Startup Grind Addis Ababa

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We are partnered with Google for Startups, and host monthly events in 500 cities and 125+ countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies.

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https://www.meetup.com/Startup-Grind-Addis-Ababa/

👉 what?
ARCore is Google’s platform for building augmented reality experiences. Using different APIs, ARCore enables your phone to sense its environment, understand the world and interact with
information. Some of the APIs are available across Android and iOS to enable shared AR experiences.

Augmented Reality technologies have the potential to impact every aspect of mobile and personal computing in the near future. As a pioneer in the industry, Google now offers Android and Unity developers a reach of over 100 million ARCore-compatible devices through its ARCore platform

👉 who?
The ARCore “Event-In-A-Box” Workshop is best suited for Android and/or Unity developers who are keen to introduce Augmented Reality elements to their existing mobile projects.

👉 When?
Jan 5th, 9AM to 5PM

👉 Where?
American Center, Insize NALA (Wemezeker), Addis Ababa

Invited Guest 👉 Daniel Getachew: Full stack developer and trainer at Gebeya Talent.

👉 More Information?
https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Addis/events/255084691/

@GDGAddis

✨✨✨✨ We have some slots to attend ARCore workshop which is going to happen on Saturday Jan 5th, 2019 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ✨✨

Requirement
1. install JDK 8
2. Setup Android Studio v3.1 or higher
3. phone running Android 7.0 (Nougat) or setup Emulator with OS 7.0 or higher
4. (Optional) install Unity 2017.4 LTS or later
5. (Optional) ARCore SDK for Unity (recommended version: v1.5.0)

Apply Now: 👉 https://goo.gl/forms/K3yrMna0xgTLxZSF2

ARCore workshop was good and the presentation by Daniel was epic. Thank you all for comming.

@GDGAddis

Are you an AR/VR enthusiast and want to adapt Google's ARCore technology? If so, join this group 👇 to get resources and to be part of the pioneer community.

https://t.me/joinchat/F0igFVh0z95bmQwe7hpkwA

Merry Chirstmas to GDG Addis family!

@GDGAddis

✨2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit Launch Event ✨

The 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit, June 4-5, in The Hague, the Netherlands will invite the world’s most inspiring entrepreneurs innovating in Agriculture, Connectivity, Energy, Health, and Water.

Deadline is January 30.

Register now at 👇
https://www.ges2019nl.nl/

@GDGAddis

Whether you’re new to programming or a coding competition pro, here are three reasons why you should participate on #HashCode Challenge 2019 👇

https://www.blog.google/technology/developers/three-reasons-to-participate-in-hashcode/

Google and iceaddis would like to invite you for Google Design Sprint Addis Ababa 2019. The application is now open.

Google Design Sprint (GDS) is a 5-phase framework that helps answer critical business questions through rapid prototyping and user testing.

HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY HELP TO FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE?

During the workshop you will learn about the Google Design Sprint methodology and get insights on the harassment and abuse issues from an expert. We will follow the 5-phase framework to search for solutions in groups, create ideas of specific tech projects and make prototypes.

The workshop will be led by Emilia Maj, Google Sprint Master and Google Developer Expert, Founder of Husky Design Agency.

Deadline to apply - Feb 2nd, 2019

Time: 10:00 - 16:00, February 11th-13th, 2019
Max. number of participants: 25
Key audience: UI/UX Designers, Developers, Tech Product Leads, Social Activists
Language: ENG

Please apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfFriBvvEcNOvE94dPM-C2BDGjtC45H0nIIvrLwSp1dx8mcfA/viewform

TL;DR 142 | The Google Developer Show

Android Studio 3.3 → http://bit.ly/2Dy68KQ
Get your Android apps ready for 64-bit → http://bit.ly/2DyGllP
Feast: open source feature store for machine learning → http://bit.ly/2FJaK32
Go on Cloud Functions → http://bit.ly/2SbMzjS
NVIDIA Tesla T4 GPUs now in beta → http://bit.ly/2FM0tmX
Soft Actor-Critic: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotics → http://bit.ly/2UlpHfd
Google Summer of Code 2019 → http://bit.ly/2HxM3Z6

@GDGAddis

Another GDG chapter has established in Ethiopia! Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome GDG Adama (www.meetup.com/gdg-adama). ✨Congrats✨ developers and IT enthusiasts in Nazareth and nearby cities.
Big thanks to @IamYunusAli to come this true.

We will see many techy communities all over the country soon.

✨ "Ethiopia Hacks" Hackathon v2.0 ✨

U.S Embassy presents Ethiopia Hacks v2.0 in collaboration with USAID, GDG Addis and CAWEE.
An amazing 48 hours experience while solving real world problems in Ethiopia and win very valuable prizes!

When?
👉 Feb 8 - 10th , 2019

Where?
👉 American Center, Inside Wemezekir, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Requirements?
👉 Age between 18 to 25
👉 As an Individual or a team of 5 members ( with at least 2 women in the team). Individuals will be assigned to a team during the opening program.
👉 Basic programming skill.

Registration is still open at 👉 https://goo.gl/HEa1i6

Exciting News!
Google I/O 2019 Extended Addis is back, becoming bigger, and featuring many amazing Google Technologies, speakers and infotainment sessions.

REGISTER HERE 👇
https://www.meetup.com/GDG-Addis/events/258524620/