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“ Physical distancing… is absolutely essential, but it doesn’t mean that socially, we have to disconnect.… We want people to still remain connected, so find ways to do that, find ways through the internet and social media to remain connected, because your mental health going through this is just as important as your physical health. ”
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove
— Infectious disease epidemiologist and WHO COVID-19 technical leadHello Everyone!
The Pycon Africa team is very excited to announce that Pycon Africa 2020 will be held online this year! We are grateful for your support as we make this change in the interest of protecting the health and safety of our community.
We are excited to continue the Pycon tradition of sharing knowledge and bringing our community together. Throughout the 4th - 8th of August, you can expect talks from speakers from across Africa and the world, interactive sessions with fellow community members and collaborative projects that you are invited to join.
We realise that internet access and stability in Africa is still inequitable, and therefore most of our content, with a few exceptions, will be pre-recorded not live. This also gives community members from around the world the ability to enjoy Pycon Africa 2020, at your own convenience.
Our call for proposals is open immediately and will close on the 5th of June. We look forward to
receiving your talk submission. Our sponsorship prospectus is also open and you can find it here.
We would love your support for this event! Finally, to stay up to date, follow our social media pages
on Twitter and Facebook.
All my very best,
Marlene Mhangami
— Conference Chair
Our Schedules are up!
Pycon Africa is going virtual in August 2020!
Click on the link below to view our full schedule
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Our | Speakers
Our | Panelist
Scott Hanselman
Partner Program Manager Session: Technical content creation and personal productivity.Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.
Paul Everitt
Developer Advocate Panel Session: Entrepreneurship and PythonPaul is the PyCharm Developer Advocate at JetBrains. Before that, Paul was a co-founder of Zope Corporation, taking the first open source application server through $14M of funding. Paul has bootstrapped both the Python Software Foundation and the Plone Foundation. Prior to that, Paul was an officer in the US Navy, starting www.navy.mil in 1993.
Edidiong Asikpo
Software Engineer Panel Session: The Future of Open Source in AfricaEdidiong Asikpo is a software engineer from Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. She is a passionate professional with multi-faceted skills and experience spanning across Software Engineering, Developer Relations, community building, technical writing, and Open Source contributions.
Reuven M. Lerner
Python trainer Panel Session: Entrepreneurship and PythonReuven Lerner is a full-time Python trainer. In a given year, he teaches courses at companies in the United States, Europe, Israel, India, and China — as well as to people around the world, via his online courses, including Weekly Python Exercise.
Trey Hunner
Developer Advocate Panel Session: Entrepreneurship and PythonTrey Hunner helps Python developers level-up their skills through his weekly Python skill-building service, Python Morsels. He also helps teams turn experienced developers into experienced Python developers through on-site and remote Python trainings.
Frank Tamre
Software Engineer Panel Session: The Future of Open Source in AfricaI worked at Intel as an Applications Engineer. I consult on various Android projects both as a developer and as a systems architect. I then co-founded one of the first coding boot camps in Africa - Moringa School. Then started EarlyCamp that trains young children aged 4-17 years old how to solve problems with technology. Lead organizer at droidconke, KotlinKenya and Android254 - the largest Android developer community in Africa. A chef, reader and swimmer when not programming or teaching."
Julian Sequeira
Global Project Manager Panel Session: Entrepreneurship and PythonJulian is a self-taught Python programmer. Coming from a career in Enterprise grade servers and Data Centres he made the transition to Python Programming using the "learn by teaching" methodology. Creating PyBites with his best friend has not only taught him what he knows about Python but has also sparked his passion for the Entrepreneur world. You'll find Julian coaching people in Python, Careers and Mindset all while cracking terrible dad jokes.
PyCon Africa will be organized into four distinct tracks, namely PyData, Web / DevOps, General Python, and Python Community.
PyData
The topics of interest for PyData include, but are not limited to:
Numerical and Scientific Computations Machine Learning Text Mining and Natural language Processing Data mining and Analytics Big Data Data visualization tools and libraries Reproducible Research Linked Data and Semantic Web
Web / Devops
The topics of interest for Web/DevOps include, but are not limited to:
Frameworks (Django, Flask, Pyramid, etc) Background Tasks (Celery, etc) WSGI Orchestration (Ansible, Fabric, etc) Continuos Integration Core & Internals Testing Enterprise
General Python
Suggested topics for this track include, but are not limited to:
Python libraries and extensions Databases Documentation Open Source Python projects Packaging
Issues Programming Tools Project Best Practices
Python Community
Diversity in the Python Community, Organising a Conference or Meetup
