Developer Tools

GopherCon Africa 2026

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GopherCon Africa 2026 ran Oct 15–17, 2026 at PrideInn Azure Hotel Limited in Nairobi, Kenya. It is a Developer Tools conference. ConferenceGrid lists 42 speakers, 3 sponsors and 146 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Oct 17, 2026 · dates verified Jun 15, 2026

GopherCon Africa 2026 is the third annual edition of Africa’s largest Go conference. Held in Nairobi, it offers two days of expert-led talks, workshops, and networking opportunities for Go developers. Experience the latest in Go programming, connect with hundreds of peers, and enjoy unique social and cultural events. The event features contributions from lea…

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42Speakers
3Sponsors
146Sessions
34Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at GopherCon, in alphabetical order.

Abdulrahman
Moniepoint
Abdulrahman Jimoh
Senior Cloud Engineer · Moniepoint
Ainsley Clark
Senior Software Engineer · Just Eat
Ajitem Sahasrabuddhe
Lead Technology Consultant · Technogise
Alex Rios
Software Engineer · Tech Ventures
Anthony Alaribe
Cofounder · Monoscope
Ayooluwa Isaiah
Content Creator & Developer · freshman.tech
Bala Grivine Ochieng
Software Engineer · Savannah Informatics Limited
Beryl Christine Atieno
Backend Software Developer · Nodus Software Solutions
Bill Kennedy
Managing Partner · Ardan Labs
Chris Nyaga
Organizer, GopherCon Africa
Chukwuemeka Chukwurah
Software Engineer · Tech Corp
Daniel Adeboye
Cloud Architect · Cloud Solutions Inc
David Aniebo
Software Engineer in Test · Mentalyc Inc
David Odohi
Organizer, GopherCon Africa
Desmond Obisi
Developer Advocate · Developer Tools Inc
Fodilulahi Iyiola Akanbi
Senior Software Engineer · Nexus Consulting Hub
Ige Oluwasegun Oluwajubelo
Software Engineer & Open Source Author · class54 Educational limited
Irene Ufia
Software Engineer (Infrastructure & Security) · Co-organizer, GopherCon Africa
Jubril Oyetunji
DevOps Engineer · Infrastructure Co
Kennedy Karoko
Senior Software Engineer · Safaricom
Kwaku Biney
Software Engineer · Hubtel

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

GooglePlatinum
APIToolkitGold
PartnaGold

Agenda

Selected from 146 sessions.

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

    //go:embed: From Comment to Binary

    How //go:embed really works - from directive to binary through the linker - with the tradeoffs and production patterns for embedded assets.

  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM · 30 min

    //go:embed: From Comment to Binary

    How //go:embed really works - from directive to binary through the linker - with the tradeoffs and production patterns for embedded assets.

  • 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM

    The Gopher's Trident: Conquering the Saga Pattern in Distributed Systems

    Distributed transactions without two-phase commit: orchestrating the Saga pattern in Go with Temporal and deterministic design.

  • 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM · 30 min

    The Gopher's Trident: Conquering the Saga Pattern in Distributed Systems

    Distributed transactions without two-phase commit: orchestrating the Saga pattern in Go with Temporal and deterministic design.

  • 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM

    Lightning Talk - to be announced

    Lightning Talk
  • 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM

    P2P Networking with Go

    Peer-to-peer connectivity with the Go standard library - the networking primitives behind tools like Tailscale, and a walkthrough of a simple Go program that connects two machines …

  • 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM · 10 min

    Lightning Talk - to be announced

  • 10:50 AM – 11:00 AM · 10 min

    P2P Networking with Go

    Peer-to-peer connectivity with the Go standard library - the networking primitives behind tools like Tailscale, and a walkthrough of a simple Go program that connects two machines …

  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

    Opt-Out Defaults: Designing a Go Backend Toolkit Without Becoming a Framework

    A third path between framework lock-in and rewriting primitives: scaffolding idiomatic Go with opt-out defaults you can delete piece by piece.

Quick answers

When is GopherCon Africa 2026?
GopherCon Africa 2026 ran Oct 15–17, 2026 at PrideInn Azure Hotel Limited in Nairobi, Kenya.
Where is GopherCon Africa 2026 held?
GopherCon Africa 2026 was held at PrideInn Azure Hotel Limited in Nairobi, Kenya.
Who is speaking at GopherCon Africa 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 42 speakers, including Abdulrahman (Moniepoint), Abdulrahman Jimoh (Senior Cloud Engineer, Moniepoint) and Ainsley Clark (Senior Software Engineer, Just Eat).
Who sponsors GopherCon Africa 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 3 sponsors: Google, APIToolkit and Partna.
Company intelligence

An audience of 34 companies, parsed from the program.

34 companies in attendance.

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
0All threespeak · spons · exh
3Sponsoringsponsor only
31Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner25%
  • Director / Head of12%
  • Manager / Lead25%
  • Engineer · IC2969%
  • Other roles819%

Of 42 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Moniepoint5
2APItoolkitSponsor · Gold-
3GoogleSponsor · Platinum-
4PartnaSponsor · Gold-
5Ardan Labs1
6Betika1
7class54 Educational limited1
8Cloud Native Inc1
9Cloud Solutions1
10Developer Tools Inc1
11Digital Solutions1
12Digital Ventures1
13Distributed Systems Co1
14Fairmoney MFB1
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
33% of 3
gold2
67% of 3