The mini-summit provides an intimate engagement space where the dev community, businesses, developers, and Africa's Talking collaborate with one another and the industry to share successes and identify capability gaps that address mission-critical communications needs. AT is engaging her ecosystem of public and private sector developers for the first time at a customer & developer engagement mini-summit in Kampala, Uganda, in March 2023. The purpose of the mini-summit, For Developers, is: The purpose of the mini-summit, For Startups, is: The purpose of the mini-summit, For AT Customers, is: Agenda The winning solution will receive cash prizes as follows: 1. Winner - $100 2. 1st Runners Up - $50 3. 2nd Runners Up - $25 Introductions Warm-Up Building/hacking: Code in GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket and deploy in Docker/Automated CI/Travis CI/Bamboo Note: This section needs additional setup. Upon commit, the repository is built and deployed to an accessible web server or an S3 bucket. Demonstration and Wrap-up Teams or individuals will demo what they have hacked for feedback or adoption Carry a Laptop The underlying benefits of the mini-summit include: Africa’s Talking API platform now serves over 115,000 developers and 6000+ businesses across Africa and beyond. Africa's Talking community allows developers to learn skills for the modern-day African Developer. We are language and framework agnostic. All developers are welcome. This is where Africa's Talking developers community meets to build, learn and exchange knowledge. We are helping software developers and businesses bring their ideas to life through easy-to-use APIs. Would you like to partner with us? Kindly contact us.
Submit your Idea: Hackathon idea submission form
Saturday, 4 March
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (GMT+3)
6:00 AM | Introductions |
8:00 AM | Break |
9:15 AM | Africa's Talking APIs |
10:15 AM | Lunch |
10:45 AM | Hands-On hackathon |
1:30 PM | Demonstration and Wrap-up |
3:00 PM | Networking |
Lead
Lead
Community Lead Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Rwanda Community Lead
AT WIT Lead
Community Lead Ghana
Community Lead Gambia
Kenya Community Lead
Uganda Community Lead
Nigeria, Kaduna Community Co-Lead
Uganda Community Co-Lead
South Africa Community Co-Lead