🗣Announcing the start of regsitration for the 6th Cohort of Tech Camp Ethiopia, Backend Development

↗️Are you in Dire Dawa and Want to elevate your Full Stack Development skills to the next level?

👤Interested in being part of the Tech Camp Program?

🚀We are back to Physical Trainings! And this time it's going to be in the city of love 💥 Dire Dawa 💥 Don't miss it!

✅ This cohort is going to be on Backend development on the MEN stack (MongoDB, ExpressJS, NodeJS)

📋Hurry up, reserve your seat and register for the sixth cohort, organized by the US Embassy in partnership with GDGAddis.

🕓Half Day, in-person classes are going to be for 6 consecutive days, starting from May 16th till May 21st

🕓 Registration Deadline is on May 9th, 11:59PM( 5:59PM L.T).

🔗 Registration Link: https://forms.gle/WrK1cREB9zciPB3i9

ℹ️More info: techcamp.gdgaddis.dev

#Opportunity

CyberTalents has launched a free introductory bootcamp for 1000 talents from African and Arab countries. 

This training program is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge in cybersecurity to enable you to discover several cybersecurity tracks providing all required fundamentals. The program will prepare you to get started in the cybersecurity field with the necessary pre-required knowledge in each track.
The bootcamp will run for 6 weeks from 17th July to 24th August, during your learning journey, the instructors will walk you through different topics including essential cybersecurity concepts and their goals, some threats and vulnerabilities, OS Security, Web Application Security, Data Encryption Techniques, and Network Security Fundamentals.

Learn more on: https://cybertalents.com/learn/intro-to-cybersecurity-bootcamp-2022

@GDGAddis

The largest developer meetup in the country is on the horizon, and we have a line of speakers, sessions and more awaiting for all of you. RSVP now from HERE

Celebrate the spirit of the Ethiopian tech community and join 500+ enthusiasts at the largest meetup of developers, DevFest’22. What are you waiting for!? Join the waitinglist now and RSVP your free ticket!

Have you ever been to a conference, symposium, webinar, or other event where a woman in technology speaker was particularly knowledgeable, compelling, or motivating?

Would you like to see her present a session at the upcoming DevFest'22?

We encourage our members to suggest female speakers or presenters for inclusion in DevFest'22.

When suggesting a speaker, please keep in mind that we are looking for presenters who are experts in their field, have a unique or engaging presence, and will be of interest to the vast majority of DevFest'22 attendees. If you believe you know such a person and would like to recommend her, please fill out the speaker recommendation form.

We appreciate your suggestion, as always.

📣📣Are you a UI/UX designer? Do you have a passion for designing beautiful and functional user experiences? Or Have a brilliant idea to contribute to the creation of an appealing design of the existing “Telebirr mobile application"?

GDG Addis would like to invite all the UI/UX designers to participate in the “Telebirr UI/UX competition”🎉🎊. This design contest intends to provide a platform for designers to show their talent, network with each other, and get a chance to win amazing awards!

By taking part in this contest, you will:

📌 Exercise product thinking by designing for users and organizational impact.
📌 Strive to design within the constraints of an existing design system.
📌 Experiment with creating a lean prototype for testing.
📌 Facilitate usability testing to identify issues.
📌 Use time boxes to boost your productivity.
📌 Extend your portfolio with a real-world project case study.
📌 Have a chance to win cool prizes.

You will get the chance to showcase your redesigned Telebirr concept on DevFest '22 event day, December 10, in which officials will get to choose the best projects and award them with attractive prizes.

🔗 If you want to participate in this competition, please fill out this form.

⚠️ Note that the form will be closed by Sunday, November 27, 2022

Good luck and we can’t wait to see what you build!

14 days to go!

Largest tech enthusiasts to happen on December 10 at the Ethiopia Science and Technology Museum.

RSVP Now: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-devfest-addis-2022/

#REPOSTED

- UI/UX Case Study competition, less than 24 hours to close the form

- DevFest’22 Hackathon, two days to close the form

Interested in building mobile applications🧑‍💻?

Join us for a day of creativity and learning! Developers, designers, and creators of all stripes are welcomed. We want to share our enthusiasm for building apps in a low-stress, judgement-free environment.

The hackathon will take place on the DevFest event that is happening on Saturday, December 10 from 2PM to 5PM (8LT -11LT) at the Ethiopian Science and Technology Museum. We will set you a challenge to create solutions using a mobile app. Register individually or bring in your team and build amazing mobile apps.

To register, please fill this form and let us know you’re coming.

🎊 GREAT NEWS!!! 🎊

The first batch of tickets are released to the waitinglist participants.

You can NOW book your ticket and RSVP a free seat for the largest meetup of tech enthusiasts at the DevFest’22.

Still want to attend the event? Join now before seats are fully booked!

Few hours to go!

Participate in DevFet’s UI/UX Case Study and compete for great prizes!

Register now: https://tripetto.app/run/RXWN885RVF

⭐️ We received an overwhelming 95+ interested registrants for the UI/UX Case Study.

We will be sharing more details and updates to the selected participants, so stay tuned 🚀

#IN_CASE_YOU_MISSED_IT

DevFest’22 is on the horizons, so RSVP your free ticket to the biggest celebration of tech enthusiasts on December 10.

By the end of this day, the call for participation in DevFest’s Hackathon will be closed!

Register now: https://tripetto.app/run/WX6L01VJ12

🗓️ Less than 12 days to go for DevFest’22, happening at the newly inaugurated Ethiopia Science and Technology Museum.

↗️ Current numbers exceeded 850 Participants!

🎟️ RSVP now before tickets run out!

💺Book your free seat and enjoy various sessions, workshops as well as network with peers and other fellow developers.

#DevFest22

Introducing Natnael Kebede

Natnael Kebede is a private researcher. He is driven to impact the youth to engage in science and technology and reach back to their community through innovations.

For this initiative, he co-founded a research and development center where educational content, technical knowledge, and exposure are shared among researchers, engineers, developers, hobbyists, and entrepreneurs.

Natnael will be presenting his keynote speech, titled “Engineering Industrious Ethiopia”, at DevFest’22 in the Ethiopia Science and Technology Museum on December 10.

GDGAddis proudly presents "Merkato" (መርካቶ), DevFest'22 Career Fair.

Merkato is a metaphorical expression that categorizes various software developers.

The Merkato, for example, has several types of locations, aka (በረንዳ), each with a name derived from the main item sold in that specific area.

Here at DevFest'22, we will have a Merkato session where you can network with individuals by going into their own tech-stack (በረንዳ).

DevFest’s Merkato will have 14 በረንዳዎች, which you can select swiftly from!

Are you a company or an entity looking for talented developers? This is your chance to scout, recruit and network with a variety of local developers.

With 950+ attendees, it's a great opportunity to find/change jobs, showcase what you have been working on, learn from the best experts in the IT/digital industry, and network with your peers.

If you are an individual with a talent who is interested in being an exhibitor, please register at this link.