Tech events to attend this week: Designers Meet, TechTalk, others

Tech continues to shape every aspect of our lives. It has brought ease to the way we work and live, and there’s more to be done with tech events happening around us this week. Conversations continue on what to do next, and how to scale what has been done.

This is why we listed these tech events to be part of this week: April 11–15, 2022.

Designers Meet

Designers Meet by Product Hunt is an event tailored for designers to dive into Product Hunt to find a valuable collection of design tools.

At the event, designers will network, play games and hunt for valuable design tools listed on Product Hunt. The designer who hunts the most valuable collection of tools (as voted by other designers at the event) wins the meet’s prize.

Interested? Create an account on Product Hunt and start discovering awesome tools, websites, products and apps every day.

The event is open to Graphic artists, UI/UX designers, graphic designers, artists, creative directors, virtual instructors, art directors and everyone who loves colors and visuals.

Date: Saturday, April 16, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM WAT
Location: EridanSpace, adjacent Ikeja City Mall, Lagos

More info here.

WordPress Web Design

Are you interested in Web Design and Development using WordPress?

Learn all of that, step by step, during CSS Tech Hub’s Web Design training from April 15-16, 2022. The training covers; registering domain name, web hosting, installing WordPress through Web Hosting Interface, SEO and Metatags, among others.

The training is free and open to everyone.

Date: April 15 – 16, 2022
Time: 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM WAT
Location: BHL Tech Hub, Bookshop House, 50 Broad street, Lagos Island, Lagos

More info here.

Cost optimisation using cloud technology

As the digital economy evolves, there is the all-important need to transform the way we skill and upskill the workforce. Nearly half of all CEOs see upskilling as critical to addressing skills gaps.

Elev8 is helping to meet these needs with the Elev8 Skills Talk. It’s a quarterly webinar series that covers a variety of topics. The Q1 2022 edition focuses on cost optimisation using cloud technology, bringing together global partners and trainers for knowledge-sharing.

The series is open to Nigerian and African job seekers and employees who intend to skill up and reskill.

Date: April 13, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM WAT

Techtalk 3.0

Organised by Ashpot, TechTalk is a live talk show on technology. It is a platform where tech students, developers, practitioners, leaders, enthusiasts and users meet to discuss, learn and brainstorm on current issues in the tech world. It is a great opportunity to meet people and learn.

Ashpot is based in Aba, Abia. Its goal and driving objective is to continually offer suitable and reliable solutions for individual and business IT needs. They do this by offering training, products and services that are tailored as solutions to such needs.

It is free.

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM WAT

Location: Ashpot HQ, 11 Nicholas Street, Aba, Abia