Africa's Talking Open Hackathon

May 26, 2022, 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM (UTC)

Africa's Talking Community

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.

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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

    CEO

  • Abubakar Umar

    ABUBAKAR UMAR

    CEO

  • Richard Ochom

    Solami Limited

    Software Engineer

  • David Ignatius

    BWeplus

    CTO

  • Yasin Kinyua

    Rakuten Travel Xchange

    Software Engineer

  • Abdulhafiz Ahmad Tijjani

    AH Business Enterprises

    CEO

  • William Otieno

    Ritiko LLC

    Software Engineer

  • Douglas Nyamwaro

    Faina

    CTO

  • Marcel Otieno

    Bin Ibrahim International

    CEO

  • Keith Omware

    Kozi Connect

    Android Engineer

  • Mubiru Kasimu

    Prosper Technology (U) Ltd

    CEO

  • Barnabas Kolo

    Artisankonect LTD

    CTO

  • Fred Manyala

    FreddieTech solutions Inc,

    CTO

  • Amahle Mohlokonya

    South Point

    Developer

  • Ngigi Nyoro

    Devlab Africa

    Founder & CTO

  • Haruna Sunusi

    AL-HANAB GLOBAL CONCEPT

    Mr

  • FAYOKUNMI OBISESAN

    Phigs Technologies

    Mr

When

When

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

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

  • Anthony Kiplimo

    Africa's Talking

    Developer Relations

Organizers

  • Bennett Benedict

    University of Dar Es Salaam

    Community Lead, 🇹🇿 Tanzania

  • Veronica Michael

    Community Lead, 🇹🇿 Tanzania

  • Josphat Mwangi

    Community Co-Lead, 🇰🇪 Kenya