Google's V8 version 7.5 (beta)

Google's V8 version 7.5(beta) has been released. 

Intended Web Assembly updates and more have been highlighted in anticipation of the main release. 

Find more details here.

PyCon Africa 2019!

PyCon Africa has announced the opening of its Call For Proposals ahead of its 2019 Event. 

If you have some greatness to share in the form of a Python-related project or practice, 

Submit Your Proposal Here. 

The deadline for submission is the 1st of June 2019.

All the BEST!!!!

Global Code Summer Program 2019

APPLY HERE

All the best

Sentiment analysis on Trump's tweets using Python

DESCRIPTION:

In this article we will:

1. Extract twitter data using tweepy and learn how to handle it using pandas.
2. Do some basic statistics and visualizations with numpy, matplotlib and seaborn.
3. Do sentiment analysis of extracted (Trump's) tweets using textblob.

Read It Here

Study UK: Discover You!

Are you considering an international education? Are you thinking of getting an MBA, undergraduate or postgraduate international degree? Do you live in Nigeria's South West region? Yes?

Join us in November 2018 as the British Council in Nigeria invites you to the second edition of the Study UK Exhibition taking place in Uyo on 27 November 2018.

The UK is a top study destination with world-class institutions. Three of the top ten universities in the world is UK institutions. The UK is also home to many high-quality further education colleges and boarding schools. Whatever your level of study, the UK offers you a multicultural learning environment with rich traditions and beautiful cities and countrysides.

The 2019 Ashinaga Africa Initiative is now open!

Now recruiting for 2019 leadership program

The Ashinaga Africa Initiative began in 2014. Its mission is to contribute to Sub-Saharan Africa’s expanding role in global development through increasing access to higher education abroad. We support orphaned students who are committed to returning home and initiating change, by providing access to full financial support to study at a university abroad (equivalent to an undergraduate degree). Ashinaga support covers tuition, accommodation, travel costs, and other necessary fees.

Apply online here:

Over 3,000 Youths Will Be Trained in Animation, Screen Writing — Prof. Osinbajo

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government is training over 3,000 young people in 3D and 2D animation, story boarding skills, script writing among others.

Osinbajo disclosed this on Tuesday while declaring open the inaugural edition of The Art Summit holding at the Harbor Point, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the summit was “The Future of Art: Artist as the Nucleus.’’