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Hey there,
This forloop Wednesday newsletter is a day late, and we sincerely apologize for not getting it delivered to you on time.
Here's what we put together for you;
As an investment to groom and produce world-class local talent, Microsoft has announced the launch of the Microsoft Development Centre in Africa, with initial sites in Kenya and Nigeria. The tech giant aims to make the Africa Development Centre (ADC) a premier centre of Microsoft's engineering, where talented African engineers will create innovative solutions for global impact. This will open up more opportunities for Africans in tech to work with and learn from the best. Read more here.
+ The Microsoft Africa Development Centre is also seeking local engineering talent to build solutions in AI, Machine Learning, and Mixed Reality, and will be hiring up to 500 local engineers to staff the ADC. If you would like to be a part of the initiative, head over here.
+ Atom 1.37 has been released. The new version packs in-editor pull request review comments, a performance boost for fuzzy-finder, improvements to the language package, and more. Check out the release notes to find out more.
+ Laravel 5.8.17 has been released, and it comes with "Tappable" Trait, support for multiple column argument, and more. Read more about the release.
+ Rust 1.34.2 has been released. Improvements and fixes have been made to the last stable version and vulnerabilities found in it. Read more here.
+ Techpoint Africa's annual tech conference, Techpoint Inspired, is set to hold on Saturday, the 1st of June 2019. The conference aims to look at and discuss the dynamics, growth, and active role of tech in Africa's advancement. Registration for the conference has begun, and tickets are available. To get a 15% discount on the conference's developer badge, use the code 'devCON'.
[You can also get apply for a free ticket here.]
+ 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.
Jobs & Opportunities
- Apollo is looking to hiring for a Developer Advocate and a Documentation Lead. If you'd like to be Apollo's Avocado or Scribe, go ahead and take the shot.
- Netlify is hiring. There are openings for Frontend, Backend, and API Engineers. Take a look and apply.
- 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.
- GitLab is hiring Front-end engineers. Read this to learn more and apply.
- Join Andela as a Software Engineer or a Senior Software Engineer.
- 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 tech teams in Canada. Check out the openings for Senior Software Engineer (React), Data Engineer, ReactJS Engineer, and DevOps Engineer. If you're new to Vanhack, register and create your profile here to begin, and if you're an existing VanHack talent, apply here.
To catch up on all upcoming dev related events, be sure to check the forloop.africa/meetups link. Also, if someone cool forwarded this to you, you can just subscribe here to get it in your inbox, going forward. Want to read the archive? Here you go.
Have an awesome day!
Jennifer Onwudiwe.
Writer
Solomon
Retired Superhero. Editor.
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