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DevConf 2026 Cape Town

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evConf 2026 is a full-day, multi-track conference for professional software developers, held in Cape Town, South Africa. Attendees can expect a day packed with insightful sessions, a selection of over 35 speakers, and five tracks covering a wide range of tech topics. The event includes access to all talks, swag, lunch, snacks, and a post-conference networki…

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36Voices
16Underwriters
7Exhibitors
36On the bill · sessions
16Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at DevConf, in alphabetical order.
Abed Matini
Alex Pryor
Allan Pead
Anand Naidoo
Andrew Paul
Bruce Richards
Candice Grobler
Carike Blignaut-Staden
Cayden de Wit
Chris Tite
Dale Nunns
Fadzayi Moyo
Fiona McCarthy
Frikan Erwee
Georgina Armstrong
Graeme Harris
Heila Botha
Jessica Randall
Johan van Rooyen
Nhlanhla Lucky Nkosi
Omer Elgoni
Precious Mamotingoe Lesupi

— and 14 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BBDCoffee
Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG)Community
Cloud On DemandExhibitor
Code&Community
ComotionSpeakers Dinner
DijkstrackLanyard
DVTCoffee
Electrum SoftwareExhibitor
Frontend Engineering and Design South Africa (FEDSA)Community
LunoExhibitor
OfferZenExhibitor
Old MutualExhibitor
Tech Leadership MeetupCommunity
The Open LetterMedia
Thinkst CanaryExhibitor
TTD ConsultingExhibitor
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The Programme

Selected from 36 sessions on the bill.
  • 09h15

    The Human Edge in an AI World

    AI / LLM / Rag / ML
  • 10h30

    Autopilot to Algorithm Chaos: Not Knowing What I Was Doing Made Me Better at Digital Tech

    Tales from the trenches
  • 10h30

    How to Build a Cluster in Your Bedroom

    Fun / Experiments
  • 10h30

    Revolt Against the Application: Designing Systems from the Data Up

    Architecture / System Design
  • 10h30

    The AI-First Delivery Model: What We Cut, What We Kept, and What Broke

    AI / LLM / Rag / ML
  • 10h30

    The State of Digital Accessibility in Africa

    Accessibility
  • 11h20

    Balancing the Books and the Planet: Implementing FinOps & GreenOps

    Cloud
  • 11h20

    Building AI-accelerated engineering teams (without AI taking over)

    Team Culture / Team Leadership / Mentoring
  • 11h20

    Burnout-as-a-Service: How to Always Deploy on a Friday

    Mental Health / Safety @ Work
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 16 companies show up — and 7 bet on three roles at once?

“Sixteen companies. seven are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
7All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
0Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Cloud On Demand·Electrum Software·Luno·OfferZen·Old Mutual·Thinkst Canary·TTD Consulting

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority
  • Other roles36100%

Of 36 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Cloud On DemandSp·EEx
  2. 02Electrum SoftwareSp·EEx
  3. 03LunoSp·EEx
  4. 04OfferZenSp·EEx
  5. 05Old MutualSp·EEx
  6. 06Thinkst CanarySp·EEx
  7. 07TTD ConsultingSp·EEx
  8. 08BBDSp·C
  9. 09Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG)Sp·C
  10. 10Code&Sp·C
  11. 11ComotionSp·S
  12. 12DijkstrackSp·L
  13. 13DVTSp·C
  14. 14Frontend Engineering and Design South Africa (FEDSA)Sp·C
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
coffee2
13% of 16
community4
25% of 16
exhibitor7
44% of 16
lanyard1
6% of 16
media1
6% of 16
speakers dinner1
6% of 16
№ 06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters