There is an increasing loss of jobs in the midst of high unemployment in South Africa as a result of the 4IR and more recently COVID. It is therefore necessary to recommend policy that is based on evidence (data). If we do not take such an evidence-based approach to innovation, we will be repeating the same mistakes over again. The environment today is rapidly changing and the same needs to apply to policy.
Event programmeNational Judge (Microsoft)
National Judge (NEMISA CFO)
National Judge (NEMISA CEO)
National Judge (Rhodes University)
National Judge (University of Pretoria)
Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
Limpopo
Free State
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape
Northern Cape
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Free State
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Mafikeng
Eastern Cape
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This 2-hour crash course is designed to introduce the basics of Python programming and show examples of how these basics can be applied in Data Science. The session will be hands-on. By the end of this crash course, participants will: understand basic control structures in Python, be able to write simple programs, and learn (from a step-by-step example) how to extract knowledge from data and create insightful visualisations. No programming experience is required for this course.
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