Provisional schedule
Please note that this is our provisional schedule and is subject to change.
Details of workshops and other sessions for Wednesday and Saturday will be added in forthcoming days.
08.30
Registration
09.00
Beginners day
Installation parties for Django Girls and new Python users
Strongly recommend for those new to Python. Required if you plan to attend workshops and tutorials and do not already have Python installed.
International visitors' tour of Accra
Visit the sights and markets of Accra in the company of the Ghanaian conference hosts.
08.30
Registration
09.00
Django Girls
Registration required
Workshops and tutorials
Morning
- Rising Odegua
Data visualisation for insights
Afternoon
- Patrick Nsukami
From iterators to coroutines and beyond
Workshops and tutorials
Morning
- Kojo Idrissa
A junior developer's software engineering tutorial
Afternoon
- Loek van Gent
Crash test dummies - Learn how to write tests
08.30
Registration
09.00
Marlene Mhangami
Welcome to Pycon Africa
09.15
Moustapha Cisse Head of Google AI Center Accra
Keynote
10.00
Meili Triantafyllidi
Lessons learned from 6 years in Pyladies Berlin
Kelechi Ogueji
Aligning word vectors of Nigerian languages for better translation
10.30
Break
11.00
Felipe de Morais
AfroPython: Empowering black people using Python in Brazil
Candy Tricia Khohliwe
Web Virtual Reality and A-frame
11.30
Nicholas Del Grosso
Unraveling the Spaghetti: Tips for Refactoring Your Code
Tairu Oluwafemi
Chatbots on Steroids
12.00
Kelvin Oyana
Bridging the talent gap between Python communities and industry
Eyitemi "insaida" Egbejule
The Jinja Ninja: Exploiting Jinja Template Engine for Code Execution
12.30
Daniele Procida
The world's cheapest, simplest plotter
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Jessica Upani
Is this Python thing really working?
14.30
Maurizio Boscaini
Pygame in High Schools
Aseda Owusua Addai-Deseh
A Reintroduction to Data Science
15.00
Chiamaka Nwolisa
Musings of a Frontend Developer: Building APIs with Python
Jef Colbi: Ninagram
How I mixed Django and Telegram in one soup!
15.30
Panel
16.00
Break
16.30
Anna Makarudze Vice-President, Django Software Foundation
Keynote
17.15
Lightning talks
17.45
Close
08.30
Registration
09.30
Marlene Mhangami
Introduction
09.45
Ewa Jodlowska Executive Director, Python Software Foundation
Keynote
10.30
Flavio Percoco
Inheriting code and I don't mean classes
Kwadwo Agyapon-Ntra
Deep Learning on Steroids - Using Transfer Learning to Accelerate Model Performance
11.00
Break
11.30
Aaron Yankey
Python Side of Vim
Sherin Thomas: PyTorch, RedisAI & Hangar
The missing pieces of a complete deep learning workflow
12.00
Kuda Siziva
How to avoid burnout
Dustin Haffner
Currying in Python: How to hack new syntax into your favorite language
12.30
Loek van Gent
Make 'em pay: Connecting multiple African payment service providers
Enock Seth Nyamador
Geo+Python: A Shallow Dive into GIS Development
13:00
Adeyinka Adegbenro
Accessibility Testing: Making Information and Software available to all and sundry
13.30
Lunch
14.30
Anthony Shaw
Standing out in a world of 20 million developers
Larry Ndumbe
Your Journey to the Unknown: A tale of how I debunk new codebases
15.00
Ngazetungue Muhue
How Python rises in Nambia
Prudence Attablayo
Python for Cybersecurity
15.30
Erick M'bwana
Unit testing and mocking in Python
Daniel Phiri
Python Powered Disease Classification Web Application
16.00
Kojo Idrissa Board member, Django Events Foundation North America
Keynote
16.45
Break
17.15
Lightning talks
18.00
Close
08.30
Registration
09.00
Sprints and collaboration
Working together on code
Topics include:
- Building the African Python community
Workshops and tutorials
Morning
- Tendai Marengereke
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) with Python - Developing Maltego Transforms
Afternoon
- Kelvin
Building Real Time Web applications With Django Channels
Workshops and tutorials
Morning
- Daniele Procida and friends
Organising your own Python community conference
Afternoon
- Samuel Asirifi and Kenneth Matovu
Building Binary Analysis Tools to find Vulnerabilities and Backdoors in Binaries with Python