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Overview of NTW 2018
Nairobi Tech Week is back and bigger than ever before! This year, we bring you developer workshops from industry leaders, a Microsoft, Facebook and Visa hackathon powered by AngelHack and a full day of industry chats for you to get you inspired.
We will be giving out free tickets (only if accepted in the application process) because of our generous sponsors. We will be sending out an attendee application form, and choosing those who show the most excitement and intentionality to learn, grow and contribute at Nairobi Tech Week.
About Nairobi Tech Week
Nairobi Tech Week is Sub Saharan Africa’s largest tech event, powered by Moringa School, Africa’s #1 coding school, and focused on developers. In partnership with Microsoft and other sponsors, we’re excited to bolster the growing tech sector and culminate this support in one week. We look forward to seeing you soon.
As a recap of Nairobi Tech Week 2017, the event lasted four days – from a tech talk day representing various industries to a full-day of developer workshops, which culminated into a 2-day hackathon and industry-wide tech panels on the last day. We had over 350+ selected attendees, 76 speakers and 13 workshops. Our speakers and attendees included some of the most esteemed and influential people in Sub Saharan Africa.
SPEAKERS
DAYS
WORKSHOPS
ATTENDEES
2018 Speakers
Meet some of our incredible speakers
Jerome Ochieng'
Principal Secretary for ICT and Innovation
Dr. Bitange Ndemo
ICT Champion, Academician & Newspaper Columnist
Lutz Ziob
Dean 4Afrika Academy @Microsoft
Keziah Wangari
Head of Angel Interactions @ViKtoria Ventures
CHRIS ORWA
Data Scientist @Safaricom LTD
Gavriel Ng'ang'a
Co-Founder @AfricaHackOn and Foresight Tech Group Ltd.
SAMUEL GIKANDI
Co-Founder and CEO @Africa's Talking
JIMMY WAYANS
Director @ Secure Sec Inc.
JUANITA OMANGA
Director Risk Services @Visa
ALISSA ORLANDO
Venture Capitalist @Zephyr Acorn
SOMET KIPCHILAT
Technical Evangelist @ Microsoft 4Afrika
MNIKELO QUBU
Head of Brand, Audience and Digital @Well Told Story
IAN MWAURA
Head of Marketing @MYDAWA
DR. JOSEPH SEVILLA
Director @ iLabAfrica
DANIEL YU
Founder & CEO @Sokowatch
LAWRENCE MUTHOGA
ISV Lead East Africa @ Microsoft 4Afrika
KENNETH KIMANI
Software Architect @ JUMO
Amira Dhalla
Lead for Global Participation@ Mozilla Foundation
Kamal Budhabhatti
CEO @Craft Silicon
Sam Kitonyi
Director of Engineering @JUMO
Lorna Mutegi
Industry Relationship Manager @iLabAfrica
Malaika Judd
Co-Founder and COO @Sendy
Dr. Bright Gameli
Head of Cyber Security @Internet Solutions
Irene Hu
Principal @Open Capital Advisors
Stacey Ondimu Kimani
Director of Operations @Moringa School
Jonas Tesfu
CEO @Pangea Accelerator
Robert Yawe
ICT Expert @Synaptech Solutions Limited
June Okal
Technology, Media and Telecommunications Lawyer @KO Associates
Douglas Ogeto
Founder and Managing Partner @Fuse Catalysts
Wesley Kirinya
Software Engineer @Leti Arts
Maurice Otieno
General Manager @Metta Nairobi
Stephen Kihiu
Data Analyst @KPMG
Faith Mwema
Software Engineer and Data Analyst @PwC
Samuel Mwai
Head, Risk and Advisory@Isolutions Associates
Yacob Berhane
Head of Growth and Investment @M-Survey
Florence Kimata
SME's Advisor, @Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives
Amrote Abdella
Regional Director @Microsoft 4Afrika
Anthony Nandaa
Technical Team Lead Engineering @Andela
Elsis Sitati
Data Engineer @Viacom
Carol Kariuki
Software Engineer @VituMob
Tony Wagura
Senior React Native Developer @Yzar Intl.
Isaac Markus
Research @IBM
Michael Kimani
Chairman @Blockchain Association of Kenya
Ariane Fisher
Country Director, Kenya @Shortlist
Kathleen Siminyu
Data Scientist @Africa's Talking
Ciira Maina
Senior Lecturer @Dedan Kimathi University
Rosemary Koech
Legal & Regulatory Specialist @Oxygene MCL
Brian Afande
Co-Founder & Head of Business Development @BlackRhino VR
Allan Mukhwana
Group CEO @Kenoobi Group Limited
Mikul Shah
CEO & Founder @EatOut, Yummy & Nomad Magazine and Nairobi Restaurant Week
Naomi Konditi-Kivuvani
Country Manager, Kenya @MallforAfrica
Ben Roberts
CTO @Liquid Telecom
Ciku Muthoni Mugambi
Investment Analyst @IFC
Maureen Macharia
Product designer & Founder @Spindle Design
Dip Patel
Country Manager @Uber Kenya
Hillary Wangila
Data Scientist @Safaricom
Laura Tich
Co-Founder @SheHacks KE
Kwasi Adi-Dako
Director of Learning @Moringa School
Isaac Gachungu
Senior Manager, M-PESA Product Development @Safaricom
Leonida Mutuku
Co-founder and CEO @Intelipro Limited
Kevin Guto
Head of Product Development @Cellulant Group
Kevin Mwasigwa
Strategic Partnerships @Safaricom
Schedule
Don’t miss the incredible panels and workshops during Pre-NTW events and during NTW!
Moringa School Women in Tech: "Everything on Demand Technology"
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Registration of Guests
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Panel Discussion & Ideathon Presentations
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM: Closing Keynote by Audrey Cheng
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM: Cocktail & Networking
Infrastructure Security and Monolith app to Microservices
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM: Registration and Light Breakfast
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM: Introduction
10:10 AM - 11:30 AM: Creating, Joining and Scaling a Tech Team: Lessons Learnt
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Break
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM:Transitioning from a Monolith Architecture to Microservices by Twiga Foods
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM: Infrastructure Security by Africa's Talking
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Lunch and Networking
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How Developers Can Take Advantage of VISA APIs
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Registration
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Visa Everywhere Initiative
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Networking
Introduction to the Rust Programming Language Workshop
Rust is a programming language designed to improve the experience of systems programming and thereby empower a broader range of people to write systems-level code. The workshop is focused on getting people with a background in another programming language to learn Rust and join the community. The first session will focus on Rust language syntax and semantics. Extra effort is made to relate Rust concepts to programming concepts in other languages, particularly popular scripting languages such as JavaScript or Ruby. This part consists of an interactive presentation followed by guided and self-directed practice. The second session leads students in a hands-on project: building a small website in Rust. Depending on your comfort and sense of adventure you can work more or less independently during this part- either heading off on your own, or pairing with a partner (or three!).
Rust Nairobi, JUMO & Africa's TalkingArtificial Intelligence
Security and Identity management in a cloud world How do you secure yourself, your organization and your data in the cloud? Join us to find out how you can use simple tools to ensure the security of your technical ecosystem The PAAS Principles of Azure: What is Platform As A Service really about? What are the underpinnings of PAAS? What should you expect? What do you stand to gain? And most importantly, why is this important to you?
MicrosoftRegistration
Attendees selected to attend the conference will be asked to check in at the registration desk and collect their passes at this time at the registration area near the entrance of the building.
Opening Ceremony
Tech Ecosystems Round Up From:
1. Florence Kimata, SME Advisor, Ministry of Industry Trade and Cooperatives
2. Samuel Gikandi, CEO & Co-Founder, Africa's Talking
Keynote From:
1. Amrote Abdella, Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika
Master of Ceremony:
Francis Mugane, General Manager, InterSwitch
Banking the Unbanked Using Voice as a Bio-Metric Solution.
To Be Announced.
Africa's TalkingLUNCH
Lunch will be served in the Students Center Building on the 4th Floor.
Women in Tech Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Students Center Building on the 4th Floor.
Technical Developer Workshop
Hackathon
Microsoft Challenge: "Cortana Intelligence Suite"
VISA Challenge: "Visa Everywhere"
Facebook Challenge: "Solutions for Urban City Problems Using Facebook Technologies"
Registration
Attendees selected to attend the conference will be asked to check in at the registration desk and collect their passes at this time at the registration area near the entrance of the building.
Big Data and Business Analytics for Sustainable Growth, Panel Discussion
1. Isaac Markus, IBM
2. Lorna Mutegi, Strathmore University
3. Chris Orwa, Safaricom
4. Steve Kihiu, KPMG
5. Faith Mwema, PwC
Big Data Workshop
by Isaac Markus, IBM
Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Students Center Building on the 4th Floor.
The Application of Blockchain Technology Beyond Cryptocurrency
1. Michael Kimani, Blockchain Association of Kenya
2. Eugene Mutai, Andela
3. June Okal, KO Associates
4. Rosemary Koech Oxygene Marketing Communications Ltd.
5. Kenneth Kimani, JUMO
6. Dr. Joseph Sevilla, Strathmore University
Blockchain Workshop
by Eugene Mutai, Andela
The Future of Tech Talent and Diversity, Panel Discussion
1. Ariane Fisher, Shortlist
2. Elsis Sitati, Facebook
The Future of Tech Talent and Diversity, Workshop
- Developing the future of tech talent and promoting diversity/inclusiveness - Untapped areas for Tech Careers - Creative solutions for tech talent gaps - Next generation talent acquisition
Cyber Security & Policy; "Privacy and Safety in the Digital Age"
1. Bright Gameli, Internet Solutions
2. Gavriel Ng'ang'a AfricaHackOn
3. Samuel Mwai, Isolutions Associates Ltd
4. Juanita Omanga, VISA
5. Somet Kipchilat, Microsoft
6. Laura Tich,
Cyber Security Workshop
by Jimmy Wayans
LUNCH
Lunch will be served in the Students Center Building on the 4th Floor.
Fundraising for My Start Up Panel Discussion
1. Alissa Orlando, Dynamo Advisors
2. Irene Hu, Open Capital
3. Yacob Berhane, M-Survey
4. Robert Yawe, Synaptech Solutions Ltd
5. Keziah Wangari, ViKtoria Venture
6. Jonas Tesfu, Pangea Accelerator
Fundraising for My Start Up Workshop
by Yacob Berhane, M-Survey
The Role of Tech in Problem Solving for Africa's Future
Keynote: Dr. Bitange Ndemo
Closing Keynote
Closing Keynote and Vote of Thanks
Stacey Ondimu KimaniHow will Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Evolve Your Brand into a Product or Service that Creates more Impact
1. Hillary Wangila, Safaricom
2. Kathleen Simiyu, Africa's Talking
3. Ciira Maina , Dedan Kimanthi University
4. Aisha Walcott, IBM
How is Augmented Technology Shaping Africa's Future
1. Brian Afande, Black Rhino VR
2. Douglas Ogeto, Fuse Catalysts
3. Allan Mukhwana, Momentum Core
4. Wesley Kirinya, Leti Arts
5. Mnikelo Qubu, Well Told Stories
Lunch
4th Floor, Students Center Building
Tech in Industries: Using Tech to Drive Innovation and Transform Industries
1. Ian Mwaura, My Dawa
2. Amira Dhalla, Mozilla Foundation
3. Jonas Tesfu, Pangea Acelerator
4. Stacey Ondimu, Moringa School
5. Sunny Walia VISA
6. Naomi Konditi-Kivuvani
The Investing Landscape in Silicon Savannah, Getting it Right.
1. Yacob Berhane, M-Survey
2. Mark Karake, Impact Africa
3. Ciku Muthoni, IFC
4. Maurice Otieno, Metta Nairobi
Fintech Innovations and their Impact on Africa's Economic Growth
1. Leonida Mutuku, Intelipro Limited
2. Maryanne Mwaniki , Simple Alliance
3. John Kinyangi, Stanbic Bank
4. Maureen Macharia,
5.Sam Kitonyi, JUMO
6. Topyster Muga, VISA
Making Sense of Current Trends and their Impact on the Future of Everything on Demand Technology
1. Malaika Judd, Sendy
2. Dip Patel, Uber
3. Kamal, Little Cab
4. Ian, My Dawa
5. Daniel Yu, Sokowatch
6. Mikul Shah, Eat Out Kenya
Lunch
4th Floor Terrace, Students Center Building
Using Tech to Promote Integration and Partnerships with other Industries
1. Lawrence Muthoga, Microsoft
2. Ben Roberts, Liquid Telecom
3 .Amira Dhalla, Mozilla Foundation
4. Carol Kariuki, Facebook
5. Kevin Mwasigwa, Safaricom
TESTIMONIALS
what people say
Board of Advisers
Somet Kipchilat
Technical Evangelist at Microsoft 4Afrika
Stacey Ondimu-Kimani
Director of Operations at Moringa School
Graham Muhanga
Developer Outreach at Africa's Talking
Maurice Otieno
General Manager at Metta
Caine Wanjau
CTO at Twiga Foods
Sandra Mukidza
Events and Outreach, Moringa School
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