From mannie at pythonghana.org Fri Jun 17 10:09:05 2022 From: mannie at pythonghana.org (Mannie Young) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 14:09:05 +0000 Subject: [Python-africa] PyCon Ghana 2022: Call for Proposals Message-ID: Hello everyone! PyCon Ghana is finally returning in person after 3 years! Our annual conference will be held on the 13th - 15th of October 2022. After being the privileged host country of PyCon Africa and the unfortunate pandemic, our national PyCon has been on hold, This year we are coming back better with more exciting activities. Currently, our team is excited to announce that our Call for Proposals is now open and we are accepting submissions till the 8th of August 2022. We have a couple of exciting tracks this year and we invite you to send in a proposal and share your knowledge or experience with our diverse audience. Find more details about CFP and proposal ideas here: https://gh.pycon.org/talks/speaking Announcement Blog: PyCon Ghana 2022 (pythonghana.org) Also, if you'd also like to support the conference in any way, you can find more details on how to support us here: https://gh.pycon.org/support-us/ We can't wait to hear from you. Kindest regards, Mannie Young, On behalf of the PyCon Ghana Organising Team Website | Twitter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chipilej at gmail.com Fri Jun 17 10:44:49 2022 From: chipilej at gmail.com (Joshua Chipile) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:44:49 +0200 Subject: [Python-africa] Devs Corner Discord Group Message-ID: Good afternoon, python enthusiast, Hope youR all well this Friday afternoon! I have being thinking.I decided to create a discord group called Devs Corner. The purpose of the group is to teach, inspire and motivate all kinds of tech people or IT. It doesn't matter whether the person is junior, middle or senior level developer or beginner. I have created different channels based on the Programming language. Most especially *PYTHON(Tutorials , medium articles and talks). A few other developer/Engineers will be sharing resources. * *Looking forward PyCon Ghana and other PyCon events within Africa. * Below is the link the server https://discord.gg/CdwuMzPY -- Regards, Joshua .Z. Chipile Software Developer Email: chipilej at gmail.com Cell: +260972111456 Skype: chipile2 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuachipile/ Github : https://github.com/sjtg Twitter: @SJTGs "Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From absicsz at gmail.com Sun Jun 19 09:49:46 2022 From: absicsz at gmail.com (Sicelo) Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 15:49:46 +0200 Subject: [Python-africa] Devs Corner Discord Group In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 04:44:49PM +0200, Joshua Chipile wrote: > Good afternoon, python enthusiast, > > Hope youR all well this Friday afternoon! > > I have being thinking.I decided to create a discord group called Devs > Corner. The purpose of the group is to teach, inspire and motivate all Good day Joshua Thanks for the forethought. I wonder if Matrix [1] wasn't a better option here, as Discord is a proprietary platform, which some would prefer to avoid. [1] https://matrix.org/ BR, Sicelo From chipilej at gmail.com Tue Jun 21 09:54:29 2022 From: chipilej at gmail.com (Joshua Chipile) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:54:29 +0200 Subject: [Python-africa] Visualize Python code Message-ID: Good afternoon Python Enthusiast, Found a great tool online to help visualize Python code into the image. Diagrams lets you draw the cloud system architecture *in Python code*.- https://diagrams.mingrammer.com/docs/getting-started/installation#quick-start *Looking forward to PyCon Ghana and other PyCon events within Africa. * *Do forget to join Devs Corner on discord.* Below is the link the server https://discord.gg/CdwuMzPY -- Regards, Joshua .Z. Chipile Software Developer Email: chipilej at gmail.com Cell: +260972111456 Skype: chipile2 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuachipile/ Github : https://github.com/sjtg Twitter: @SJTGs "Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drnlmuller+python at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 06:26:52 2022 From: drnlmuller+python at gmail.com (Neil Muller) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:26:52 +0200 Subject: [Python-africa] PyConZA 2022 - Call for Submissions Message-ID: PyConZA 2022 will take place on the 13th & 14th of October, 2022. This year, PyConZA will be a hybrid conference (with in-person and online access) hosted at the Premier Splendid Inn in Umhlanga, Durban. We are looking for the following presentations: - Keynotes (45 minute long talks on a subject of general interest) - Talks (30 minute long talks on more specific topics) We are accepting submissions for tutorials, which will run on the 12th of October. Tutorials can either be half-day (4 hours) or full-day (8 hours). Currently, we are only accepting talks to be delivered in person at the venue. If you would like to give a presentation, please register at https://za.pycon.org/ and submit your proposal, following the instructions at https://za.pycon.org/talks/submit-talk/ . We have a number of tracks available, including: Data Science, Teaching and Learning with Python, Web, Scientific Computing, Testing and Other (which includes all talks that don't fall under the mentioned tracks). We hope to notify accepted presenters by no later than the 31st of August 2022. Speakers will be expected to be available after the presentation for a short Q&A session. Shared sessions are also possible. The presentations will be in English. PyConZA offers a mentorship program for inexperienced speakers. If you would like assistance preparing your submission, email team at za.pycon.org with a rough draft of your talk proposal and we'll find a suitable experienced speaker to act as a mentor. If you want to present something that doesn't fit into the standard talk categories at PyConZA, please contact the organising committee at team at za.pycon.org so we can discuss whether that will be feasible. -- Neil Muller On behalf of the PyConZA organising committee