AFRICAST Project: An online training on Forecasting using R

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πŠπ„π˜ 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒:

1. π‹π’π―πž 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐬:10 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.

2. π‹π’π―πž 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐒𝐧𝐠: Live coding demonstration in each session.

3. π‹πšπ› 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐒𝐬𝐞𝐬: the program includes two types of exercises: i) π‘³π’†π’‚π’“π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ: participants gain hands-on experience by working with diverse datasets;

ii) π‘¨π’‘π’‘π’π’š: these exercises involve applying the forecasting workflow to a single dataset from Africa, ending in the creation of a final report.

4. π…π«πžπž 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐒𝐚π₯𝐬: All presentation slides, code, exercises, and workshop recordings are accessible to the public online.

All the materials are accessible online via the website: https://workshop.f4sg.org/africast/

They are open-source: https://github.com/Forecasting-for-Social-Good/workshop-f4sg-africa.

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