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GopherCon Africa 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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39Speakers
3Sponsors
126On the bill · sessions
34Companies · in total
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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
Jubril Oyetunji
DevOps Engineer · Infrastructure Co
Kennedy Karoko
Senior Software Engineer · Safaricom
Kwaku Biney
Software Engineer · Hubtel
Marvin Collins
Keynote Speaker · Tech Industry
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
GooglePlatinum
APIToolkitGold
PartnaGold
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Agenda

Selected from 126 sessions on the bill.
  • 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.

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

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
31Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

8% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • Founder / Owner25%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Manager / Lead25%
  • Engineer · IC2667%
  • Other roles821%

Of 39 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Moniepoint4V
  2. 02APItoolkitSp·G
  3. 03GoogleSp·P
  4. 04PartnaSp·G
  5. 05Ardan Labs1V
  6. 06Betika1V
  7. 07class54 Educational limited1V
  8. 08Cloud Native Inc1V
  9. 09Cloud Solutions1V
  10. 10Developer Tools Inc1V
  11. 11Digital Solutions1V
  12. 12Digital Ventures1V
  13. 13Distributed Systems Co1V
  14. 14Fairmoney MFB1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
33% of 3
gold2
67% of 3