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Welcome to RubyConfAfrica 2024

ARC aims to unite entrepreneurs, developers, designers, and open-source contributors to tackle various challenges. By embracing entrepreneurship and open-source principles, ARC believes in offering comprehensive solutions to numerous issues. Attendees are equipped with both technological tools and entrepreneurial methodologies to maximize their potential and inspire others in their communities and beyond.
  • Showcase and advocate for Open Source technologies as catalysts for advancement across Industry, Entrepreneurship, and Academia.
  • Foster discussions and explore how Agile methodologies can be adapted and optimized for sustainable development practices within the Ruby community.
  • Provide insights, Inspire and equip Ruby developers with the entrepreneurial mindset and skills necessary to build successful tech startups.
  • Elevate the status of the Ruby community in Africa to become a globally recognized and integrated community.
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Keynote Speakers

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Yukihiro 'Matz' Matsumoto - Creator of Ruby

Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto

Creator of Ruby
DHH - Creator of Ruby on Rails

David Heinemeier Hansson

Creator of Ruby on Rails

Speakers

Dávid Halász - Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat

Dávid Halász

Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Hitoshi Hasumi - Creator of PicoRuby and PRK Firmware. Maintainer of ruby/irb, ruby/reline, and mrubyc/mrubyc.

Hitoshi Hasumi

Creator of PicoRuby and PRK Firmware.
Hitoshi Hasumi - ead of Tech at Zone01 Kisumu.

Hitoshi Hasumi

ead of Tech at Zone01 Kisumu
Ceciliah Mbugua - Open source advocate.

Ceciliah Mbugua

Open source advocate

Platinum Sponsors

These Platinum Sponsors are making a big impact on our event! 💪
KCA University, a Platinum sponsor, offering quality education and research opportunities.

Silver Sponsors

These Silver Sponsors are making a big impact on our event! 💪
t Planet Argon, we help you sustain, modernize, and future-proof your Ruby on Rails applications through the ever-changing tech landscape.
KopoKopo - Empowering businesses in Kenya with innovative payment solutions
Solutech is a technology solutions provider that specializes in developing custom software applications, offering IT consulting, and delivering digital transformation services to businesses.
AppSignal provides developers amazing and actionable insights into their applications. Their all-in-one monitoring product is designed for developers: easy to set up and easy to customize. AppSignal takes teams from scattered to gathered.
Finplus helps you provide innovative fintech & ecommerce products in emerging markets. Offer great digital experiences & automate critical business processes.

Partners

These partners are all in for the event! 💪
Nairobits - Kenyan nonprofit empowering youth from under-resourced backgrounds to take advantage of the Digital Age
Microverse, a partner of the event, fostering global collaboration in education.
Ruby Central, a partner of the event, supporting the Ruby community worldwide.
Andpad is a mobile and desktop application for construction development in Japan that saves time and resources of the whole team.
FriendlyRb, a community partner, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing in the Ruby community.

Ticket Sponsors

These are the ticket sponsors for the event! 💪
WNB.rb - A virtual community for women and non-binary Rubyists.

Previous Sponsors

These were our previous sponsors who contributed to the success of past events! 🙌
Shopify - Empowering entrepreneurs with e-commerce solutions
Kwara - Transforming banking for credit unions and financial cooperatives
KopoKopo - Empowering businesses in Kenya with innovative payment solutions
Nairobits - Kenyan nonprofit empowering youth from under-resourced backgrounds to take advantage of the Digital Age
Andela is an American global job placement network for software developers. Andela focuses on sustainable careers, connecting technologists with long-term engagements, access to international roles, competitive compensation, and career coaching through the Andela Learning Community.
iHub is an Innovation hub and hacker space for the technology community in Nairobi.
Turing uses proprietary AI to help companies build enterprise applications, train and enhance LLMs, and hire on-demand technical professionals.