DevFest Kisumu 2025

Name: DevFest Kisumu 2025
Start: 2025-11-08T09:00:00+03:00
End: 2025-11-08T17:00:00+03:00
Location: University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus

University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus, Oginga Odinga Road, Kisumu, 40100

GDG Kisumu

DevFest (Developers Festival) is a series of community-led tech conferences hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDG) around the world. Each GDG chapter organizes its own DevFest, focusing on local developer communities and their specific needs.

Nov 8, 2025, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIAI - GeminiAI - GemmaAI - Vertex AIDevFestGoogle Cloud

About this event

DevFest (Developers Festival) is a series of community-led tech conferences hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDG) around the world. Each GDG chapter organizes its own DevFest, focusing on local developer communities and their specific needs. This year, under the theme  'Building Safe, Secure and Scalable Solutions with AI and Cloud',  we'll focus on driving the practical integration of AI and Google Cloud into software solutions. Our goal is to equip developers with the skills to build innovative, scalable, and ethically sound applications, acknowledging their pivotal role in shaping a technology-driven future that benefits everyone.

When

Saturday, November 8, 2025
6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Where

University of Nairobi, Kisumu Campus
Oginga Odinga Road
Kisumu 40100

Agenda

6:00 AM	Welcome to DevFest Kisumu 2025!	Opening Remarks
6:45 AM	Buiding For Trust in The AI Age	Opening Keynote
7:10 AM	ADK Fundamentals - Hands On: Build & Deploy Your First AI Agent	This hands-on module guides you from zero to a fully functional, tool-using AI agent, culminating in a cloud deployment. With some Python experience, you'll dive into the core concepts and practical steps of the Agent Development Kit (ADK).
8:00 AM	From Idea to Play Store: My Journey Building MoviePlug with Flutter and Google Gemini
8:00 AM	Practical AI for Android Developers with Android Studio’s AI Agent	In this talk, we’ll explore the latest features of the AI in Android Studio and see how it can simplify everyday tasks. We’ll showcase how it handles complex, multistep workflows like refactoring large codebases, generating and running tests, updating dependencies, and fixing stubborn build errors. We’ll also dive into its UI-focused capabilities: instantly turning visual designs and screenshots into production-ready Jetpack Compose code, transforming UIs with natural language commands in the Compose Preview, generating previews with realistic sample data, and even suggesting accessibility fixes or adaptive layouts.
9:05 AM	Building a RAG System with Gemma using Google Unisim and Hugging Face	This workshop will demonstrate how to build a minimal, fully functional Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system using Gemma as the foundation model and Google's UniSim project for embeddings; all without relying on traditional orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex, or even a vector database.
9:05 AM	Math Reasoning With Gemini 2.5 Pro:Multi-Step problem solving and Proof Verification	This hands-on workshop explores the advanced mathematical reasoning capabilities of Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro model, focusing on complex multi-step problem solving and proof verification techniques. Participants will witness live demonstrations of how this cutting-edge AI model approaches mathematical proofs, verifies logical arguments, and generates alternative solution pathways.
10:05 AM	LUNCH BREAK
11:15 AM	Your New Team Mate is an LLM: Superchanging Androind Development
11:15 AM	Jank to Jewel: Shipping Buttery-Smooth UIs with Advanced Compose	This session is a practical deep dive for experienced Android engineers. We'll move beyond the basics to master the profiling tools and architectural patterns needed to diagnose, fix, and prevent complex performance bottlenecks. This isn't just about tips; it's about building a systematic approach to performance for large-scale applications.
12:15 PM	Networking and Photo session
12:45 PM	Closing Remarks

Speakers

Marvin Ngesa

Device Manager, GDE

Moyin Adeyemi

Staff Software Engineer, GDE

Olvine George

Software Developer

Victor Ashioya

ML Researcher

Yves Kalume

Google

Google Developer Expert

Wesley Kambale

Google Developer Expert in AI

Organizer, ML Engineer & Data Scientist

Mambo Bryan

Baobab Circle

GDE for Android | Android Engineer

Stephen Jobita

LocateIT

Product Designer

Organizers

Getty Orawo

AMI Kenya

Software Engineer

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Pollet Obuya

GDG Kisumu co-lead

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Jackline kaunda

Organiser

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Dorothy Akoth

Registrations

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DevFest Kisumu 2025

Nov 8, 2025, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Marvin Ngesa

Moyin Adeyemi

Olvine George

Victor Ashioya

Yves Kalume

Wesley Kambale

Mambo Bryan

Stephen Jobita

Organizers

Getty Orawo

Pollet Obuya

Jackline kaunda

Dorothy Akoth

Nov 8, 2025, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)