Pycon Nigeria 2024: 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
I'm thrilled to share my recent experience at Pycon Nigeria, a four-day event that showcased the vibrant Python ecosystem and the incredible talent within our community.
𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
🔹𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: I was honored to deliver a talk on "Demystifying Collaborative ML: VS Code as Your Orchestrator for Scalable Data Science Workflows." The positive feedback was incredibly encouraging, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to expand on this topic in an extensive practical session at the official Microsoft VS Code YouTube channel, alongside Dawn Gibson Wages.
The Link to my slide will be in the comment section.
🔹𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: After giving my talk at Pycon Nigeria,someone reached out to me and say "Hey Gift, Thanks for #DatafestAfrica23 last year, I got a job from that conference as an " 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫" This was a surreal experience for me as a Co-founder and organizer of Data Community Africa , it shows the impact created from the team effort from David Ayodele Olanrewaju Opeyemi Omowonuola & every member.
🔹𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐯: It was a pleasure to connect in person with fellow members of the Black Python Dev community, Meeting with community members and receiving the Black Python Dev shirt was a particular highlight, Kudos to Jay M. on amazing work he is doing.
🔹𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: The conference facilitated valuable interactions with developers from across the globe. I had enlightening conversations with Mannie Young and Kafui Alordo from Ghana, as well as Uche Ogbuji, Dawn Gibson Wages, and David Mertz from the US and other Nigeria speakers from Ezinwanne, Bunmi, Elisha, Khairat and others. Their energy and enthusiasm throughout the event were truly inspiring.
🔹𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞: I had an insightful discussion with Uche Ogbuji, Principal Consultant and Founder at Oori Data LLC. His work on OgbujiPT and open-source toolkits for self-hosted large language models (LLMs) is commendable.
🔹𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: I'm honored to have been featured "AI DIY" podcast by Uche where I shared my experiences in the AI/ML space in Africa, including my work with Data Community Africa , MLOps Community Lagos and my experience working with DVC.ai and also as an ex-data scientist at CBB Analytics.
𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
Organizing a multi-day conference, especially in Nigeria, is no small feat. As someone with experience in event organization, I have immense respect for the PyCon Nigeria team's achievement, Kudos to Aisha B. Chukwudi Nwachukwu Olawale Abimbola Adeola lawal and every member of the team. Their hard work created a platform for knowledge sharing, networking, and community building that will have lasting impacts on the Python ecosystem in Africa and beyond.
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