AFRICAST Project: An online training on Forecasting using R
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1. ππ’π―π π¬ππ¬π¬π’π¨π§π¬:10 sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.
2. ππ’π―π ππ¨ππ’π§π : Live coding demonstration in each session.
3. πππ ππ±πππ«ππ’π¬ππ¬: the program includes two types of exercises: i) π³πππππππ: participants gain hands-on experience by working with diverse datasets;
ii) π¨ππππ: these exercises involve applying the forecasting workflow to a single dataset from Africa, ending in the creation of a final report.
4. π π«ππ πππππ¬π¬ ππ¨ π¦ππππ«π’ππ₯π¬: All presentation slides, code, exercises, and workshop recordings are accessible to the public online.
All the materials are accessible online via the website: https://workshop.f4sg.org/africast/
They are open-source: https://github.com/Forecasting-for-Social-Good/workshop-f4sg-africa.