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Happy Easter to you!
I hope you're having a restful and refreshing holiday.
If this is the first holiday you're getting this year, I hope you're spending it doing things that you love. 

It may be a holiday, but I won't hesitate to bring you the good stuff.
Here you go;

- forloop Africa has partnered with Opera Payment Platform, Opay, to bring you an event themed The Building Blocks of Architecting Scalable Systems. At this workshop event, the developers at Opay will be sharing how they built a payment platform form the ground up, how to build a cloud-ready application, and Kotlin practicals.
Some speakers on the workshop line-up are Stephan Spasov (DevOps Team Lead, Opay), Duy Huynh (Back-end engineering Team Lead, Opay), and Boris Tiutin (Android Team lead, Opay).
The event takes place on Saturday, the 27th of April, 2019. It promises to be an impactful workshop. There will also be a recruitment fair at the event. To attend, register here now. [Limited spaces available]

- Google's Android Studio 3.4 has been released after months of development. Some new features include the Resource Manager, for managing your assets as your application becomes more complex, Import Intentions, and more. Read the release notes to find out more.

- GitHub has released Atom 1.37 beta. New features are set to improve pull request experience. Check out the release notes.

- Mozilla has launched Fluent 1.0, a localization package. Find out more here.

- Emacs 26.2 has been released, and with it comes Unicode 11.0 - finally. Check it out.

- The Wordpress Community will be hosting the second edition of WordCamp from the 10th to the 12th of May. This year's program will feature tech talks, practical sessions and workshops, and even a kids camp for children between ages 8 to 16. For more information on volunteering, speaking, and attendance, check out the roadmap.




Jobs & Opportunities: 
-  Jumia is hiring Java Developers for Jumia Pay. Check out the requirements and apply here.

- e-Worker is hiring to fill the role of an Agile Software Project Manager. If this position interests you, send your resume to emmanuel[at]eworker[dot]co.

- Resplash, an initiative that seeks to empower young people with tech and leadership skills, has launched its first scholarship program to teach 40 women how to code and launch startups. If you would like to learn more about the Resplash Leadership Program, head over here. You can also apply here; applications are open till the 30th of April.

- GitLab is hiring Front-end engineers. Read this to learn more and apply.

- Andela has launched its first all-female fellowship cycle in Nigeria and Rwanda. If you're a lady and an aspiring software engineer (absolute beginner or experienced beginner), you can apply to join the cycle in Nigeria or Rwanda. 
You can also join Andela as a Software Engineer or a Senior Software Engineer.

- The Andela Learning Community (ALC) is looking for volunteers for the upcoming ALC program. If you'd like to be a learning facilitator to get people on track with learning new tech skills, apply here.

- Stears Business, a reputable online publication, is looking to hire a Full-stack developer. Check out the requirements and apply here. 

-  Microsoft is hiring in Nigeria. Check out requirements for the Software Engineer and Software Engineer 2 roles, and apply.

- Zeit is looking to hire amazing people that will grow the company through Accessibility, Communications and Community Development, Sales & Distribution, Back-end and Front-end engineering, UX/UI design, and Security. Here's how to apply.

- VanHack is still listing amazing opportunities to join great tech teams in Canada and other parts of the world. Check out the openings for Senior Front-end Developer, Senior Back-end Developer, Senior Software Engineer (React), ReactJS Engineer, Data Engineer, DevOps Engineer, and more. If you're new to Vanhack, register and create your profile here to begin, and if you're an existing VanHack talent, apply here.