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Africa's Talking Open Hackathon

Africa's Talking Community

Thursday, May 26, 2022, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM UTC

103
RSVPs

Join us at our open hackathon every last Thursday of the month. Come build with us, present feature request, give feedback or just contribute to our open source API's and SDKs. Get your ticket, let us exchange knowledge, best practices, submit feature requests and innovate.

APIs
Community
Hackathon

About this event

Join us at our open hackathon every last Thursday of the month. Come build with us, present feature request, give feedback or just contribute to our open source API's and SDKs.

We invite you to build with us and take this opportunity to give us feedback, request features and contribute to our open sourced APIs and SDKs.

Africa's Talking powers communications solutions across Africa with simplified access to telco infrastructure, developers use our powerful SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime and Payments APIs to bring their ideas to life, as they build and sustain scalable businesses.

Africa's Talking powers communications solutions across Africa with simplified access to telco infrastructure, developers use our powerful SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime and Payments APIs to bring their ideas to life, as they build and sustain scalable businesses.

Agenda

  1. Warm-up

    • Introduction and Pitching
    • Form teams where need be.
    • Building/hacking
    • Feedback
    • Feature requests

2.  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.

3. Demonstration and Wrap-up

Teams or individuals will demo what they have hacked for feedback or adoption.

Note: Carry a laptop

Opportunities

  • Build solutions for our partner
  • Gigs
  • Network
  • Innovate

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.

Helping software developers and businesses to bring their ideas to life with ease through easy-to-use APIs.

Would you like to partner with us? Kindly contact the Developer Experience Team.


Featured Attendees

  • Ephraim Ombogo

    Frestzin Limited

  • Abubakar Umar

    ABUBAKAR UMAR

  • Richard Ochom

    Solami Limited

  • David Ignatius

    BWeplus

  • Yasin Kinyua

    Rakuten Travel Xchange

  • Abdulhafiz Ahmad Tijjani

    AH Business Enterprises

  • William Otieno

    Ritiko LLC

  • Douglas Nyamwaro

    Faina

  • Marcel Otieno

    Bin Ibrahim International

  • Keith Omware

    Kozi Connect

  • Mubiru Kasimu

    Prosper Technology (U) Ltd

  • Barnabas Kolo

    Artisankonect LTD

  • Fred Manyala

    FreddieTech solutions Inc,

  • Amahle Mohlokonya

    South Point

  • Ngigi Nyoro

    Devlab Africa

  • Haruna Sunusi

    AL-HANAB GLOBAL CONCEPT

  • FAYOKUNMI OBISESAN

    Phigs Technologies

When

When

Thursday, May 26, 2022
6:00 AM – 2:30 PM UTC

Where

Where

Africa's Talking HQ
Mzima Springs Rd, Lavington, Nairobi
Nairobi, 00100

Venue map

Agenda

6:00 AMWarm-up
7:15 AMCode/Solution
10:00 AMLunch
10:45 AMCode
12:45 PMDemonstration and Wrap-up

Hosts

  • Michael Kimathi

    Africa's Talking

    Head of Developer Community Africa

  • Anthony Kiplimo

    Africa's Talking

    Developer Relations

Organizers

  • Abubakar Usman

    Lead

  • Sylvia Kipkemoi

    Lead

  • Bennett Benedict

    University of Dar Es Salaam

    Tanzania, Community Lead,

  • Veronica Michael

    Tanzania, Community Lead

  • Loise Kimwe

    AT WIT Lead

  • Jessica Randall

    University of the Western Cape

    South Africa Community Lead

  • Josphat Mwangi

    Kenya Community Lead

  • Sheriffo Jarju

    Community Lead Gambia

  • Isophel Natwijuka

    Uganda Community Lead

  • Sanusi Abdulkadir

    Nigeria Kaduna Community Lead

  • Joshua Adeboye

    Nigeria, Kaduna Community Co-Lead

  • Avuzwa Ntshongwana

    South Africa Community Co-Lead

  • Josh Venceslas

    Altech Group

    Co-Lead: Rwanda Community