From farellfolly at gmail.com  Sun Jul 10 15:12:03 2016
From: farellfolly at gmail.com (Farell Folly)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 15:12:03 -0400
Subject: [Python-africa] Python-africa Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20
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Hey Loek,

Hoe gat het? I am currently living in Mali for 2 years.... Can I know more
about the project ??

Best Regards
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:59:30 +0200
From: Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl>
To: python-africa at python.org
Subject: [Python-africa] Pythonistas in Mali?
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Dear fellow Pythonistas,

Are there any Python coders from Mali on this mailing list? Or does any of
you have contacts over there? We're about to start a project with local
crowdfunding in Mali and we're looking for some experts on local payment
methods.

Kind regards,
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:11:46 +0000
From: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
To: Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl>, python-africa at python.org
Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Pythonistas in Mali?
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Hi Loek,

Check out these guys : https://paydunya.com/
They're based in Senegal but I know they want to go regional, and I think
they have a pretty good product :)

Cheers
-Ibrahim

Le jeu. 23 juin 2016 ? 09:59, Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :

> Dear fellow Pythonistas,
>
> Are there any Python coders from Mali on this mailing list? Or does any of
> you have contacts over there? We're about to start a project with local
> crowdfunding in Mali and we're looking for some experts on local payment
> methods.
>
> Kind regards,
> Loek van Gent
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Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:28:59 +0200
From: Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl>
To: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
Cc: python-africa at python.org
Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Pythonistas in Mali?
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Looks good.
Thanks, Ibrahim!

L

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:11 PM, Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Loek,
>
> Check out these guys : https://paydunya.com/
> They're based in Senegal but I know they want to go regional, and I think
> they have a pretty good product :)
>
> Cheers
> -Ibrahim
>
> Le jeu. 23 juin 2016 ? 09:59, Loek van Gent <loek at ibizit.nl> a ?crit :
>
>> Dear fellow Pythonistas,
>>
>> Are there any Python coders from Mali on this mailing list? Or does any
>> of you have contacts over there? We're about to start a project with
local
>> crowdfunding in Mali and we're looking for some experts on local payment
>> methods.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Loek van Gent
>> _______________________________________________
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From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sat Jul 23 22:17:48 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 03:17:48 +0100
Subject: [Python-africa] Hello.....it's me :-D
Message-ID: <CABsUhZf98CZ1sFp2wfh_z5tttOtUA2yQaK8PdwN04e54d3GEpQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hola dear Pythonistas,

How you all doing. It's been a while since I last wrote.

Blame it on the slack channel *shines teeth* That place is bubbling with
loads of activities. So forgive me this would be long but to make it easier
for everyone to read I would list the Headlines in bullets then follow with
paragraphs so you can skip what does not interest you.


   - Welcome Opeyemi
   - Pythonistas in Ibadan, considering a meetup?
   - My talk at DjangoCon
   - Help/ advice needed by DjangoGirlsLAG with receiving shipment from the
   US
   - More Volunteers needed for the CYFI education partnership

Welcome Opeyemi It's a real pleasure to have you here. How's the python
community in Osun state. It would be really cool to have some
collaborations between the pythonistas in OAU and OSUSTech ;) And hopefully
sometime very soon all over Nigeria Pythonistas would come together under
one roof and have fun the python way.  I have also added you to the
pythonnigeria slack channel.

Any Pythonistas in Ibadan? Someone reached out to pyladies Nigeria on
meetup.com and expressed sadness over there not being a meetup like the
pyladies Nigeria in Ibadan. I just felt i needed to throw it here if anyone
in IB and environs would be interested in organizing or having a meetup
where there can be meetings, collaborations and more learning together. p.s
it doesn't have to be pyladies, it could be a general python meetup.

So I gave a joint talk about the Impact of women learning to Code in
Developing countries at DjangoCon in Philadelphia last week and it was a
success where I highlighted the challenges the girls were facing and the
impact/ benefits the workshops have had. I should share the video of the
talk when it's out. DjangoCon is a really amazing, friendly and learning
packed conference, Djangonauts in the house should totally consider going
for one. oh what I'm saying is Python Conferences/ communities are the
bomb, so I wasn't at all surprised ;) . Which brings me to my next headline.

After my talk some people representing different organizations approched me
saying every year they have used company laptops that they give out and
wouldn't mind donating equipment to DjangoGirls events to girls who don't
have laptops and can't afford it. The challenge though is around logistics,
seeing they haven't done so to an organization outside the US or in Nigeria
particularly. The question is does anyone have any info on receiving
donations(shipment) from the US and how did they go about it, bearing in
mind this donation is for a non-profit organiztion. All the details with
Customs, clearing et.al. If you do or know anyone who knows about things
like this please do get in touch. Would be really grateful.

On a final note in a not so long sentence "WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS"  Like
you all know we've partnered with the CYFI education team to help teach
11-14yr olds computer education and also the basics of programming. 60
girls , 18 weeks, computer education/python awesomeness.So we need amazing
pythonistas like yourself passionate about passing on the knowledge too
volounteer to mentor these aspiring  computer gurus.

That's it from me from now. Till I bring you more news from the stables.

Enjoy your amazing weekend,

Aisha.

And that's it for me
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From aishabello2050 at gmail.com  Sun Jul 24 07:38:32 2016
From: aishabello2050 at gmail.com (Aisha Bello)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:38:32 +0100
Subject: [Python-africa] oops......My apologies
Message-ID: <CABsUhZdqb22EWKeODf6-NZ0cmqnNXu4wQadVG3sHcDb+mXanBA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

Sorry the previous mail was meant for the Nigeria mailing list.

My sincerest apologies. I guess that's why they say don't do important
things when you're already tired.

Wishing you all a great week ahead.

AIsha
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From chavoux at gmail.com  Sun Jul 24 13:22:23 2016
From: chavoux at gmail.com (Chavoux Luyt)
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:22:23 +0200
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
Message-ID: <CAPGeeiFuNn7gsonaWJ+1N8UjppeqPzT3cDv7XCPyg1YOsdLGYA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Pythonistas,

I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
have been about python meetups and conferences.

I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?

I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.

What I would like:
1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
data and the Python web application.
4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.

The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web server.
But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper than a
hosting option?

Thanks,
Chavoux
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From diopib at gmail.com  Sun Jul 24 22:08:05 2016
From: diopib at gmail.com (Ibrahim DIOP)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 02:08:05 +0000
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
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Message-ID: <CANpon2Zf19JA2a6aNd=ayaaOqtXrSfbLwPWrs8PhnexwjpiNvg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Chavoux,

I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs on
python based webapp hosting.
It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you can
still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.

If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
<https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has GIS
support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python modules.
And it look promising!

Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
info about some Africa based web hosting providers?

Have fun,
-Ibrahim

Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :

> Hi Pythonistas,
>
> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
> have been about python meetups and conferences.
>
> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>
> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>
> What I would like:
> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
> web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
> data and the Python web application.
> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>
> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
> than a hosting option?
>
> Thanks,
> Chavoux
>
> _______________________________________________
> Python-africa mailing list
> Python-africa at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
>
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From daniele at vurt.org  Mon Jul 25 07:08:19 2016
From: daniele at vurt.org (Daniele Procida)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:08:19 +0100
Subject: [Python-africa] African technology pioneers featured in the Guardian
Message-ID: <20160725110819.1204400755@mail.wservices.ch>

May be of interest!

<https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/25/africas-tech-pioneers-we-have-become-an-internet-consuming-culture>

Daniele


From chavoux at gmail.com  Mon Jul 25 07:20:43 2016
From: chavoux at gmail.com (Chavoux Luyt)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:20:43 +0200
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
In-Reply-To: <CANpon2Zf19JA2a6aNd=ayaaOqtXrSfbLwPWrs8PhnexwjpiNvg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAPGeeiFuNn7gsonaWJ+1N8UjppeqPzT3cDv7XCPyg1YOsdLGYA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CANpon2Zf19JA2a6aNd=ayaaOqtXrSfbLwPWrs8PhnexwjpiNvg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAPGeeiE_DAD4TfUErDSUvD-AT_AN4awL+=k5epHS7fpHjuGQRg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Ibrahim, I'll have a look.

I do not really know a lot about South African web hosting providers. I
found one that was reasonable for my purpose about 10 years ago and just
stayed with them ever since. I currently pay R99/month at
registerdomain.co.za . For all I know, there might be better and cheaper
ones out there by now.
Cheers,
Chavoux
On Jul 25, 2016 4:08 AM, "Ibrahim DIOP" <diopib at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Chavoux,
>
> I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs
> on python based webapp hosting.
> It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
> setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
> have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
> If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you
> can still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.
>
> If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
> <https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
> There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
> made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has
> GIS support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python
> modules. And it look promising!
>
> Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
> use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
> info about some Africa based web hosting providers?
>
> Have fun,
> -Ibrahim
>
> Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>
>> Hi Pythonistas,
>>
>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so
>> far have been about python meetups and conferences.
>>
>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>>
>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>>
>> What I would like:
>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the
>> Python web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using
>> postGIS.
>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>> data and the Python web application.
>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>>
>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
>> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
>> than a hosting option?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chavoux
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python-africa mailing list
>> Python-africa at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
>>
>
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From hbutau at msn.com  Mon Jul 25 14:26:34 2016
From: hbutau at msn.com (Humphrey)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 20:26:34 +0200
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1268.1469445650.22225.python-africa@python.org>
References: <mailman.1268.1469445650.22225.python-africa@python.org>
Message-ID: <BLU437-SMTP36CAE269F60D4D423658E1DA0D0@phx.gbl>

Hi Chavoux,

You can try http://pythonanywhere.com. They are based in the U.K but 
their prices are good. You can also try to host your Django project on 
pythonanywhere as it is very easy to setup there. The process of pulling 
your project from Github and setting it up on pythonanywhere is user 
friendly.

Bests

Humphrey


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> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:22:23 +0200
> From: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>
> To: python-africa at python.org
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hi Pythonistas,
>
> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
> have been about python meetups and conferences.
>
> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>
> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>
> What I would like:
> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
> web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
> data and the Python web application.
> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>
> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web server.
> But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper than a
> hosting option?
>
> Thanks,
> Chavoux
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> From: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
> To: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>, python-africa at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hello Chavoux,
>
> I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs on
> python based webapp hosting.
> It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
> setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
> have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
> If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you can
> still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.
>
> If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
> <https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
> There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
> made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has GIS
> support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python modules.
> And it look promising!
>
> Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
> use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
> info about some Africa based web hosting providers?
>
> Have fun,
> -Ibrahim
>
> Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>
>> Hi Pythonistas,
>>
>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
>> have been about python meetups and conferences.
>>
>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>>
>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>>
>> What I would like:
>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
>> web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>> data and the Python web application.
>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>>
>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
>> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
>> than a hosting option?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chavoux
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Python-africa mailing list
>> Python-africa at python.org
>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
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> From: "Daniele Procida" <daniele at vurt.org>
> To: <python-africa at python.org>
> Subject: [Python-africa] African technology pioneers featured in the
> 	Guardian
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> <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/25/africas-tech-pioneers-we-have-become-an-internet-consuming-culture>
>
> Daniele
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:20:43 +0200
> From: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>
> To: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
> Cc: python-africa at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Thanks Ibrahim, I'll have a look.
>
> I do not really know a lot about South African web hosting providers. I
> found one that was reasonable for my purpose about 10 years ago and just
> stayed with them ever since. I currently pay R99/month at
> registerdomain.co.za . For all I know, there might be better and cheaper
> ones out there by now.
> Cheers,
> Chavoux
> On Jul 25, 2016 4:08 AM, "Ibrahim DIOP" <diopib at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Chavoux,
>>
>> I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs
>> on python based webapp hosting.
>> It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
>> setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
>> have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
>> If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you
>> can still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.
>>
>> If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
>> <https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
>> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
>> There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
>> made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has
>> GIS support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python
>> modules. And it look promising!
>>
>> Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
>> use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
>> info about some Africa based web hosting providers?
>>
>> Have fun,
>> -Ibrahim
>>
>> Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>>
>>> Hi Pythonistas,
>>>
>>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so
>>> far have been about python meetups and conferences.
>>>
>>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>>>
>>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>>>
>>> What I would like:
>>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the
>>> Python web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using
>>> postGIS.
>>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>>> data and the Python web application.
>>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>>>
>>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
>>> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
>>> than a hosting option?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chavoux
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Python-africa mailing list
>>> Python-africa at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
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From muragumichael at gmail.com  Mon Jul 25 14:34:47 2016
From: muragumichael at gmail.com (Mike Manuthu)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:34:47 +0300
Subject: [Python-africa]  Good Python hosting?
In-Reply-To: <BLU437-SMTP36CAE269F60D4D423658E1DA0D0@phx.gbl>
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Hi,
You could also try Heroku.
They have tones of tutorials on how to setup. Have a look https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python#introduction <https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python#introduction> 

Cheers,
Mike

> On 25 Jul 2016, at 9:26 PM, Humphrey <hbutau at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chavoux,
> 
> You can try http://pythonanywhere.com. They are based in the U.K but their prices are good. You can also try to host your Django project on pythonanywhere as it is very easy to setup there. The process of pulling your project from Github and setting it up on pythonanywhere is user friendly.
> 
> Bests
> 
> Humphrey
> 
> 
> On 25/07/2016 13:20, python-africa-request at python.org wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:22:23 +0200
>> From: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>
>> To: python-africa at python.org
>> Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
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>> 
>> Hi Pythonistas,
>> 
>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
>> have been about python meetups and conferences.
>> 
>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>> 
>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>> 
>> What I would like:
>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
>> web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>> data and the Python web application.
>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>> 
>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web server.
>> But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper than a
>> hosting option?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chavoux
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>> From: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
>> To: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>, python-africa at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
>> Message-ID:
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>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> 
>> Hello Chavoux,
>> 
>> I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs on
>> python based webapp hosting.
>> It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
>> setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
>> have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
>> If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you can
>> still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.
>> 
>> If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
>> <https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
>> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
>> There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
>> made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has GIS
>> support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python modules.
>> And it look promising!
>> 
>> Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
>> use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
>> info about some Africa based web hosting providers?
>> 
>> Have fun,
>> -Ibrahim
>> 
>> Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>> 
>>> Hi Pythonistas,
>>> 
>>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so far
>>> have been about python meetups and conferences.
>>> 
>>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>>> 
>>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>>> 
>>> What I would like:
>>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the Python
>>> web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using postGIS.
>>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>>> data and the Python web application.
>>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>>> 
>>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
>>> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
>>> than a hosting option?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chavoux
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Python-africa mailing list
>>> Python-africa at python.org
>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:08:19 +0100
>> From: "Daniele Procida" <daniele at vurt.org>
>> To: <python-africa at python.org>
>> Subject: [Python-africa] African technology pioneers featured in the
>> 	Guardian
>> Message-ID: <20160725110819.1204400755 at mail.wservices.ch>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>> 
>> May be of interest!
>> 
>> <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jul/25/africas-tech-pioneers-we-have-become-an-internet-consuming-culture>
>> 
>> Daniele
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:20:43 +0200
>> From: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com>
>> To: Ibrahim DIOP <diopib at gmail.com>
>> Cc: python-africa at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
>> Message-ID:
>> 	<CAPGeeiE_DAD4TfUErDSUvD-AT_AN4awL+=k5epHS7fpHjuGQRg at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> 
>> Thanks Ibrahim, I'll have a look.
>> 
>> I do not really know a lot about South African web hosting providers. I
>> found one that was reasonable for my purpose about 10 years ago and just
>> stayed with them ever since. I currently pay R99/month at
>> registerdomain.co.za . For all I know, there might be better and cheaper
>> ones out there by now.
>> Cheers,
>> Chavoux
>> On Jul 25, 2016 4:08 AM, "Ibrahim DIOP" <diopib at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Chavoux,
>>> 
>>> I use webfaction <https://www.webfaction.com/> for all my current needs
>>> on python based webapp hosting.
>>> It has Django (and a few other frameworks) support. You can automatically
>>> setup your app (framework, database, version management etc.), you just
>>> have to add your code. They have an affordable basic plan and it's scalable.
>>> If, for some reason you're considering configuring your own server, you
>>> can still give digital ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/> a try.
>>> 
>>> If you're still debating on which framework to use, have a look at Django
>>> <https://www.djangoproject.com/>, it has a variant called GeoDjango
>>> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/gis/> with GIS support.
>>> There is also an python web framework (mentionned earlier on the list --
>>> made in S.A) called Rheal <http://www.reahl.org/>. I don't think it has
>>> GIS support but you can surely make it GIS friendly with a few python
>>> modules. And it look promising!
>>> 
>>> Now I'm a bit curious about S.A web hosting providers. Which one do you
>>> use? could you tell us a bit about them? Anybody else on the list has some
>>> info about some Africa based web hosting providers?
>>> 
>>> Have fun,
>>> -Ibrahim
>>> 
>>> Le dim. 24 juil. 2016 ? 13:22, Chavoux Luyt <chavoux at gmail.com> a ?crit :
>>> 
>>>> Hi Pythonistas,
>>>> 
>>>> I am not sure if this is the right mailing list to ask... most talk so
>>>> far have been about python meetups and conferences.
>>>> 
>>>> I am in the process of writing a Python web application for a research
>>>> project (i.e. no income and little money). I am based in Namibia, but
>>>> currently hosting my own web site with a reasonably priced South African
>>>> web host. But it is only static web pages. Do you have any advice on good
>>>> cheap server hosts that runs python or a python framework of some kind?
>>>> 
>>>> I have no experience in Python web application. I have done some web
>>>> application development in C# .NET and asp.NET on Windows. But I would like
>>>> a Python web framework with easy connectivity to at least potgreSQL and
>>>> that preferably use CSS for its "look and feel"part (the generated html
>>>> should have enough DIV and SPAN classes to make it easy to change the look
>>>> and feel with CSS). The little bit of Python programming I have done so far
>>>> have only been simple command-line programs/scripts.
>>>> 
>>>> What I would like:
>>>> 1. Python hosting obviously, preferably on Linux.
>>>> 2. A GIS web server, using the same database as the database as the
>>>> Python web application. .. I was thinking of qGIS and/or GRASS using
>>>> postGIS.
>>>> 3. A database back-end, ACID compliant... I was thinking of PostgreSQL,
>>>> since it has postGIS, meaning that I can have a single database for my GIS
>>>> data and the Python web application.
>>>> 4. Preferably running a whole Python web framework.
>>>> 
>>>> The other option would be to buy and set up my own Linux Python web
>>>> server. But that is a lot of work, and I am not sure it will be any cheaper
>>>> than a hosting option?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chavoux
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Python-africa mailing list
>>>> Python-africa at python.org
>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-africa
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From iwan at reahl.org  Mon Jul 25 15:41:40 2016
From: iwan at reahl.org (Iwan Vosloo)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:41:40 +0200
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
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Chavoux,

On 25/07/2016 20:34, Mike Manuthu wrote:
> You could also try Heroku.

> On 25 Jul 2016, at 9:26 PM, Humphrey <hbutau at msn.com 
> <mailto:hbutau at msn.com>> wrote:
>>
>> You can try http://pythonanywhere.com.

I also heartily recommend one of these if you can get away with it 
(perhaps Ibrahim's webfaction is similar). We have been running our own 
servers for years and it is really a pain. We're in the process of 
playing with PythonAnywhere as an alternative and I really like the fact 
that is very similar to running your own server, but without the 
nonsense. You have a terminal, you have a uwsgi process and you can 
create a virtualenv. Precisely the stuff we do on a real server anyways.

Regards
- Iwan

-- 
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From hodgestar at gmail.com  Sat Jul 30 07:00:46 2016
From: hodgestar at gmail.com (Simon Cross)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:00:46 +0200
Subject: [Python-africa] Good Python hosting?
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If you need to do serious hosting in South Africa (ten machines and
upwards), I would look at Hetzner SA's offerings --
https://hetzner.co.za/.