Hi guys, trust you had a great weekend. There are several interesting events across the tech space that you can attend this week. However, most of the events will still hold virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have curated a list of some of the major virtual events you could attend. These events come up between August 17 – 22, 2020.
Graphic Design for Busynesses
This weekend, Brandest, an innovative branding & strategic communications company will be hosting a webinar to discuss how brands can establish their visual identity and produce better visual designs for their brands.
The virtual masterclass will host Nnadiukwu Ronald, project manager at Deezey Media. Ronald is an expert at building Brands and creatively providing solutions by leveraging Technology and Media.
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2020
Time: 8:00 PM
You can join the webinar here.
Harnessing Mobile Phone Data for Covid-19 response
Starting this week, the United Nations Global Pulse will be hosting an online webinar to discuss harnessing of mobile phone data for Covid-19 response and recovery efforts in Africa.
During the webinar, facilitators from the private sector, academia, development, humanitarian partners and data experts in National Statistical Offices (NSOs) will be looking into the use of mobile data to inform the current COVID-19 pandemic with regards to immediate response, its socio-economic effects, and efforts to build back better.
In addition, the 10-session interactive webinar series will allow knowledge and experience exchange to feed into the current and future responses to pandemics. It will also encourage adoption and responsible use of mobile phone data for the acceleration of the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Date: Monday, August 17, 2020 – Friday, August 28, 2020
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM
You can join the webinar here.
Benefits of Gaming
On Friday, Carry1st will be discussing the Benefits of Gaming on the specific topic of, Does gaming increase IQ?’ in another edition of GamesGamersGaming. The virtual tech event will bring together Game Creators, community leads and gamers to have fun while discussing developing the gaming industry in Africa.
During the IG live session, the guest speaker Tomi Walker will be discussing his journey to gaming while focusing on the actual Benefits of Gaming. He will also answer the question of whether gaming increases IQ.
The event will be moderated by Boluwatife Omotayo and the guest speaker will be Tomi Walker, Head of Growth and Content at TQG Digitals (Makers of PlayTQ Trivia).
Date: Friday, August 21, 2020
Time: 6:15 PM
You can join the event on Carry1st Instagram Live.
Man Meets Machine Webinar
On Wednesday, Mining Review Africa will be hosting a webinar on how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance human experience to make process plants more efficient.
During the session, experts will discuss the opportunities available to further develop intelligent technologies and make the mining sector more efficient and sustainable.
Other key discussion points include the rationale and value of developing integrated technologies for mineral process applications, benefits of intelligent technologies to the minerals processing customer, the role of the human versus the role of the intelligent machine among others.
The Webinar will host Thomas Holtz, Chief Executive Officer of Multotec Group; Faan Bornman, Technology Manager for Research & Development at Multotec and James Trace, Founder of TraceX.
Date: Wednesday, August 19 2020
Time: 1:00 PM
You can join the webinar here.
Code4Teens Webinar
This event was organised by Youth Day of Service (YDOS) to steer interest of coding and programming in teens and youths between the ages of 13 and 19.
During the session, coding experts will be discussing the benefits teens stand to gain by learning how to code early. It will also show how to best go about learning how to code and where they can learn it.
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Time: 12:00 PM
You can join the webinar here.
Policy Management Webinar
This event was organised by Micro Focus to enlighten organisations about the new challenges and solutions of enforcing security policies, configuration and access controls consistently across their entire infrastructure.
During the session, organisation management will learn about innovative and transformative solutions that will address the growing complexity and hybrid nature of today’s IT environments.
The 60 mins webinar will host Charles Davis, Full Armor Corp and Tim Sedlack, Micro Focus.
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Time: 8:00 AM
You can join the webinar here.
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