PyCon Namibia by Jessica Upani

Lightning Talk

Transcript

5. • venue: University of Namibia, Windhoek • total attendees: 118, 50% of whom were women • visitors from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Nigeria, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Canada, USA and Brazil • 63 Namibian students (including 7 high school pupils) • 32 Django Girls
6. Four days • introductory workshops, including Django Girls • two days of talks • more advanced workshops Programme
8. Cardiff University Phoenix Project a partnership with University of Namibia
9. Raspberry PiLab • 50 pre-configured Raspberry Pis • funded by the PSF & the Phoenix Project
11. Django Girls • 32 participants • South Africa • Lagos, Nigeria • Harare, Zimbabwe
12. Not just Python… • local developers & professionals • web companies • PHP/Java/mobile developers
13. Newspapers, television & radio
17. Lightning talks
18. Ongoing outcomes
19. Student protests
20. 45 minutes to find and book an alternative venue for the next day including catering, AV equipment and support
31. na.pycon.org
32. Thank you!