Skip to content

Six weeks across Europefor Nigerian students and early-career professionals

EN
GICIP
Apply now

Media

Stories, Moments & Inspiration

Explore GICIP's journey through memorable international experiences, industry visits, cultural discoveries, and stories of learning, growth, and global connection that bring our mission to life.

The programme in pictures

Five cohorts, photographed by the people on them

Dubai in 2022, Munich and Berlin in 2023 and 2024, Rome and the Vatican in 2025, and six countries in 2026 — including the rooms the cohort was received in at Google, Dtec, AWS, Oracle, Wolt, Contentful, CARIAD, Carl Zeiss, 42 Berlin, the United Nations Office at Vienna and the International Criminal Court. Every picture here is GICIP's own, taken by participants and published with their permission.

Dubai · 2022

The programme's earliest photographs. Dtec, the Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus, and the week built around it.

  • A participant in front of the Dtec living wall in Dubai
    Dtec, Dubai Silicon Oasis
  • A participant with arms open at the Dtec living wall
    Dtec · the living wall
  • Participants at a boardroom table in a Dubai office
    Dtec · around the table
  • Participants working at round tables under a ring light
    Dubai · a working session
  • The cohort at an EMTECH studio desk in Dubai
    EMTECH, Dubai
  • The cohort outside the Museum of the Future in Dubai
    The Museum of the Future
  • The Museum of the Future in Dubai, with its calligraphy facade
    The Museum of the Future · the facade

Munich and Berlin · 2023

The first German year on record, and the first time the cohort was received at Google in Munich.

  • The 2023 cohort gathered under the Google sign in Munich
    Google, Munich
  • A room with a Google Berlin sign and a Brandenburg Gate mural
    Google, Berlin · the room
  • The cohort seated in front of a large painted mural
    Munich · the mural

Inside the host companies · 2024

Hosted visits begin mid-morning on a weekday: a walkthrough, then a session with the people who work there.

  • The cohort with their host inside Staffbase in Berlin
    Staffbase, Berlin · with their host
  • The cohort outside Delivery Hero's Berlin office
    Delivery Hero, Berlin
  • A working session around a table at a host company
    A session around the table
  • A standing session in a host company's office
    A standing session on the office floor
  • A participant at a long desk facing a wall of screens
    A session at the screens
  • The cohort together in a wood-panelled room at a host company
    A host company's room, Berlin
  • The cohort with visitor badges and gift bags after a hosted visit
    After the visit · badges and bags
  • A participant beneath the Google sign on a brick facade in Munich
    Google, Munich

Berlin · 2024

The bootcamp city. Sundays are the city itself: the government quarter, the memorials, the parks.

  • The Reichstag in Berlin
    The Reichstag
  • Participants at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
    The Brandenburg Gate
  • Participants at the Victory Column in Berlin
    The Victory Column

Munich · 2024

Where the cohort lands and where it leaves from, and the city the engineering visits are built around.

  • A participant at BMW Welt in Munich
    BMW Welt
  • The model-badge installation at the BMW Museum in Munich
    The BMW Museum
  • A participant below the BMW Tower in Munich
    The BMW Tower
  • A participant at a Munich colonnade
    A colonnade in the old town
  • The cohort eating together in a Munich beer garden
    Dinner in a beer garden
  • Participants at a fountain statue outside a Munich palace
    The old town, by the palace

Inside the host organisations · 2025

The year's hosted visits, in Munich and Berlin. Google twice, and three Berlin technology companies.

  • The cohort gathered under the Google sign in Munich
    Google, Munich
  • The cohort in front of a Google office building in Munich
    Google, Munich · outside
  • The cohort at the entrance to a Google office in Munich
    Google, Munich · at the door
  • The entrance to the Google Safety Engineering Centre
    The Google Safety Engineering Centre
  • A participant beneath a lit Contentful sign in an office
    Contentful, Berlin
  • The Contentful sign on an office wall in Berlin
    Contentful · the sign on the wall
  • Two participants at the CARIAD reception desk in Berlin
    CARIAD, Berlin
  • Participants at the machines in a 42 Berlin lab
    42 Berlin · the lab
  • The cohort holding certificates together in a seminar room
    Certificates, at the end of the week

Rome and the Vatican · 2025

The year Italy entered the route. A programme about how technology gets built should ask what it is built on, and the Vatican is a long answer to that.

  • St Peter's Square at night, seen from the approach
    St Peter's Square, after dark
  • A participant at one of the fountains in St Peter's Square at night
    A fountain in the square
  • A fountain in St Peter's Square in daylight
    The same square, by day
  • Castel Sant'Angelo lit at night, across the river
    Castel Sant'Angelo
  • The facade of the Church of the Gesù in Rome
    The Church of the Gesù
  • The cohort together in front of the Colosseum
    The Colosseum · the whole group
  • The Colosseum in Rome from the street
    The Colosseum
  • The Roman Forum seen along the ruins
    The Roman Forum
  • The Trevi Fountain with the crowd in front of it
    The Trevi Fountain
  • The equestrian statue above the Vittoriano in Rome
    The Vittoriano
  • A participant on the steps of the Vittoriano
    The Vittoriano · the steps

Munich, Berlin and Wittenberg · 2025

The German weeks around the visits: the two cities the programme is built on, and a day out to Wittenberg.

  • Marienplatz in Munich with the new town hall behind it
    Munich · Marienplatz
  • The BMW Tower and BMW Welt in Munich
    Munich · BMW Welt and the tower
  • The cohort in Nigerian dress in front of Charlottenburg Palace
    Berlin · culture day at Charlottenburg
  • Berlin Cathedral seen from across the square
    Berlin · the cathedral
  • Participants in front of a large panoramic painting in a museum
    Berlin · the panorama
  • Participants at the door of the castle church in Wittenberg
    Wittenberg · the church door

Inside the host organisations · 2026

Eight organisations received the 2026 cohort between 6 August and 18 September. These are the rooms they were received in.

  • Two participants in front of the AWS sign on a living wall in Frankfurt
    AWS, Frankfurt
  • A participant beside the words customer obsession painted on an office wall
    AWS, Frankfurt · a principle on the wall
  • A participant beside a Zeiss Agenda 2030 display
    Carl Zeiss, Munich · Agenda 2030
  • The 2026 cohort seated together in Oracle's atrium in the Netherlands
    Oracle, the Netherlands · 1 September
  • The cohort seated across the tiers of an auditorium at Oracle
    Oracle · the auditorium
  • An auditorium at Oracle with the cohort at the desks
    Oracle · a session in progress
  • A slide on Oracle's cloud database service, seen from the back of the room
    Oracle · from the back of the room
  • A session at Oracle, with a slide on cloud database services
    Oracle · the session
  • The cohort standing together in front of Wolt's screens in Berlin
    Wolt, Berlin · 15 September
  • Wolt's Berlin atrium with the cohort seated through it
    Wolt, Berlin · the atrium
  • A participant at the entrance to 42 Berlin
    42 Berlin · the door
  • A room at 42 Berlin with the cohort working at the machines
    42 Berlin · the Piscine
  • A seated session at 42 Berlin
    42 Berlin · a session

Vienna and The Hague · 2026

Two days the programme treats differently from the company visits: the United Nations Office at Vienna, and the International Criminal Court.

  • The cohort outside the entrance to the Vienna International Centre
    The Vienna International Centre
  • The cohort on the steps of the United Nations Office at Vienna
    The United Nations Office at Vienna
  • The cohort beneath the member states' flags inside the Vienna International Centre
    Vienna · under the flags
  • The cohort outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague
    The International Criminal Court, The Hague · 2 September

Frankfurt and Munich · 2026

The two German cities the 2026 route turns on, on the days between the hosted visits.

  • The cohort on the Main Tower roof terrace above Frankfurt
    Frankfurt · the Main Tower roof
  • Participants gathered on the Main Tower roof terrace in Frankfurt
    Frankfurt · the whole cohort, one roof
  • The Frankfurt skyline seen from the Main Tower
    Frankfurt · the view down
  • A participant standing with arms out on the Main Tower's viewing deck
    Frankfurt · two hundred metres up
  • The fountain on the Römerberg in Frankfurt's old town
    Frankfurt · the Römerberg
  • A participant at the Fountain of Justice on the Römerberg
    Frankfurt · the Fountain of Justice
  • Participants in front of the Allianz Arena in Munich
    Munich · the Allianz Arena
  • The cohort sitting along a wall outside the Allianz Arena
    Munich · along the wall
  • The cohort sitting together outside the Allianz Arena in Munich
    Munich · the Allianz Arena, the second day
  • A Formula One car on display at the BMW Museum in Munich
    Munich · the BMW Museum
  • The Berlin television tower lit at night above Alexanderplatz
    Berlin · the television tower

Rome, the Vatican and Paris · 2026

The weeks in the middle of the route, and the two cities the cohort writes about most afterwards.

  • A participant in St Peter's Square in daylight
    St Peter's Square · by day
  • The Pantheon in Rome with the square full in front of it
    Rome · the Pantheon
  • A participant at the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona
    Rome · Piazza Navona
  • The Pyramid of Cestius in Rome at dusk
    Rome · the Pyramid of Cestius
  • Participants together beneath the Eiffel Tower at night
    Paris · under the tower
  • Participants at the Eiffel Tower in Paris at dusk
    Paris · the middle weeks
  • The cohort in Nigerian dress in front of a palace courtyard
    Culture day · the cohort in Nigerian dress

Stay in touch

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Cohort announcements, programme updates, and stories from participants.

The newsletter opens with the next cohort announcement.

Your address is handled as described in our Privacy Notice.

The next cohort

Join the next GICIP cohort.

Experience new cultures, learn from global organisations, and build connections that last beyond the journey. With mentorship continued job-search support, GICIP helps you turn what you learn into practical steps towards your career goals.

Registration for the 2027 cohort is expected to close on .

Register Now