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Revision as of 00:26, 6 November 2023

𝐊𝐄𝐘 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒:

1. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:10 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.

2. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: Live coding demonstration in each session.

3. 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬: the program includes two types of exercises: i) 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈: participants gain hands-on experience by working with diverse datasets;

ii) 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚: these exercises involve applying the forecasting workflow to a single dataset from Africa, ending in the creation of a final report.

4. 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: 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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