FREE WORKSHOP: Want to learn how to launch your blockchain the easy way?

Sign up for the online workshop on August 6th to experience Substrate building framework hands-on and see how you can build entire blockchains in minimal time!

Learn how Substrate makes it easy to encapsulate your domain-specific logic in just a few lines of code and include it in a running blockchain in about 30 minutes. 

A hands-on workshop

In this live technical workshop, you will learn how Substrate and its meta-framework "FRAME" makes it easy to build a custom blockchain that comes fully loaded with best-in-class cryptographic algorithms from the researchers at the Web3 Foundation. 

Workshop topics

• the “Substrate and FRAME way” of thinking about blockchains
• how to use FRAME to write custom blockchain logic in just a few lines of code
• how to use Polkadot JS Apps UI and other ecosystem tools to interact with a Substrate-based chain
• the Substrate-based chains that Parity hosts and how they can be used as developer resources

Who should attend

Blockchain developers who want to learn about the technical advantages of using Substrate for their blockchain solutions. No previous experience needed!

Speaker

Dan Forbes, Developer Advocate, Parity Technologies

Agenda (1 h)

• Welcome to Substrate (15 min) 
• Workshop - live content (30 min)
• Q&A (15 min)

Register now: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ocimgwg2/register?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_campaign=crowdcast&utm_content=substrate%20workshops%20aug6&utm_term=parity

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About Substrate

Substrate comes with everything you need to build your blockchain. By using Substrate’s pallets you can easily create what you want, or craft your own custom logic. Either way, Substrate makes building a blockchain far faster, easier, and safer than ever before.

Start hacking!

Open Call: OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020 for University Student

Applications are open for the OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020. The OPEC Fund offers an Internship Program enabling students from diverse academic backgrounds to experience work with an international organization.

Deadline: October 1, 2020

Applications are open for the OPEC Fund Internship Program 2020. The OPEC Fund offers an Internship Program enabling students from diverse academic backgrounds to experience work with an international organization.

The Internship Program runs for between two and six months and is designed to:

• Provide a framework to support students assigned to any OPEC Fund department so that the focus remains on enriching the student’s experience;
• Provide an immersive experience so that students gain practical experience of working for an international organization; and
• Provide the opportunity for students to understand the OPEC Fund’s vision, mission and related values.

Duties

Interns are assigned to different departments/units depending on their interests and qualifications, and according to departmental needs. The Internship Program offers opportunities to focus on one or more of the following: public sector operations; private sector and trade finance operations; grants; financial management; risk management; strategic planning and economic services; internal audit; human resources; administration; communication; legal services; and information technology.

Work assignments undertaken by interns may include:

• Conducting research;
• Writing documents;
• Organizing information; and
• Assisting employees with their day-to-day work.

Eligibility

Applicants must be between 19 to 25 years of age and enrolled in an undergraduate program (having completed at least two years) or graduate program. Alternatively, applicants may be recent graduates, having graduated a maximum of one year before the application deadline.

Applicants must be:

• Proficient in English. Knowledge of an additional language (e.g. French, Spanish, Arabic) is an asset;
• Computer literate in standard software applications (Microsoft Office);
• Keenly interested in the work of the OPEC Fund;
• Able to demonstrate cultural awareness; and
• Able to demonstrate the OPEC Fund’s core values (Integrity, Empowerment, Excellence, Innovation, Community).

Application

Candidates must submit:

• The online application form;
• A Curriculum Vitae (CV);
• A copy of their university diploma or equivalent, or an original letter of confirmation from a university/school certifying the applicant is / was an undergraduate student;
• A copy of their most recent university transcripts, showing the cumulative GPA or equivalent; and
• A short statement in English (about 150-250 words) outlining their motivation for applying.

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Apply now: The NNPC/Seplat National Undergraduate Scholarship Programme 2020/2021 for young Nigerians

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has announced the opening of applications for undergraduates in State and Federal Universities in Nigeria to qualify for its scholarship.

Application Deadline: August 7th 2020



Requirements

Applicants must be in their second year of study or above.
Applicants must have at least 5 O’ level credit passes (English and Mathematics inclusive) at one sitting.
Applicants must not hold any other scholarship award

Field of Study

Accountancy
Agriculture
Architecture
Business Administration
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Economics
Electrical / Electronic Engineering
Geology
Geophysics
Medicine
Law
Mass Communication
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering

Eligibility: 

• Applicants must be in their second year of study or above.
• Applicants must have at least 5 O’ level credit passes (English and Mathematics inclusive) at one sitting.
• Applicants must not hold any other scholarship award

How to Apply: 

• Eligible students must complete and submit an online application form
• All applicants are expected to have a valid personal email account for ease of communication.
• Only the shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applications are subject to Seplat JV Scholarship Award Terms and Conditions.

Apply now: University of Cape Town MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2020/2021 for study in South Africa (Fully Funded)

The MasterCard Foundation has partnered with the University of Cape Town (UCT) to oversee the implementation of financial, academic, social and post-graduation support to awarded candidates under the scholarship titled The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town. 

Application Deadline:30th September, 2020 https://bit.ly/3fhsCze

Requirements

Academically talented, must value learning and be driven to complete their education.
Economically disadvantaged and facing significant financial barriers to accessing education.
Committed to giving back to their own communities once studies are completed, to return to their home countries and take a leadership role in promoting social and economic improvement.
Future leaders committed to embracing ethical leadership to improve the lives of others.
Commitment to community service through previous and/or past engagements with community outreach activities
Citizens and residents of a Sub-Saharan African country.

Benefits

. The scholarships will cover for the following:
• Reimbursement of costs incurred for visa application processing
• An economy class air ticket to Cape Town South Africa for awardees who are i) citizens and/or residents of an African country other than South Africa or ii) residing in South Africa but outside of Cape Town
• Full tuition fees and international student fees
• Accommodation in a student residence managed by the UCT Student Housing Admissions and Advocacy Services at UCT
• Meals through the student housing system at UCT
• Medical cover with a recommended medical aid service provider
• A living stipend; to be used to cover ad hoc expenses pertaining to awardees’ studies
• Costs related to community activities as prescribed by The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cape Town

Covid-19: Angola with two deaths, 16 positive cases, 23 recovered

Luanda - The national epidemiological context registered, in the last 24 hours, 16 more positive cases, two deaths and 23 recoveries.

Of the newly infected, according to the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, who did the usual data update, there is one from the Municipality of Cunhinga, central Bié Province  (case imported from Luanda), another case in the Municipality of Soyo, northern Zaire Province, and the others  from Luanda.

Franco Mufinda explained that the new Soyo case also involves a worker from the Kwanda oil exploration suppplies base.

According to the Secretary of State, the deaths refer to 16-year-old female patients, also affected by decompensated respiratory disease, and a 69-year-old male, also with acute respiratory disease.

In total, the country has 1,164 positive cases, 54 deaths, 460 recovered and 650 active.

The government of Angola announces plans to create regional river basin offices

Angolan Government will create regional offices of priority catchment basins to ensure operational management of water resources at the regional level.

The programme will cover Catumbela, Cavaco and Caporolo, Cuanza, Queve and Longa, as well as Zambezi.

The decision follows the final communiqué from the 3rd ordinary meeting of the National Water Council chaired by the Vice President, Bornito de Sousa held on Friday.

Relevant aspects were provided during the meeting.

They include structural projects to combat drought in the Cunene and Cuvelai basins, the strengthening of water supply systems, construction of multi-purpose dams and the assurance of water flow and use of groundwater.

The document also spoke of the installation of respective water channels in the Cunene and Cuvelai basins, the Cafu water transfer and the Calucuve and Ndúe dams.
 

The Council also examined the work carried out by the commissions of cross-border basins on the Cubango / Okavango river, among Angola, Namibia and Botswana (OKACOM), and on the Cuvelai river, between Angola and Namibia (CUVECOM).
 

The performance of the joint permanent technical commissions Angola / Namibia for the Cunene River Basin (CTPC), the Zambezi Watercourse (ZAMCOM), and the international for the Congo-Obangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS) were also assessed.
 

These commissions aim to consolidate good neighborly relations with countries bordering shared basins, aiming at an improved and participatory management of water resources.
 

The meeting also considered the report on the distribution of water to areas without plumbing, as part of the preventive measures against Covid-19, which accounts for the supply in Luanda, in April and May, of 119. 1 liters, worth 35. 4 million kwanzas.
 

Still  Friday, the Vice President of the Republic swore in José Gomes de Andrade Ambriz as Permanent Secretary of the National Water Council.

New Ndalatando water supply system budgeted at over USD 22 million

Over 22.6 million dollars constitutes the amount applied by the government in the execution of the project of construction of the new drinking water supply system for Ndalatando City, capital of the northern Cuanza Norte Province, under the Public Investments Programme (PIP).

The laying of the stone for the construction of the equipment took place, last Saturday, in Lucala Municipality, under the guidance of the governor of the province of Cuanza Norte, Adriano Mendes de Carvalho.

The project, initially included in the Public Investments Programme (PIP) of the Ministry of Energy and Water for the year 2019, is happening under the responsibility of the Chinese contractor QINGDAO Installation Co. Ltd., and was co-financed by the World Bank.

The construction of the project for the new water supply system for the Lucala River is being carried out in two years and six months, in addition to the eight months consumed by the contractor for the design of the project.

The equipment designed for a water flow of more than 12,500 cubic meters / day, is expected to benefit 214.000 people, of which 182.000 in Ndalatando, 21.500 in Lucala’s chief district and 10.500 along the main pipeline.

The system comprises the construction of water abstraction with a capacity of 660 cubic meters / hour, elevated duct of raw water, in cast iron DN 600 C30, in an extension of 1.516 meters, from the abstraction of water to the Water Treatment Station (ETA).

In addition to the water treatment plant sized to 625 cubic meters / hour, the new system includes a treated water reservoir with 3,500 cubic meters and a pumping station with a capacity of 594 cubic meters / hour.

The launching ceremony of the project was witnessed by the Secretary of State for Water, Lucrécio Costa, on behalf of the incumbent minister, João Baptista Borges.

The city of Ndalatando, capital of the province of Cuanza Norte, is inhabited by more than 400.000 people.

Angola reiterates commitment to fighting human trafficking

New York - Angolan government has reiterated its permanent effort to criminalise human trafficking in all its forms, including labour exploitation and commercial sexual exploitation of kids.

The commitment was expressed Thursday by the country’s permanent representative at the United Nations, the ambassador Maria de Jesus Ferreira.

Delivering her speech at a high level online event on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July, the diplomat spoke of the best way to combat such a phenomenon.

Among other aspects, she mentioned condemning the practices and conducting investigation, prosecution and punishing the trafficker and brokers, as part of the efforts to provide protection and assistance to the victims. 

“Angola has step up its effort against human trafficking in the latest years, in view of the increase in the number of cases reported. As for Angola, people vulnerable to sexual and child labour exploitation and sale of human organs, feature the human trafficking victim profile”, she said.    

The diplomat said that the issue was addressed as part of the organised crime, adding that in the last two years about 80 cases of human trafficking have been investigated in the country, and 20 out of this figure have already been addressed by the authorities. 

The ambassador also said that Angola has increased the financing and human resources for the implementation of necessary measures that should be taken under the regional and international cooperation to stop this kind of crime.

Maria de Jesus said in February this year Angola hosted in Luanda a seminary sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to train 55 technicians, who will be the future trainers in the fight against the human trafficking.

Another key measure to prevent and combat human trafficking in Angola is the first National Plan of Action to Prevent and Fight Human Trafficking, adopted by government this year.

The official announced a five-year plan based on four strategic axis - preventing human trafficking, protection and assistance to the trafficking victims; investigating allegations on criminals and human trafficking and partnership.

The plan is part of the National Strategy of Human Rights and aligned with the National Development Plan for 2018-2022.

In its decision to approve  National Plan of Action, Angola intends to punish the traffickers and places the protection and assistance to the victims on top, with stress to children trafficking, due to their vulnerability, said the Angolan ambassador.

Basketball: 1º de Agosto rule out contacts with coach Adingono

The chairman of 1º de Agosto FC, Carlos Hendrick, last Saturday denied contacts in Luanda with Cameroonian coach Lazare Adingono, ruling out the possibility of possible contract with the club.

Speaking to journalists after the inauguration ceremony of the club’s new board for the 2020/24 term, Carlos Hendrick said that the team's technical staff is already defined.

“We are committed to fulfilling the wishes of the founders of this great club, creating the necessary conditions for the development of sport. Our action aims to stabilize the club in all sectors, especially the technical part, placing the staff in the right places. so, Adingono will not be the coach of 1º de Agosto”, he asserted.

Eight years later, Lazare Adingono leaves Petro's basketball team, after a long period of negotiation with the board of the club, which resulted in a non-contractual renewal agreement.

Manuel Sousa Necas took over the technical command of the senior male basketball team, replacing Walter Costa.

The inauguration took place on the 43rd anniversary of the club, founded in 1977.

Carlos Hendrick was elected, in February, with 407 votes in favor, 21 against, 28 abstentions and two blank ballot papers, in a universe of 458 voters.

The general of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) will serve his third term at the helm of the “military club”.

Call for applications: TED Fellows Program 2021 for extraordinary thinkers and doers

Do not miss TED Fellows Program 2021 for extraordinary thinkers and doers

Application Deadline:August 24, 2020 https://bit.ly/310tOSG

Every year the TED Fellows program selects a new group of extraordinary, multidisciplinary individuals by open application. TED look for innovators on the rise in their respective fields who are doing bold, original work.

Requirements

An idea worth spreading!
A completed online application consisting of general biographical information, short paragraphs on your work and three references. (It’s fun, and it’ll make you think…)
You must be at least 18 years old to apply.
You must be fluent in English.
You must be excited to participate in a collaborative, interdisciplinary global community.
You must be available May 29–June 4, 2021.

Benefits

You become part of a diverse, collaborative and global community of more than 500 emerging and established experts.
You receive professional development through virtual workshops and webinars.
You gain valuable feedback from TED’s expert coaches on how to hone, express and communicate your work and your ideas.
You will give a TED Talk (at a virtual or live event, depending on the state of the global pandemic).
You’ll receive career coaching and mentorship from our team of professional coaches.
You’ll get public relations guidance and media training.
You’ll participate in virtual programming for TED Fellows.
You will have the opportunity to participate in and contribute to a thriving and connected global community.
You will get a possible invitation to attend the special TEDMonterey conference in Monterey, California. (Note: while we are currently planning on an in-person conference in Monterey [May 29–June 4, 2021], given the global pandemic this conference may be cancelled and the TED Fellowship may become entirely virtual. This will depend on expert advice and local health safety protocols.)

Swedish Institute Scholarships Spring 2021 for Study in Swedish Universities

Want to study in Sweden? Great news – you can now apply for a small number of programs that’ll start spring 2021. And the deadline? You have until 17 August to apply. Sweden Universities Scholarships Spring 2021 is welcoming International students to apply for this Fully Funded Sweden Scholarship in Undergraduate Degree Program & Master Degree Program.

Application Deadline:17th August 2020 https://bit.ly/315NEvO

Full-Time Undergraduate degree in Sweden is a 4 years program.
Full-Time Graduate Degree Scholarship inn Sweden is not more than 2 years.
Scholarship will be provided to you for the entire duration of study in Sweden.

General entry requirements

So these are things like having completed your high-school studies. Or having a bachelor’s degree. Also? Having a sufficient level of English. And you can find the general entry requirements for bachelor’s programmes ↗️ and master’s programmes ↗️ on Universityadmissions.se.

Exclusive Opportunity: Global Peace Summit Turkey 2020 (fully funded)

Want to travel to Turkey? Great news – you can now apply for Global Peace Summit Turkey 2020 that will start in October 2020.
Deadline: August 30th,2020

Global Peace Summit Turkey 2020 (GPST) is providing opportunities to extraordinary young, competent and enthusiastic peace builders from 100+ countries. One, we develop their ideas and road maps moving closer to achieving the sustainable development goals. Two, we advocate for peace in their communities in order to counter extreme violence, hate and all forms of discrimination.
This summit aims to inspire youth to sharpen skills of peace education, facilitate the exchange of ideas and project sharing, and new network to form with like-minded individuals and world leaders.
This summit will provide an opportunity to students and young leaders to bring solutions and projects on “Reshaping Youth Response to UNSDGs” by participation in different peace sessions, talks, group discussions and activities with international delegates and speakers.
Global Peace Summit Turkey 2020 will foster mutual understanding and harness capacity building of youth. Social harmony, exposure, and ideation creates new impact. GPST also aims to engage young people in conflict resolution, amplify their voice for social justice and create harmonious environment among communities & societies.


Eligibility
Youth between 16-35 of age.
Open minded,highly motivated and passionate.
Students,young professionals are encouraged to apply.
Passionate to achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Benefits
Airfare & Accommodation
Visa Assistance
Opportunity to interact with Global Leaders
Meet with like minded young social entrepreneurs
Share your initiatives with others
Peace Education & Leadership Capacity Building
Panel discussions
Key note speeches
Focused group discussions
Group activities
Awards & Certifications
Signatory campaign
Cultural Presentation
Gala Night
Site visit
Click here to apply: https://www.globalpeacechain.org/gps-turkey-2020/?fbclid=IwAR3_ZgrGRe-mU7CFNwYC9TNLzk8uvvrTKS1iYJ1tHRkt0P-AG05y_96hRfY

What do you think will end the global refugees crisis?

At least 79.5 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Among them are nearly 26 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18.1 percent of the world’s population have fled their homes as a result of conflict or persecution.

Sub-Saharan Africa hosts more than 26 percent of the world’s refugee population.

 Over 18 million people in this region are of concern to UNHCR. 

That number has soared in recent years, partly due to ongoing armed conflict and insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR), Nigeria and South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Interview with, 

Lual Mayen: Founder/CEO of Junub games.

Here is the full show:

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