DevFest Nairobi 2022

United States International University Africa, Off USIU Road, Off Thika Road (Exit 7), Nairobi, 00800

GDG Nairobi

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Nov 5, 2022, 5:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIAR/VRCloudDevFestDevOpsEnterprise/Business SolutionsFirebaseFlutterGoogle AssistantInclusionIoTMachine LearningNetworkingWebWomen Techmakers

About this event

WE ARE GOING!

It is official, GDG DevFest Nairobi 2022 is taking place physically on weekend of November 5th.

GDG DevFest Nairobi (described by many as 'Google I/O of Africa'), brings together people who are shaping the future of Android, Web, IoT - Robotics, AI and Cloud technologies for days of sessions, workshops and networking.

GDG DevFest Nairobi is a 100% community organized conference with 2000+ amazing engineers (embarking on a nomadic journey from all corners of the continent/world), carefully selected tech talks, the best industry experts presenting on the exciting topics and a world-class conference experience.

Be a part of this unique community moment in 2022, and join the DevFest movement happening over one epic weekend.

Want to Speak at #devfestNairobi ? Submit C4P here

The pilgrimage is a time honored tradition - "The giants of Tech MUST assemble"!

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Agenda

5:00 AMCrew Wake & Keynote Pre-Show
6:30 AMLaunch Readiness briefing
6:45 AMLaunch shift on Console
7:05 AMPartner Sessions
7:15 AMKeynote : Future of Web3 and Blockchain Security
7:25 AMSpace Debrief: Android
7:35 AMSpace Debrief: AI/ ML
7:45 AMSpace Debrief: Cloud
7:55 AMSpace Debrief: Web
8:55 AMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Bridging the digital divide within the education sector for students with disabilities
8:55 AMLT7 (School of Humanities) Andromeda Track (Flutter) : Widgetbook - A Flutter Storybook
9:30 AMLT7 (School of Humanities) Andromeda Track (Android) : Take advantage of asynchronous programming using Kotlin Coroutines
9:30 AMAuditorium - Orion Track Track ( AI/ ML ) : Considerations for Deploying ML Models on Edge Devices
9:30 AMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Google CrowdSource
9:30 AMLT5 (School of Science) - Sombrero Track : Building Technology That Adapts & Scales Easily with Product Market Fit
9:30 AMLT4 (School of Science) - Polaris Track (Web/PWA) : Make Your React Website Fast
9:30 AMLT3 (School of Science) - Draco Track : Real Time Fire Detection Using YoloV5
9:30 AMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) : Four unique ways to deploy and scale your containerized app on Google Cloud
9:35 AMLT5 (School of Science) - Sombrero Track : When Blockchain Meets AI
10:10 AMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) : When and How to use DevOps tools
10:10 AMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Confirm your knowledge with a certification
10:10 AMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Matumizi ya Lugha ya Kiswahili katika Makongamano ya GDG Dar es Salaam
10:10 AMAuditorium - Orion Track (AI / ML) : Data Engineering on Google Cloud Platform
10:10 AMLT4 (School of Science) - Polaris Track (Web /PWA) : Let's talk about web performance - Great Performance is Great User Experience
10:10 AMLT3 (School of Science) - Draco Track (IOT): Building scalable IoT data pipelines
10:10 AMLT5 (School of Science) - Sombrero Track : 10 Postman Features Everyone Should Know
10:40 AMLUNCH
10:50 AMMain Tent - Phoenex Track : Go international with Tunga
10:50 AMLT7 (School of Humanities) - Andromeda Track (Android) : An opinionated guide to mocking in Android
11:00 AMLT5 (School of Science) - Sombrero Track : A Deep Dive into Stablecoins in Web Applications
11:30 AMAuditorium - Orion Track (AI / ML) : Searching for Anomalous Subsets? All You Need is Scanning
11:30 AMLT4 (School of Science) - Polaris Track (Web /PWA) : Offline first in web
11:30 AMLT3 (School of Science) - Draco Track (IOT) : Getting Started with IoT
11:30 AMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) : Serverless Architecture Overview
11:30 AMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Using Google Earth Engine for Food Security and Early Decision Support
11:50 AMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) : Everything APIs
11:50 AMAuditorium - Orion Track (AI/ML) : Introduction to Data Science
11:50 AMLT3 (School of Science) - Draco Track (Craftsmanship) : Kamilimu
11:50 AMLT5 (School of Science) - Sombrero Track : Land Global Roles with Propel
12:10 PMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) : Serverless Backend infrastructure with AWS Lambdas.
12:10 PMMain Tent - Phoenix Track - Introduction to UI/UX
12:10 PMLT7 (School of Humanities) Andromeda Track (Android) : Modern Android Development using MVI architecture
12:10 PMAuditorium - Orion Track (AI/ML) : Community and web3 for the next billion users
12:10 PMLT3 (School of Science) - Draco Track (ML) - Responsible ML with Fairlearn
12:10 PMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Atomic Design
12:10 PMLT4 (School of Science) - Polaris Track (Web /PWA) : Introduction to Web Accessibility
12:30 PMLT8 (School of Humanities) - Cancer Track (Cloud) - Headless WordPress on GCP for the Jamstack
12:30 PMAuditorium - Orion Track (AI/ML) - MLOps with TFX (TensorFlow Extended)
12:30 PMLT7 (School of Humanities) - Andromeda Track - Flutter state persistence with Hydrated Bloc
12:50 PMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : If You Don’t Write, Who Will? Let’s Discuss Technical Writing
12:50 PMLT4 (School of Science) - Polaris Track (Web /PWA) : Browser interoperability
12:50 PMLT7 (School of Humanities) - Andromeda Track (Flutter) : Making the most out of App Analytics with Flutter and AWS Amplify
1:10 PMUndock
1:30 PMMain Tent - Phoenix Track -The art of Learning how to learn
1:30 PMMain Tent - Phoenix Track : Staying relevant: what are the essential skill set needed in order to keep up with changes in tech
1:30 PMLT7 (School of Humanities) - Andromeda Track (Android) - What's up with Android's back?
1:30 PMNetworking + Music & After Hours
2:00 PM

Speakers

  • John Kimani

    Google

    Developer Ecosystem Program Manager

  • Auwal M S

    Engineering Manager

    Developer Relations Manager

  • Allela Eunice

    Google

    Google Developer Relations Community Manager

  • Tabitha Kavyu

    Google Crowdsource

    Community Coordinator

  • Tanya Akumu

    IBM Research Africa

    AI Research Engineer

  • Adebayo Oshingbesan

    IBM Research Africa.

    AI Science Developer

  • Nav Singh

    Manulife

    Mobile Software Engineer, Google Developer Experts

  • Muhammed Salih Guler

    Klar

    Senior Mobile Engineer

  • Bethany Jepchumba

    Microsoft

    Cloud Advocate

  • Eric Ampire

    Lottie Files

    Mobile Engineer

  • Wycliffe Maina

    Skyhook Adventure

    Full-stack Software Engineer

  • Solomon Esenyi

    Technical Writer

  • Beatrice Kinya

    Raywenderlich.com

    Android Author

  • Ferdinand Bada

    Payoneer, Germany

    Senior Android Engineer

  • Ken Mbuki

    Moringa School

    Business Intelligence Analyst and Data Governance Consultant

  • Abdulqudus Abubakre

    CertifactionAg

    Frontend Developer

  • Nancy Marangu

    Communication & Public Policy Analyst

  • James Mwai

    Sky.Garden

    GDE and CTO

  • Mbaabu Harun

    Developer Relations Engineer

  • Jochen Kirstätter

    IOS Indian Ocean Software Ltd

    GDE Google Cloud

  • Rose Oketch

    Moringa School

    Technical Mentor

  • Tony Kimathi

    Microsoft

    Software Engineer 2, Open-Source Contributor

  • Robert John

    Machine Learning GDE

  • Willie Ng'ang'a

    Electrum Payments

    Software Engineer

  • Joy Linda

    dLight

    Frontend Engineer

  • Nicholas Musau

    Family Bank Limited

    GDE for Earth Engine | Data Scientist

  • Wanjohi Christopher

    Bidco Africa

    Data Scientist

  • Purity Birir

    AccessibilityAfrica

    Software engineer, co-founder

  • Olayinka Peter

    Machine Learning GDE

  • Stephen Kamau

    Neural Labs Africa

    Machine Learning Engineer

  • Emmanuel Rono

    Zetech University

    IoT lead

  • Eunice Wanja

    Cybersecurity specialist

  • Sammy Oina

    Ultraviolet

    SWE

  • Yesaya Athuman

    Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA)

    Senior ICT Officer - Application Programmer

  • Joseph Njogu

    Arc Ride Kenya

    Software & DevOps Engineer

  • Brian Wanjala

    South Front Properties Ltd.

    IT Lead

  • Paul Chesa

    iTalanta

    Software Engineer

  • Okoth Kelvin

    Creative Designer

  • Ian Okumu

    Anything Mobile is my thing.😃

  • Stanley Masinde

    Producers Direct

    Software Developer

  • Rama Ochieng

    Software Engineer

  • Luthfulahi Oseni

    Penalogue

    Software Engineer

  • Eric Muli

    Widgetbook GmbH, Co-organizer for Flutter Kenya

    Software Developer

  • Benard Ngoda

    Kodally

    IOS/ Android Developer

  • Brian Chege

    Kodally

    Flutter Mobile Developer (iOS/Android)

Partners

Tunga logo

Tunga

Mara logo

Mara

Propel logo

Propel

Circle logo

Circle

Chimoney logo

Chimoney

Postman logo

Postman

Youverify logo

Youverify

KamiLimu logo

KamiLimu

SpaceYaTech logo

SpaceYaTech

Denri Africa logo

Denri Africa

DeKUT Film Hub logo

DeKUT Film Hub

Organizers

  • Brayan Mwanyumba

    GDG Co-Lead & Crew

  • Cynthia Kamau

    Software Engineer | Programs Lead | WTM Ambassador

  • Wayne Gakuo

    Sky.Garden

    GDG Co-organizer & Crew

  • Sabina Benerdette

    PULA

    QA Engineer

  • Marjan Hussein

    Organizer - Demo Zones

  • Danroy Mwangi

    Branding and Marketing

  • Wangari Njeri

    Organizer - Media & Communication

  • Irene Onyango

    Organizer

  • Brian Ouma

    GDG Organizer

    Media & Designs

  • prisca akinyi

    L'Oreal East Africa

    Organizer - Partners

  • Ngesa Marvin

    Safaricom PLC

    Strategic Partnerships, Content & ML

  • Philomena Mbura

    WTM Ambassador

    Data Analyst/Scientist

Contact Us

Featured Attendees

  • Terry Ngari

    Freelance

    Web developer/designer

  • Okware Tom

    The Hive Workspace

    Innovation Lead

  • Castiel Noanne

    The Millenial News

    CEO

  • Chebet Kiplangat

    Girls Can Organisation

    Fronted Developer

  • Vuyanzi Glorious

    Twiga Foods Ltd

    Associate Product Manager

  • Timz Owen

    HealthIT

    Software Developer

  • Abigael Kinini

    Kinini Creations

    Ms

  • Adeya David Oduor

    Freelance

    Software developer

  • Mohamed Dekow

    GDSC Lead Meru Uni

    GDSC Lead

  • Bezawork Tilahun Mindaye

    Women TechMakers

    WTM Ambassador

  • Davinderpal Rehal

    Reveall

    Senior Full Stack Engineer

  • Egesa Wenslous

    Daystay university

    GSDC

  • Bernard Limo

    Smart Applications International

    CRO

  • WAMBILIANGA M. PETER

    Dedan kimathi university

    Institution

  • gregory okari

    Adanian Labs

    UX/UI Designer

  • philomena mbura

    Safaricom PLC

    Data Scientist

  • Kimani Kabiria

    Hello Homez

    C.E.O

  • Sharon Shirley

    Family bank

    Data Scientist

  • SAMUEL OKOTH

    GDSC LEAD Kirinyaga University

    LEAD

  • Nathan Mbicho

    OBO Technologies

    Senior Developer

  • Ashley Apondi

    Ashy designs

    CEO

  • Beatrice Wambui Mbugua

    Moringa

    Technical Mentor

  • Arnold Cliff

    Techspace

    CTO