Faster websites have been shown to increase visitor retention, loyalty as well as lead to a more satisfied customer. In Africa, a large number of people are accessing the internet from their mobile phones and for users with slow internet connections, it becomes super important that websites being visited respond faster with fewer resources. 

Doug is a freelance mobile performance expert, studying the intersection of media and web performance. A Google Developer Expert and the author of O’Reilly’s “High-Performance Android Apps,” Doug regularly speaks at conferences, and blogs at dougsillars.com. He is currently working as a freelance digital nomad, traveling with his family in Europe.  

Doug would be taking us through the process of turning a slow website into a highly performant one.