment and executive education.
Innovators
Where it all leads
Impact & Social Transformation
Featured initiatives
Current priorities.
Running now Oct 2026 – Mar 2027Active
GPS Dialogues
Six virtual dialogues, three languages, no fee.
See dates → Flagship · Kigali · October 2027In DevelopmentKigali Knowledge Crossroads Week
700+ participants from five continents. Education in motion, research in action — the Global South's flagship knowledge convening.
Enter the microsite → Academic cooperation · 2027In DevelopmentGCUB General Assembly
104 universities from Brasil, convening in Kigali, October 2027.
Explore → Research · policy · dialogueIn DevelopmentReparations Initiative
Repair and historical justice, treated with rigor.
Explore → Technology & policyIn DevelopmentAI for the Global South
The South setting its own defaults for AI.
Explore → Headquarters and Hubs
Rooted in the South. Globally connected.
Headquarters in Kigali and six regional hubs across three continents, with three further locations under consultation.
Headquarters: Kigali. Regional hubs: Addis Ababa · Dakar · Accra · São Paulo · Martinique. Three locations under consultation.
Headquarters
Kigali
Rwanda · East Africa
Global headquarters — strategy, coordination, and the Kigali Knowledge Crossroads Week.
Hover any hubHeadquartersRegional hubUnder consultation
The world keeps going → Knowledge & News
A knowledge producer, not just a convener.
Open for submissions
GPS Journal
Peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary scholarship. Abstracts for the inaugural issue are due 15 December 2026.
Submit a paper → RepositoryPublications
Policy briefs, reports and working papers, filterable.
Open the library → Flagship · 2027GPS Outlook
The annual Global South Outlook.
Preview → Open to joinGPS Dialogues
Six virtual dialogues, three languages, no fee.
See dates → What's nextRoadmap
SouthPlus, podcasts, books and more — with launch dates.
See the roadmap → News & events
Updates.
Latest
News · Jul 2026
GPS launches its digital platform
News · Jun 2026
GPS and GCUB align on Kigali 2027
Press · May 2026
Founding documents adopted in Kigali
Join the ecosystem
Build the South-led century with us.
Institutions, funders, researchers and builders — there is a place for you in the network.
Also in Get Involved: Join GPS · Collaborate · Contribute Knowledge · Support an Initiative