Speakers

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  John Kimani

  Google

  Developer Ecosystem Program Manager

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  Allela Eunice

  Google

  Google Developer Relations Community Manager

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  Mercy Kwambai

  Software Developer

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  Wayne Gakuo

  Frontend Engineer

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  Tabitha Kavyu

  Google Crowdsource

  Community Coordinator

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  Daisy Okacha

  Data scientist

  See Bio
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  Reuben Kihiu

  Safaricom

  Product Designer

  See Bio
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  Jordan Muthemba

  Mara

  Developer Relations

  See Bio
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  Anirudh Dewani

  Google

  Platform Lead, Android Developer Relations

  See Bio
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  Harun Wangereka

  Apollo Agriculture

  Sofware Engineer - Android

  See Bio
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  Fred Chung

  Google

  Developer Relations, Privacy Sandbox on Android

  See Bio
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  Ninsiima Nyinamwiru Esther

  Tunga

  Developer Community Head

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  Angela Gabriella Pearl

  Tunga

  Developer Community Support Officer

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  Ashley Ogonda

  BBC News

  Producer

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  Kabiru Mwenja

  Kwara

  Tech Lead, Platform

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  Alfred Ongere

  BeMobile App

  Chief Technology Officer

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  Brayan Kai

  Data Scientist

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  Gospel Nyareki

  Data Scientist

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  Stacy Njimu

  iLabAfrica, Strathmore

  Data Science Project Coordinator

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  Robert Ayub

  Safaricom PLC

  Senior Officer - Data Scientist

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  Wamide Animashaun

  Propel

  Community Partnerships Lead

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  Slick Shola Akinrolie

  Community Manager

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  Edwin Maye

  GDG Eldoret

  Community Lead

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  Opemipo Disu

  IBM Champion

  See Bio
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  Koketso Motseothata

  Billionaire Developers

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  Beatrice Kinya

  Pula

  Software Engineer

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John Kimani

Google

John is a Program Manager with Google’s Developer Ecosystem team where he leads developer training in Africa. He is passionate about mobile and cloud technologies and working with developer communities focused on these technologies. Prior to joining Google, he was a technical advocate with Microsoft and had spent 7 years before that as a developer working on enterprise software.

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Daisy Okacha

Soulful techie:)

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Reuben Kihiu

Safaricom

I am a a passionate UI/UX Designer who loves building brilliant products, with an "out of the box" approach. Innovation and problem solving is what I live for.

I am also a Mentor, Tech Community Organizer, and a highly curious individual who is passionate about using technology to help humanity.

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Jordan Muthemba

Mara

 I have five years of experience working in the Information Technology industry (Software Development). Currently working as a Blockchain Developer Relation at Mara. I am passionate about software development and also excited to share my knowledge with others about my Journey in tech and more so Blockchain technology.

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Anirudh Dewani

Google

Specialization Areas:

- Mobile Platform, App Ecosystems

- Android, AOSP, Developer SDKs

- Media & Entertainment on smart devices (Handheld, TV)

Functions:

Engineering, Developer Relations, Early Access Programs, Technical Consultancy

Management:

Team Building/Development, Skill Management, Career & Performance Management.

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Harun Wangereka

Apollo Agriculture

Harun is a Software Engineer(Android) at Apollo Agriculture and also Google Developer Expert for Android. Am passionate about creating quality applications. Never tired of learning and building the tech community and helping other developers upscale their skills. I love contributing to open source projects and writing technical articles on Android and Kotlin topics.

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Fred Chung

Google

Lead developer relations on privacy & security issues across Android & Google Play.

https://developer.android.com/design-for-safety

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Ninsiima Nyinamwiru Esther

Tunga

Experienced Product Owner, Tech Talent Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. Skilled in software developer management, recruitment, problem solving, negotiation , Cost Control with out compromising quality, project management and previously in the construction industry as a Quantity Surveyor.

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Angela Gabriella Pearl

Tunga

Developer Community Support Officer

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Ashley Ogonda

BBC News

Producing meaningful and creative social-first content with videos grossing 25M+ views online for BBC Africa. 

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Kabiru Mwenja

Kwara

Kabiru is a Software Engineer with 7 years of experience in building solutions at various scale levels with a strong focus on sustainable, performant, extensible, and well-tested software.

He is currently leading the Platform team at Kwara to deliver a neo banking experience for credit unions, starting in Africa.

He is passionate about sustainable architecture and considers himself a lifelong learner.

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Stacy Njimu

iLabAfrica, Strathmore

Stacy is a talented and young Financial Economist. Fascinated and livened by business initiatives, investments and data science. She is the Data Science Project Coordinator in iLabAfrica Centre currently pursuing her Masters in Data Science and Analytics, and manages agile tech teams as well as engages with various stakeholders. Ms.Njimu is also an entrepreneur and has leading online and offline brands as well as being a Forex Trader and Fund Manager. Stacy's personal mantra is "Capre Diem" (Seize the Day) and enjoys trailblazing in all aspects of life. 

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Slick Shola Akinrolie

Shola “Slick” Akinrolie is a Software Engineer, Developer Advocate, Digital Creator (YouTuber) and Developer Community Manager, with over 7 years of experience. He is the Founder of Codenovation, a unified technology-driven platform dedicated to closing the technology-talent gap in Africa. He has experience in building developer communities with the likes of Google’s GDG, Atlassian, JetBrains’ Kotlin, Andela, and Codenovation. He is the Creator of the "Slick Akinrolie" channel on Youtube.

His achievements and years of experience are focused on advocating for communities, technologies and products.

He is presently the Program Manager for Global Developer Communities at Turing(turing.com).

Slick loves to associate with people who love making the world a better place by contributing their knowledge and skills to create solutions that improve people’s lives.

Connect With Slick on Twitter(@meetslick), YouTube(Slick Akinrolie) and Linkedin(@meeetslick).

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Opemipo Disu

Opemipo Disu is a 16-year-old Developer Advocate with over 6 years of experience. Opemipo is a Keynote speaker and he is passionate about making things more accessible to everyone, he's from Lagos, Nigeria. He loves coding, contributing to open source projects and he loves making YouTube tutorials too.Opemipo has addressed over 50,000 developers and he has addressed more than 100,000 people in a keynote session. Opemipo has spoken in over 50 tech conferences and he is a member of different top tech communities like the Facebook Developer Circle: Toronto. He’s the first youngest person ever to become the top contributor of the IBM Community, he’s also working on inspiring over 500,000 people all around the world. Opemipo has also built a very strong reputation in Canada and Nigeria where he’s mostly known for what he does. Opemipo is an IBM Champion, the youngest IBM Watson Programmer, the youngest JAMstack Developer, he is also one of the top contributors in the IBM Community, and a Developer Advocate too. He runs a YouTube channel, Opemipo's Thoughts where he does coding tutorials and has tech talks also. Opemipo is a Developer with over 4 awards, he's also the lead for JAMstack Lagos and the youngest Bitrise Expert.