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Ngazetungue Muheue
August 09, 2019
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How Python rises in Namibia PyCon Africa 2019 09 August
2019 Accra, Ghana Ngazetungue Muheue @muheuenga
[email protected]
ALL ABOUT ME Python programmer ”of all days and
nights” Django Community leader Co-founder of Python Namibia Computer Science student Web Developer, Python and Django instructor Organizer of PyCon Namibia 2
Brief History..... Car Accident Qualification Programming life
3
Brief History..... Car Accident Qualification Programming life
4 Your background doesn’t define you
Brief History..... Car Accident Qualification Programming life
5 Complex codes do exist
Birth of Python Namibia 6
“ We know what we are, but know not what
we may be.
PyCon Namibia ▸ Started 2015 ▸ ...from a collaboration of
Cardiff University and University of Namibia ▸ Birth of PyNam Society ▸ Organized initially to grow local communities. ▸ Set up structure 8
Fact about PyCon Namibia ▸ Organized by members of the
community and ▸ International friends ▸ 2.5 millions lives in Namibia ▸ 50% women ▸ Involves Scholars ▸ Beautiful holiday Destination 9
Python Namibia Society 10
Rise of Python 11
PyNam scholars Django Namibia Django girls
Software/Data Carpentry PIPELINE PyLadies PyNam AI PyData PyNam sub-groups 12 PyNam Scholars S/Data Carpentry Django Namibia Django Girls
Subgroup of PyNam Society Established 2016. Managed
by PyNam and School learners 8 schools involved More than 78 learners To expose children to technology To teach them how to program Own executives team Own structure and constitution Projects PyNam Scholars 13
Achievement 14
Django weekend One – one tutorials Django
girls Django Namibia 15 Source: edureka Source: djangoproject
Facts 16 Challenges Way forward
17 Computer Day / Python Week of Code
To engage scholars People from industry and University
Programming Competition 18
Achievement 19
Communities involvement Web Development Data Science
Academic research High School and University level Individuals from all ages Python in the communities 20
Team work Trust Commitment Meetup, Workshop
and HackNight International friends School outreach program What make it possible…. 21
Challenges Lack of resources Mindset Commitment
Lack of support 22 Source: womeninapologetics
Way forward PyLadies Namibia Python Hub in the
country Build School lab Adopt School Curriculum Build Django communities 23
PyCon Namibia 2020 24 na.pycon.org pynamibia.org Windhoek, Namibia
PyCon Namibia 2020 25 na.pycon.org pynamibia.org Windhoek, Namibia
26 THANKS GHANA! Ngazetungue Muheue @muheuenga
[email protected]