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Africa Mobilizes and Java 7 too!
Africa is mobiizing to help communities all over gain useful software development skills. Today, we met to discuss conferences planned all over the continent in 2011. We also talked about Java 7. We discussed http://jcertif.com/ the Congo conference and largest software meetup in Africa. Max Bonbhel is the organizer and many countries were online this morning, including Lamine Ba (SeneJUG), Ahmed Hashim (EgyptJUG), Honere Nzambu, Faissal Boutaounte (MoroccoJUG), Mark Clarke and others representing various countries in Africa and abroad. Stay tuned!
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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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