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A big thank you to Coder:LevelUp for sponsoring PyConZA 2026. Your support helped make the conference a success, and we truly appreciate your contribution to the Python community.

A big thank you to afrolabs for sponsoring PyConZA 2026. Your support helped make the conference a success, and we truly appreciate your contribution to the Python community.

A big thank you to OfferZen for sponsoring PyConZA 2026. Your support helped make the conference a success, and we truly appreciate your contribution to the Python community.

A big thank you to NITheCS for sponsoring PyConZA 2026. Your support helped make the conference a success, and we truly appreciate your contribution to the Python community.

A big thank you to Thinkst Canary for sponsoring PyConZA 2026. Your support helped make the conference a success, and we truly appreciate your contribution to the Python community.

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⏰ Reminder: SerpApi Hackathon closes 21 October The final day of talks is here, and there’s still time to enter the SerpApi online hackathon, with R10,000 in total prizes up for grabs. 👉 Details and submissions: serpapi.com/pyconzahack...

NITheCS serves as a Centre of Excellence under the National Research Foundation, an entity of the government’s Department of Science, Technology and Innovation. #PyConZA

Robson invites you all to attend PyCon Namibia 2027, happening from 26 February to 4 March! na.pycon.org/2027/ Namibia is just next door, so no excuses! 🇳🇦🇿🇦 #PyConZA

Python at Spotify: Twenty Years of Evolution by Gijs Molenaar #PyConZA

There are always discussions happening outside the conference room, and this is not different! #PyConZA

"the loop of joy: learning environments, open source... and AI" by campey #PyConZA

PyConZA 2026❤️🇿🇦

ISAZI.AI in the house

Great talk by Marco of Thinkst Canary. “know, When it matters “ #PyConZA

Thinkst Canary in the house.

OfferZen team in the house🐍

Time for the badge. Get your badge and enjoy the conference #PyConZa

#PyConZA2026 Sprints! Two days of collaborative coding. Work on open-source projects, fix bugs, improve documentation, review PRs, and contribute to projects you care about. 📅 17–18 October 2026 📍 UCT, Cape Town 🔗 Registration deadline: 5pm on 15 Oct: forms.gle/LKtPJhNsX7w...

🐍 DAY 2 IS HERE! The main conference kicks off today, with a full day of talks at Belmont Square. Grab a coffee, find a seat, and come say hi to someone new. See you there! Check out the schedule: za.pycon.org/schedule/ #PyConZA2026 #PyConZA #Python

Fantastic turnout for beginners day! Big thanks to everyone and the sponsors 💜

Nothing beats the power of collaboration! This is the beauty of the open-source community! #BeginnersDay #PyConZA

The beauty of PyCon! New people meet, connections are made, and of course, we pose for the pictures! Namibia, South Africa #BeginnersDay #PyConZA #CapeTown

The SerpApi hackathon is now open to all #PyConZA2026 attendees! 🐍 Build an app, AI agent, script or integration with @serpapi and you could win part of R10,000 in prizes. Submit your public GitHub repo by the end of 21 Oct (SAST): 👉 serpapi.com/pyconzahack...

The real challenge wasn’t helping beginners… it was getting them to pose at the same time! #BeginnersDay #PyConZA

Coding is a superpower! Coder is empowering fellow Africans with the skills to unlock this power and create new opportunities. Want to learn more? Visit: coderlevelup.org/ #BeginnersDay #PyConZA26

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Johan van Rooyen! 🐍 Full stack developer doing a PhD in formal methods. Fighting merge conflicts in your Jupyter notebooks? He’ll show how his team made notebooks work for collaboration 📓 Grab your ticket: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #Jupyter

That time of the year when questions are endless and explanations get interesting! 😂🐍 #PyConZA

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Cynthia Mukhanu! 🐍 Drug discovery scientist at CHPC doing a PhD in #Bioinformatics. She’ll share how to move Python workflows from laptop to supercomputer when your data hits terabytes 🧬 Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke...

Learning Python, one line at a time. Beginner's Day at #PyConZA

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Mfundo Mdwadube! 🐍 HPC specialist at CHPC. One MeerKAT observation found 19,000+ radio sources. He’ll show the Python pipeline he built to handle data at that scale 🔭 Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke...

Exciting times! 🎉 PyConZA kicked off with Beginner’s Day It’s inspiring to see a community passionate about learning, sharing knowledge, and growing together.

🐍 IT'S HERE! PyConZA 2026 starts today with Beginners' Day, and talks follow on Thursday and Friday. See you at Belmont Square! 🎟 za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #PyConZA2026 #PyConZA #Python

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Hilal Işık! 🐍 Senior Data Analytics Coach, published author and #PyLadies member. Sports models often treat female athletes’ data as noise. She’ll show how to model it properly in Python 📊 Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke...

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Dirk Uys! 🐍 15 years of professional Python, building web apps that put tech to work in education and social impact. Dirk introduces the people behind the packages you use every day. Tickets: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #PyConZA #Python

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Robson Kanhalelo! 🐍 Computer Science teacher from Namibia 🇳🇦 He’ll share how Python helps students in under-resourced classrooms build projects, compete and aim higher. Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #Python #CodingEducation

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Ashton Hudson! 🐍 Principal Engineer at HPE with a US patent to his name. He’ll share what scaling rock faces taught him about discipline and judgement in engineering 🧗 Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke...

Introducing #PyConZA2026 keynote speaker, Petr Andreev! 🐍 CPython research engineer and MIPT lecturer. He’ll dig into what’s new in Python 3.15: the JIT, free-threading, low-overhead profiling and faster startup ⚡ Grab your ticket today: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke...

🎯 TOMORROW! Beginners' Day opens PyConZA 2026 at Belmont Square. Not sorted yet? There's still time. 🎟 za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #PyConZA #Python #PyConZA2026 #learntocode

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Grant Hillebrand! 🐍 20 years in corporate IT, 20 teaching CS. Thirty years on, he rewrote his higraph modelling tool from scratch in Python and PySide6, and he’ll share what he learned 🎨 Grab your ticket: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #Python

🐍 The PyConZA 2026 schedule is available! Explore the programme, browse the sessions, and plan your time at this year’s conference. 📅 View the schedule: za.pycon.org/schedule/ We look forward to seeing you at PyConZA in Cape Town! #PyConZA

Some of the best conversations at #PyConZA2026 will start in the Makers Room. 🛠️ Bring something you’ve built or tinkered with, set it up, and see who wanders over to ask how it works. It’s open all conference and will be locked safely after hours.

Meet #PyConZA2026 speaker: Jeremy Thurgood! 🐍 Writing Python since before decorators existed. Still on pip, black and mypy? Learn how to switch to faster, Rust-powered tools, or get more from them if you have. Secure your spot now: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #PyConZA #Python

Introducing #PyConZA2026 speaker, Binjamin Barsch! 🐍 Lead software engineer at CHPC. As AI agents start deploying code and touching production, what guardrails do you need? He’ll share hard-won lessons from cloud and HPC 🔐 🎟️👉 Tickets: za.pycon.org/pages/ticke... #DevOps #AI

Introducing #PyConZA2026 keynote speaker, David Campey! 🐍 Software developer and start-up tech builder in Cape Town for 20+ years, founder of afrolabs.co.za and coderlevelup.org. He’ll explore how humans and AI learn through feedback loops 🔁 #Python #CapeTown