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[Py Tanzania] Announcing DSA 2022 Arusha - Summer School and Workshop
by Noah . 02 May '22

02 May '22

Dear PyCommunity For your information take note of the upcoming DSA 2022 conference as per below announcement. Noah ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dina Machuve <dmachuve(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 May 2022, 12:28 Subject: Announcing DSA 2022 Arusha - Summer School and Workshop Dear all, It is that exciting time of the year to announce DSA 2022 Arusha from *18th - 22nd July 2022.* It will be a physical event this year! The registration <https://www.datascienceafrica.org/dsa2022arusha/> is open with a deadline of 2nd June 2022. The theme for this year is *Data, Technology, and Community* Featuring: - Keynote talks from competent leaders in the fields of ML/AI - Three days of DSA Summer School from 18th – 20th July, intensive hands-on sessions. Register by completing the assessment on the basics of Python and ML. - Two days of DSA Workshops, 21st – 22nd July with keynote talks on topics including ML/AI, Panel discussion from ML researchers and practitioners, Spotlight talks from early career researchers, and great network opportunities! The event is free and we offer travel and accommodation grants competitively to students. Thank you, Dina Machuve Program Chair, DSA 2022 Arusha

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[Py Tanzania] Announcing DSA 2022 Arusha - Summer School and Workshop
by Davis David 02 May '22

02 May '22

Dear all, It is that exciting time of the year to announce DSA 2022 Arusha from *18th - 22nd July 2022.* It will be a physical event this year! The registration <https://www.datascienceafrica.org/dsa2022arusha/> is open with a deadline of 2nd June 2022. The theme for this year is *Data, Technology, and Community* Featuring: - Keynote talks from competent leaders in the fields of ML/AI - Three days of DSA Summer School from 18th – 20th July, intensive hands-on sessions. Register by completing the assessment on the basics of Python and ML. - Two days of DSA Workshops, 21st – 22nd July with keynote talks on topics including ML/AI, Panel discussion from ML researchers and practitioners, Spotlight talks from early career researchers, and great network opportunities! The event is free and we offer travel and accommodation grants competitively to students. Thank you, Davis David Pythonista.

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[Py Tanzania] EquiTech Scholars [Deadline Friday 15 April]
by Davis David 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

Hi all, Please see the below for an introductory data science and ML program aimed at undergraduates (preferably 3rd and 4th year students) and share with anyone you know who would be interested - it's an amazing opportunity (full scholarships of 6400 USD for all students) and it'd be great to see some African students in this year's course! Applications Open: EquiTech Scholars Program *www.equitechfutures.com/esp* <https://equitechfutures.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a61666115cd0dbcf…> *Online | June 13-August 5, 2022 | Eligibility: Current Undergraduate Students In Any Discipline | Fully Funded* The EquiTech Scholars Program is a *fully-funded opportunity*. Scholars will attend an intensive *8-week online cohort-based program *with courses in *Foundations of Data Science, Applied Artificial Intelligence,* and Climate Change. Scholars will also attend a Speaking Lab and a Writing Lab to build communication skills which are essential to becoming successful innovators in the 21st century. Our focus on learning by doing and *building a data science mindset will give you the tools, networks, and perspectives to be a data-savvy leader* in any career of your choosing - whether it is in industry, academia, NGOs, or the public sector. Taught by leading researchers and practitioners from some of the *world's top universities **(such as Oxford, Cambridge, Caltech and more)*, the EquiTech Scholars program provides a unique opportunity to build essential data skills through small-group learning, tutorials, and faculty-mentored research projects. *We welcome applicants from all disciplines and backgrounds around the world. *We do not have minimum GPA/grade requirements, and no prior work experience is needed. Rather, we are looking for people who are curious, analytical, persistent, and open-minded when confronted with challenging problems. *For more details check out the EquiTech Scholars Brochure <https://equitechfutures.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a61666115cd0dbcf…>.* Apply Now <https://equitechfutures.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2a61666115cd0dbcf…> Regards, Davis David

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[Py Tanzania] Zindi Africa: Upcoming UmojaHack 2022
by Davis David 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Hello everyone, We're excited to share that Zindi is once again hosting Africa's biggest inter-university machine learning hackathon, UmojaHack Africa <http://umojahack.africa/> on Mar 19-20, 2022. We would like to invite your university to participate in this exciting and educational weekend event and leverage the opportunities we have in store for all the data enthusiasts at your university. The participants of this hackathon should expect: - *$10 000 USD* in prizes for participants (including a country prize for the winner in every participating country), plus spot prizes, T-shirts, stickers etc. - Recognition for students and institutions taking part in the hackathon - Growing real-world skills by taking part in the hackathon - Building a strong portfolio of the project you work in - Access to our event partners who seek talent for their companies - Event support to host the hackathon in your university - Rewards for universities that support the hackathon (details to follow) You may be wondering, how can you get started? If you’re a lecturer, academic, administrator, community leader or student club leader, please help us share the word to your students. We also invite and encourage you to host the hackathon in your university, where students will be able to gather to experience the excitement of an in-person hack. To show your interest and allow us to send you further information, please sign up here: bit.ly/uha22-universitysignup. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Davis David Zindi Ambassador +255 762260621 Twitter: @Davis_McDavid <https://twitter.com/Davis_McDavid>

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[Py Tanzania] Register today for UmojaHack Africa 2022! 😁
by Davis David 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

*Dear Pycon Community,* We're ready for UmojaHack Africa 2022 organized by Zindi Africa, and we’d love you to be part of it! If you are a student at any Tanzania university, Zindi is excited to invite you to a two-day virtual hackathon taking place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March 2022. Sign up today to be part of Africa's biggest inter-university hackathon! Help solve problems through the power of data science, build machine learning solutions with fellow Zindians, and get inspired by leaders in data science from around Africa and the world. There will be $10,000 in prizes up for grabs, along with other awesome spot prizes. Whether you’re an enthusiastic newbie, or a Zindi Guru, we want you there! Sign up now. <https://africa.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be542b57b438b545b2272a69c…> If you represent a data science club, university department or AI society, you're invited to host a physical gathering at your university. Follow the link below for more information. Find out more here <https://africa.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=be542b57b438b545b2272a69c…> . If you have any queries about the event, please let me know. Regards, Davis David Zindi Ambassador +255 762260621 Twitter: @Davis_McDavid <https://twitter.com/Davis_McDavid>

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[Py Tanzania] East African Virtual ML Hackathon 2022
by Davis David 05 Feb '22

05 Feb '22

Hello Pythonista, We are happy to invite all data enthusiasts from East Africa to take part in the Second Virtual ML Hackathon hosted on Zindi Africa from 18th - 20th Feb 2022. The focus will be on building an NLP model using a Swahili Dataset. Register today: https://bit.ly/EAHackathon2022 Data scientists from students to professionals from East Africa are invited to participate in this virtual hackathon. *Note:* 7 days remain before we close the registration. [image: EA 2022.jpeg] If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Regards, Davis David Zindi Ambassador +255 762260621 Twitter: @Davis_McDavid <https://twitter.com/Davis_McDavid>

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[Py Tanzania] Python Conference 2021 - Community Feedback
by Noah . 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

Dear All We hope that you all had a wonderful time at PyCon Tanzania 2021 in Arusha. For those who could not make it to the event, hopefully you will be able to make it to next year's PyCon event. In the spirit of hosting another successful and improved Python Conference, the secretariat would like to get some feedback from the Python community regarding the PyCon 2021 event that you participated in. *Please take 10 minutes to fill in this survey form, it will help us streamline future PyCon activities in 2022. * You can share your input via the survey link https://forms.gle/9kzPPNJFukMk6BYx5 Cheers Noah PyCon Tanzania Secretariat *https://pycon.or.tz/ <https://pycon.or.tz/>*

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[Py Tanzania] Feedback from the Pycon Community
by Davis David 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Hooray Pythonista, I hope you all had a wonderful time at PyCon Tanzania 2021. For those who could not make it to the event, Poleni Sana, but hopefully, you will be able to make it to the next year's PyCon event. In the spirit of hosting the perfect PyCon Conference, we would love to get some feedback from the community regarding the past PyCon Events that you participated in. Please take 10 minutes to fill in this survey form, it will help us streamline future PyCon activities in 2022. Below is the survey link 👇🏽 https://forms.gle/9kzPPNJFukMk6BYx5 In case you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our team. [@kimonoslad <https://t.me/kimonoslad> @Davisy <https://t.me/Davisy> and @mtuchi <https://t.me/mtuchi>] We thank you for your time🙏🏽 and have a good day 😊. Regards, Davis David

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[Py Tanzania] A new library for encryption and signing has been released.
by Noah . 05 Dec '21

05 Dec '21

Folks, On behalf of Vinay Sajip see below. ------------------- A new library called pagesign (Python-age-sign) has been released on PyPI [1]. It covers similar functionality to python-gnupg, but uses the modern encryption tool age [2] and the modern signing tool minisign [3]. The initial release allows you to: * Create and manage identities (which are containers for the keys used for encryption/decryption and signing/verification). * Encrypt and decrypt files to multiple recipients. * Sign files and verify signatures. This release has been signed with his code signing key: Vinay Sajip (CODE SIGNING KEY) <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> Fingerprint: CA74 9061 914E AC13 8E66 EADB 9147 B477 339A 9B86 Recent changes to PyPI don't show the GPG signature with the download links. An alternative download source where the signatures are available is at [4]. Documentation is available at [5]. As always, your feedback is most welcome (especially bug reports [6], patches and suggestions for improvement, or any other points). Enjoy! Cheers Vinay Sajip [1] https://pypi.org/project/pagesign/0.1.0/ [2] https://age-encryption.org/ [3] https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/ [4] https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/pagesign/downloads/ [5] https://docs.red-dove.com/pagesign/ [6] https://github.com/vsajip/pagesign/issues/new/choose ------------------------- Noah PyCon Tanzania Secretariat

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[Py Tanzania] Participate in the Python Developers Survey
by Noah . 24 Nov '21

24 Nov '21

Hi All Python Developers Survey will be ending soon. https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/python-developers-survey-2021 The survey takes about 10-15 minutes to fill out. So please take your time to run through with it. Noah

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