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Ethiopia and MasterCard signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to create and implement digital solutions to drive financial inclusion, support small businesses and enhance digital transformation readiness in the country.
The ‘s Ministry of Innovation & Technology (MIT) and MasterCard – leading global technology company – will be partnering to develop and implement strategic solutions and policies pertinent to delivering a digitized economy in Ethiopia.
Via - Ethiopian Monitor
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The ‘s Ministry of Innovation & Technology (MIT) and MasterCard – leading global technology company – will be partnering to develop and implement strategic solutions and policies pertinent to delivering a digitized economy in Ethiopia.
Via - Ethiopian Monitor
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September's GDG Addis community CodeNight Project demo presentations will start at 3PM (9LT)
Join us in the next hour to check out what they have built this week
https://meet.google.com/nay-bixt-eif
Join us in the next hour to check out what they have built this week
https://meet.google.com/nay-bixt-eif
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Real-time meetings by Google. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers.
GDG Addis CodeNight Project demo presentations live now
Join here - https://meet.google.com/nay-bixt-eif
Join here - https://meet.google.com/nay-bixt-eif
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Kaggle Competition
Could crowdsourcing help solve a worldwide pandemic? mRNA vaccines have taken the lead as the fastest vaccine candidates for COVID-19, but currently, they are not stable enough to travel everywhere in the world where the vaccines are needed. Conventional vaccines (like your seasonal flu shots) are packaged in disposable syringes and shipped under refrigeration around the world, but that is not possible for mRNA vaccines because these molecules have the tendency to spontaneously degrade.
In this competition, we are looking to leverage the data science expertise of the Kaggle community to predict likely degradation rates at each base of an RNA molecule, trained on a subset of an Eterna game play dataset, comprising over 3000 RNA molecules and their degradation rates at each position. We will then score your models on a second generation of RNA sequences for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. These final test sequences are currently being synthesized and experimentally characterized at Stanford University in parallel to your modeling efforts -- Your models will be evaluated against newly created and experimentally measured sequences!
Prizes
Total Prize Pool: $25,000
Next Important Deadline
Entry deadline: October 2, 2020
JOIN THE CHALLENGE
Could crowdsourcing help solve a worldwide pandemic? mRNA vaccines have taken the lead as the fastest vaccine candidates for COVID-19, but currently, they are not stable enough to travel everywhere in the world where the vaccines are needed. Conventional vaccines (like your seasonal flu shots) are packaged in disposable syringes and shipped under refrigeration around the world, but that is not possible for mRNA vaccines because these molecules have the tendency to spontaneously degrade.
In this competition, we are looking to leverage the data science expertise of the Kaggle community to predict likely degradation rates at each base of an RNA molecule, trained on a subset of an Eterna game play dataset, comprising over 3000 RNA molecules and their degradation rates at each position. We will then score your models on a second generation of RNA sequences for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. These final test sequences are currently being synthesized and experimentally characterized at Stanford University in parallel to your modeling efforts -- Your models will be evaluated against newly created and experimentally measured sequences!
Prizes
Total Prize Pool: $25,000
Next Important Deadline
Entry deadline: October 2, 2020
JOIN THE CHALLENGE
Kaggle
OpenVaccine: COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Degradation Prediction
Urgent need to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to mass production
#CALL_FOR_CONTRIBUTORS
To all Vuejs and Vuetify developers, we are looking for contributors for GDGAddis internal sites.
Please Reachout to @Nabiloo_19 and @Nabute
To all Vuejs and Vuetify developers, we are looking for contributors for GDGAddis internal sites.
Please Reachout to @Nabiloo_19 and @Nabute
The application period for 15.000 free Udacity Scholarships in Data Science is now open! Please apply by November 16th, 2020 via https://www.udacity.com/bertelsmann-tech-scholarships.
Application will be open from September 15th, 2020 until November 16th, 2020. Scholarship recipients will be selected in November 2020 and will start the online course in December 2020.
Application will be open from September 15th, 2020 until November 16th, 2020. Scholarship recipients will be selected in November 2020 and will start the online course in December 2020.
Udacity
Bertelsmann Next Generation Tech Booster Scholarship
Earn a Tech Scholarship with Bertelsmann and Udacity to learn Generative AI, Ethical Hacker, Digital Marketing. Apply today.
#EthiopiaHacks v9.0 is here!
When?
From October 2 to 4, 2020
Where?
Online
Registration
http://tiny.cc/EthiopiaHacksV9Form
Registration Deadline
September 28, 2020
Note: First come First served
#EthiopiaHacks
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When?
From October 2 to 4, 2020
Where?
Online
Registration
http://tiny.cc/EthiopiaHacksV9Form
Registration Deadline
September 28, 2020
Note: First come First served
#EthiopiaHacks
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Addis Angels looking for tech-enabled innovative businesses to draw their experiences and consolidate their financial resources.
More at https://digitalhabesha.net/incubation-centers/aa-angels-network/
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More at https://digitalhabesha.net/incubation-centers/aa-angels-network/
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Addis Ababa Angels Network - Digital Habesha
Addis Ababa Angels Network is a group of individual investors whose aim is to promote economic development and sustainability in Ethiopia. They strongly believe in the transformational capacity of a strong startup ecosystem on the Ethiopian economy. Hence…
https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com
Teachable Machine is a web-based tool that makes creating machine learning models fast, easy, and accessible to everyone.
#MachineLearning
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Teachable Machine is a web-based tool that makes creating machine learning models fast, easy, and accessible to everyone.
#MachineLearning
@GDGAddis
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Teachable Machine
Train a computer to recognize your own images, sounds, & poses.
A fast, easy way to create machine learning models for your sites, apps, and more – no expertise or coding required.
A fast, easy way to create machine learning models for your sites, apps, and more – no expertise or coding required.
#REMINDER
For those of you who have registered for #EthiopiaHacks9, please make sure to check your email and finalize your registration by tomorrow.
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For those of you who have registered for #EthiopiaHacks9, please make sure to check your email and finalize your registration by tomorrow.
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Firebase Summit 2020 is here!
Firebase Summit is returning as a virtual event on 27 October - 28 October 2020. Join now for a keynote, technical sessions, live Q&A, demos, and codelabs.
Register at https://firebase.google.com/summit.
#FirebaseSummit
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Firebase Summit is returning as a virtual event on 27 October - 28 October 2020. Join now for a keynote, technical sessions, live Q&A, demos, and codelabs.
Register at https://firebase.google.com/summit.
#FirebaseSummit
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🏠 New Home 😍
We are now at the new platform for our events. Join us to get a better access to our upcoming programs.
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We are now at the new platform for our events. Join us to get a better access to our upcoming programs.
👉 https://gdg.community.dev/gdg-addis/
Share to your friends!
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Explore Machine Learning (ML): Beginner Track
Do you want to learn the basics of Machine Learning? Here is an opportunity brought to you by Google AI and Google Crowdsource in collaboration with GDG Addis. This is an introductory session for beginners and specially University or College students are encouraged to join this.
When: Oct 30 - 31th , 2020
Where: Virtual
N.B: This is the first series of Explore ML Tracks and will continue to Intermediate and Advanced Tracks later. After completing all sessions, you will receive an end-of-course participation certificate.
👉 RSVP at: https://bit.ly/2IdkTHT
#ExploreML
#Crowdsource
@GDGAddis
Do you want to learn the basics of Machine Learning? Here is an opportunity brought to you by Google AI and Google Crowdsource in collaboration with GDG Addis. This is an introductory session for beginners and specially University or College students are encouraged to join this.
When: Oct 30 - 31th , 2020
Where: Virtual
N.B: This is the first series of Explore ML Tracks and will continue to Intermediate and Advanced Tracks later. After completing all sessions, you will receive an end-of-course participation certificate.
👉 RSVP at: https://bit.ly/2IdkTHT
#ExploreML
#Crowdsource
@GDGAddis
Do you have an idea that solves a challenge in your society? Are you a startup looking for investment and expanding your network? Apply now to #AIW2020 200 pitches http://bit.ly/AIW200Pitches.
Hello Everyone,
If you have/are doing a project related to agriculture and if you have a company(startup), there is an innovation market to be hosted virtually by World Bank. If you qualify, please fill this form so that you can get the opportunity to get in touch with the World bank representatives.
📌 Specially those of you who participated in last hackathon (EthiopiaHacks v.9) are encouraged to apply if you satisfy the requirements.
If you have/are doing a project related to agriculture and if you have a company(startup), there is an innovation market to be hosted virtually by World Bank. If you qualify, please fill this form so that you can get the opportunity to get in touch with the World bank representatives.
📌 Specially those of you who participated in last hackathon (EthiopiaHacks v.9) are encouraged to apply if you satisfy the requirements.
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Innovation Marketplace - Agriculture
Do you have any startup that has been working on Agricultural technologies? Then, Please fill this form so that we can get you in touch with a team from World Bank that is responsible for collecting application.