I wonder if part of the solution here is to request the grant and only start planning the event if the grant gets approved or denied? In any case, I would say

I wonder if part of the solution here is to request the grant and only start planning the event if the grant gets approved or denied? In any case, I would say the PSF should have a presumption towards supporting events in Africa, since their money will go farther there, and presumably will do more to nurture the nascent Python community in Africa (vs Python communities elsewhere in the world which are already well-established). Just my 2c