Driving Sustainable Research Software and Systems: Insights from the First Research Software Indaba in Africa
On Friday, 19 May 2023, the first Research Software Indaba took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The event was the first of its kind to be held on the African continent and focussed exclusively on topics related to the research software and systems ecosystem. The event was attended by 20 participants who mostly came […]
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Mapping the RSE landscape in Africa
Talarify has been involved in creating awareness of the global Research Software Engineer (RSE) movement in Africa since 2015. In 2022 Talarify started supporting RSSE-Africa, a community founded in 2019, by hosting monthly community meetups. The goal of these monthly meetups is to stimulate the growth of an African community of practice around research software […]
Read MoreMapping African RSE groups and communities of practice to grow the RSE movement in Africa
Research software engineers (RSEs) are typically people with a background in a specific research discipline (other than computer science) who spend most of their working time coding. If you think you are a research software engineer, we invite you to be part of our community. We can help you access training, mentoring, new job opportunities, […]
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Supporting Research Software in South Africa and Africa
Last week the Institute in collaboration with the North West University, Cape Town University and Talarify helped run the first face-to-face Software and Data Carpentry Instructor Training. 23 new instructors from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya attended the event. After the workshop the Institute’s work was also presented at the Association of South African University Directors of Information Technology (ASAUDIT) Autumn General Institutional Meeting.
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