WAKANDA UNLEASHED! It is official, GDG DevFest Nairobi 2023 is taking place physically on weekend of November 4th. 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 1500+ 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 2023, and join us as we journey to the heart of Wakanda, happening over one epic weekend. Together, let's unearth the hidden treasures of African talent and intelligence as we pave way for a brighter, more connected future. The pilgrimage is a time honored tradition - "The giants of Tech MUST assemble"!
Saturday, November 4, 2023
6:00 AM – 1:30 PM UTC
5:00 AM | Registration |
5:30 AM | Welcome : DevFest Nairobi - Ngesa & Allela |
5:45 AM | Community Keynote - Sigu Magwa, Team lead at Podii |
6:00 AM | Andoid Keynote : Harun Wangereka, Senior Software Engineer, GDE Android |
6:15 AM | Web Keynote - Prosper Otemuyiwa, Co-founder, Eden Life |
6:30 AM | AI Keynote : Derrick Mwiti , Machine Learning Developer Advocate, GDE ML |
6:45 AM | Cloud Keynote - Luis Cuellar, Customer Engineer Lead BAP & Matthew Feigal, Partner Engineering (Apigee) and Google Tulip Co-Founder |
7:00 AM | Google Keynote : Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément, Senior program manager, head of Developer/Startup Relations teams – Africa | Asia | Accelerator · Google |
7:15 AM | Google Diversity Keynote : Philip Bob Jusu, Africa Strategic Partnerships , Google |
7:30 AM | GLEAC Partner Session: Hailey Yoon, CTO-in-residence at GLEAC |
7:45 AM | Partner Session: Kushites ICP |
8:00 AM | Cloud Technical Talk |
8:00 AM | Android Codelab |
8:00 AM | Web Codelab |
8:00 AM | Firebase Codelab |
8:00 AM | AI/ML Codelab |
8:00 AM | Flutter Codelab |
8:50 AM | Flutter Lightning talk 1 |
8:50 AM | Google Cloud Lightning talk 1 |
8:50 AM | Android Lightning talk 1 |
8:50 AM | Web Lightning talk 1 |
8:50 AM | Firebase Lightning talk 1 |
8:50 AM | AI/ML Lightning talk 1 |
9:00 AM | Google Cloud Technical talk |
9:00 AM | Android Technical talk |
9:00 AM | Web Technical talk |
9:00 AM | Firebase Technical talk |
9:00 AM | AI/ML Technical talk |
9:00 AM | Technical talk |
9:40 AM | Lunch /Photo session |
11:00 AM | Google Cloud Lightning talk 2 |
11:00 AM | Android Lightning talk 2 |
11:00 AM | Web Lightning talk 2 |
11:00 AM | Firebase Lightning talk 2 |
11:00 AM | AI/ML Lightning talk 2 |
11:00 AM | Flutter Lightning talk 2 |
11:15 AM | Android Workshop |
11:15 AM | Google Cloud Workshop |
11:15 AM | Web Workshop |
11:15 AM | AI/ML Workshop |
11:45 AM | Firebase Workshop |
11:45 AM | Flutter Workshop |
12:30 PM | Closing Ceremony - Irene |
Senior program manager, head of Developer/Startup Relations teams – Africa | Asia |
Strategic Partnerships Manager for Africa
GLEAC
CTO
Snr. Technical Recruiter: Consumer & Compute
Customer Engineer Lead Iberia
Eden
Co-founder
Sky.Garden
GDE and CTO
AppsLab_KE
Founder and Managing Director
iTalanta
Software Engineer
Garage55
Partner
Baobab Circle Ltd
Android Engineer
Ultraviolet
SWE
Safaricom PLC
DevSecOps Engineer II
Developer Advocate | WTM Ambassador
Byon8
Software Engineer
A Mechatronic engineer
Assent Inc
Software Developer
Uamuzi Foundation
Tech lead
Safaricom PLC
DevSecOps Engineer
Songa.app
Co-Founder
Kito
Software Engineer