Category: 3-SometimeTechTalk

Jordanian Raneem Muqbel is the co-founder of a social manufacturing enterprise called TEENAH that works with Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan to produce high-quality custom printed bags for clients across the MENA region and in Europe. Raneem also happens to be a specialist in economic empowerment projects with the Jordan River Foundation, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and a Swedish Institute Fellow. This conversation offers a brief glimpse into how entrepreneurship is being used to deliver social and economic gains in a country grappling with one of the world’s most severe refugee crises. Editorial Disclaimer: SPARK (https://spark-online.org) is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup miniseries focused on inclusive economic progress being made in vulnerable states. African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guests, do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, SPARK. This podcast series was taped at the fringes of SPARK’s 6th annual IGNITE Conference (bit.ly/IGNITEConference2018) – a premier gathering of refugees, entrepreneurs, educators, private sector actors, government leaders, academics and NGOs. Image credit: Janko Ferlic

Topics covered in this episode:

• [play:0:37] What should be in the Python standard library?
• [play:9:00] Data Science portal for Home Assistant launched
• [play:12:17] What's the future of the pandas library?
• [play:16:17] PyOxidizer
• [play:19:31] Working With Files in Python
• [play:22:06] $ python == $ python3?
• Extras
• Joke

See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/114

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This week, Eric, Thomas, and John discuss:

• What version of Horizon am I on
• Australia Becomes First Western Nation to Ban Secure Encryption - ExtremeTech
• YouTube bans dangerous pranks and challenges - CNN
• Many Facebook users say they do not know the platform classifies their interests, and roughly half are not comfortable with being categorized
• There's a simple reason why your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data
• Valley of the Boom (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb
• The 10 year challenge

Topics covered in this episode:

• [play:1:01] Advent of Code 2018 Solutions
• [play:2:37] Python Lands on the Windows 10 App Store
• [play:7:06] How I Built A Python Web Framework And Became An Open Source Maintainer
• [play:11:46]* Python maintainability score via* Wily
• [play:13:03] A couple fun awesome lists
• [play:16:32] fastlogging
• Extras
• Joke

See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/113

This podcast features two separate conversations Andile Masuku had with senior executives working for the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Both exchanges yielded intriguing insight into the values, investment outlook and business MO of the world’s preeminent provider of sharia-compliant development finance. The first part of this episode features a brief chat with Musa Sillah, the Director of the Africa and Latin America Department at the IsDB. Sillah explains what distinguishes the IsDB from other leading development institutions like the World Bank and the African Development Bank, and offers insight into some of the work they are doing to promote sustainable economic development within the organisation’s 57 member states. The second half of the episode features a conversation with the Lead Fragility and Resilience Specialist at the IsDB, Mohamed Alhadi. Alhadi sheds light on how the IsDB frames the notion of "fragility" and how that informs the development and implementation of constructive policies that deliver real value to the IsDB's membership. Editorial Disclaimer: SPARK is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup miniseries focused on inclusive economic progress being made in vulnerable states. African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guests, do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, SPARK. This podcast series was taped at the fringes of SPARK’s 6th annual IGNITE Conference - a premier gathering of refugees, entrepreneurs, educators, private sector actors, government leaders, academics and NGOs. Image credit: Hala Alghanim

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This week, Eric, Thomas, and John discuss:

• PHP: News Archive - 2019
• PeakPHP Meetup
• San Diego PHP (San Diego, CA) | Meetup
• Taylor Otwell ⚗️ on Twitter: "🔊 So here is something new. I’m starting a weeklyish podcast where I give you a 5-10 min update on what’s happening with Laravel that week. Here’s the first episode: https://t.co/ZEFnXcWnaO … via @TransistorFM"
• AT&T decides 4G is now “5G,” starts issuing icon-changing software updates
• PHP dotenv 3.0 Released - Laravel News
• mkcert: valid HTTPS certificates for localhost
• The Laravel Blog

South African Dylan Richts is Head of Partnerships at WeThinkCode, a Cape Town-headquartered non-profit organisation which works with public and private partners to "source and train world-class African digital talent" and provide students with a path to employment within the continent's tech and innovation ecosystem. Dylan formerly worked for the Mayor of London's promotional agency, assisting global tech companies looking to expand their operations to the UK, as well as London-based tech businesses chasing growth. After spending 5 years away from Africa, he returned in 2017 to work for MEST as a Senior Partnerships Associate and then assumed his current role at WeThinkCode one year later. Dylan holds International Relations degrees from the University of Pretoria (Honours) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (Master's). He is also co-founder of Tech London Advocates Africa and a WEF Global Shaper. In this conversation with Andile Masuku, Dylan explains how WeThinkCode's business model differs markedly from its more well-publicised peers, Gebeya and Andela. He also talks a little bit about the organisation's Pan-African growth aspirations and about the challenges of scaling their model.