Slides from my presentation at International Data Week SciDataCon, Gaborone, 2018.The presentation took place in session 244: Sharing lessons on data science teaching techniques, methods and materials and with two specific requests and invitations, and covered the following themes:1. Background to the Carpentries2. The history of the Carpentries in Africa3. The African Carpentry Task Force's work in Africa4. My personal use of the Carpentries methods in my professional work at UCT Libraries and Figshare
