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DevConf 2026 Cape Town

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DevConf 2026 Cape Town ran on May 14, 2026 at Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a Developer Tools conference. ConferenceGrid lists 38 speakers, 16 sponsors, 7 exhibitors and 36 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 16, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

DevConf 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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38Speakers
16Sponsors
7Exhibitors
36Sessions
16Companies · in total

Speakers

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
Daniel Acton
Fadzayi Moyo
Fiona McCarthy
Frikan Erwee
Georgina Armstrong
Graeme Harris
Heila Botha
Jessica Randall
Johan van Rooyen
Nhlanhla Lucky Nkosi
Omer Elgoni

Sponsors

The companies 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

Agenda

Selected from 36 sessions.

  • 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

Quick answers

When is DevConf 2026 Cape Town?
DevConf 2026 Cape Town ran on May 14, 2026 at Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Where is DevConf 2026 Cape Town held?
DevConf 2026 Cape Town was held at Century City Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.
Who is speaking at DevConf 2026 Cape Town?
ConferenceGrid lists 38 speakers, including Abed Matini, Alex Pryor and Allan Pead.
Who sponsors DevConf 2026 Cape Town?
ConferenceGrid lists 16 sponsors, including BBD, Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG), Cloud On Demand, Code& and Comotion.
Company intelligence

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.

Who's in the room
7All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
0Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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

Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles38100%

Of 38 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Cloud On DemandSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
2Electrum SoftwareSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
3LunoSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
4OfferZenSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
5Old MutualSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
6Thinkst CanarySponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
7TTD ConsultingSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
8BBDSponsor · Coffee-
9Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG)Sponsor · Community-
10Code&Sponsor · Community-
11ComotionSponsor · Speakers Dinner-
12DijkstrackSponsor · Lanyard-
13DVTSponsor · Coffee-
14Frontend Engineering and Design South Africa (FEDSA)Sponsor · Community-
Sponsors 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