Dear Angelique Dear All, Thank you for your email, I am Ben from IUCEA, it was a pleasure to meet Anelda and start this discussion, I will be happy to schedule a Zoom call and explain in detail the expectation from the East Africa perspective.
We would like to take this opportunity forward at the East Africa Community If you allow I would like to suggest the following dates; - 13th November 2019: 10.00-10.45, - 14th November 2019: 14.30 - 15.20, I send the zoom meeting request. I look forward to hearing from you, Kind regards Ben. *Ben G. Ruhinda, MSc. ICT, Project+* *Senior Systems Officer* Inter-University Council for East Africa Plot M833, Kigobe Road, Kyambogo P. O. Box 7110 Kampala, Uganda Website: www.iucea.org Tel: 256 414 256251/2 Mob: +256 703 089 549 On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 14:47, Angelique van Rensburg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anelda, > > Now that we have a Regional Consultant for Southern Africa we can formally > assist other African countries as the need exists. Perhaps we can set up a > call to communicate our Colleagues needs? > > Regards > > Angelique > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 12:22 PM Daniel Ouso <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Anelda, >> >> Thank you once again. I would be glad to be helpful with workshop plans >> and any Carpentries discussions. >> >> >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 10:24 Anelda van der Walt <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear colleagues, >>> >>> I was fortunate to meet Prof Alexandre Lyambabaje and Ben Ruhinda, >>> respectively the Executive Secretary and Senior Systems Officer of the >>> Inter-University Council for East Africa (www.iucea.org) recently. >>> >>> They were both very interested in bringing the Carpentries to Uganda >>> (where they are both based) but also broader to their network. >>> >>> *Is there anyone in this community who is interested to work with them >>> to get a Carpentries workshop off the ground to start off with? *I know >>> there are often international instructors already collaborating with >>> various countries on the African continent and was hoping we could >>> capitalise on an existing network/collaboration and expand on that. >>> >>> (Also copied Daniel Ouso and Prof Patrick Weke from Kenya in the hope >>> that there can be cross-fertilisation between Kenya/Uganda). >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing from interested people. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Anelda >>> >> *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / >> see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + >> participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + >> delivery >> options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> >> Permalink >> <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc9e6184196da6e96-Mdc72cc9f60b9fe4013796a39> >> > > > -- > *Angelique van Rensburg, PhD* > Regional Consultant for Southern Africa at The Carpentries > <https://carpentries.org/> > Twitter: @AngvanRensburg <https://twitter.com/AngvanRensburg> > Pronouns: she/her/hers > > Schedule a meeting with me: *https://calendly.com/angelique-17* > <https://calendly.com/angelique-17> > > The Carpentries <https://carpentries.org/> *- **We teach foundational > coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.* > carpentries.org | Twitter <http://twitter.com/thecarpentries> | Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/carpentries/> | Blog > <https://carpentries.org/blog/> > > > ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc9e6184196da6e96-M071ce679a09278277bf1f6b6 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
