PyCon Africa 2026 Schedule

Time	Albert Hall	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall
10:00 – 16:00	Badge Pickup
10:00 – 12:00	Expo Setup
13:00 – 15:00		The Essence of Data Visualisation: Mapping from Data to Visual Properties Hassan Kibirige
15:00 – 17:00		Build and deploy an ADK agent on Cloud Run Alouzeh Brandone Mahbuh Samuel Macharia
17:00 – 19:00		Hands-On: Building an AI Agent with Python to Detect Risky Customers Hussein Kizza

Time	Albert Hall	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall
10:00 – 16:00	Badge Pickup
10:00 – 12:00	Merch Pickup
12:00 – 14:00		Demystifying Robotics & IoT with MicroPython Zenas Awuku	Humble Data workshop Cecilia Tivir
14:00 – 16:00		LLMs Expert Session GDEs Hassan Bahati Wesley Kambale Ronnie Atuhaire Brayan Kai Mwanyumba	Building Your First RESTful API Anthony Addae
16:00 – 18:00		Trust Is a Dependency: Securing the Modern Software Supply Chain Famious Orishaba, Tabitha Namwone	Building Pearl-Chat: Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Architecting a Native Luganda LLM in Pure JAX Wesley Kambale

Time	Albert Hall - AI/ML	Majestic Hall - AI/Agentic	Royal Hall - Web/Security	Regal Hall - Core
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks Ariane Djeupang — International Chair, PyCon Africa
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote State of the Developer Address Mark Ssembajjwe
10:20 – 11:05	Automating Hardware Diagnostics: Resurrecting Motherboards with Python and a Raspberry Pi Collins Mesue Talk · AI/ML	MLOPs with MLFLow (A Value Estimation Example) Ronald Matovu Talk · AI/Agentic	Pyladies Africa	Open Space
11:10 – 11:55	Getting started with mechanistic interpretability Rashid Kisejjere Talk · AI/ML	Africa’s Talking Integration with AI Mark Ssembajjwe Talk · AI/Agentic	Pyladies Africa	Open Space
12:00 – 12:45	Python for Data Science and AI: An African Perspective Wesley Kambale Talk · AI/ML	The Last Mile Is Data Roland Gafana, AI Studio Talk · AI/Agentic	Pyladies Africa	Open Space
12:50 – 13:00	Sponsor Plenary Talk
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:05 – 14:50	Turning Food into Medicine with Local LLMs: The Future of Chronic Disease Management Daniel Samuel Etukudo Talk · AI/ML	From Hospital Records to REST API: Training and Serving XGBoost Disease Prediction Models in Python Ernest Essien Talk · AI/Agentic	Pyladies Africa	Open Space
14:55 – 15:40	The Mathematical Representation of Vision: From Linear Algebra to Deepfake Detection Mark Lubega Talk · AI/ML	All Seeing, All Knowing: Evaluating Production AI Agents with Logs, Traces and Evals Daniel Akhabue Talk · AI/Agentic
15:50 – 16:50	Closing Keynote Building the Agentic Future with Google Antigravity John Kimani, Developer Ecosystem Lead for Sub-Saharan Africa, Google
16:50 – 17:20	Lightning Talks Your Code is Great...but Who Knows? by Sarah Muwanguzi Python for Impact: Building Climate Solutions Rooted in African Communities by Tendai Jack Open Source Is Infrastructure. Why We Must Stop Treating It Like a Hobby by Gertrude Abagale Abagale Python for Community Impact: Simple Tech Solutions for Refugee and Rural Communities in Africa by Makala Sankara Anzuruni
17:20 – 17:35	Closing Remarks Hassan Bahati — Local Chair, PyCon Africa 2026

Time	Albert Hall - Core Python	Majestic Hall - AI/Agentic	Royal Hall - Security/Web	Regal Hall - Web	Pavilion Setup
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks Dorothy Kabarozi — Local Chair, PyCon Africa 2026
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote Building AI-Powered Lending Infrastructure Chris Orwa
10:20 – 11:05	Working with Audio in Python (Pythonic Approach) Bashir Kasujja Short Talk · Core Python	Building Real-Time Voice Agents That Listen and Respond in Python Glory Bagai Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Python in the Browser: No install, No barrier Hypolit Zeuchieu Short Talk · Security/Web	Django Girls Workshop	Posters
11:10 – 11:40	Python for Microcontrollers: Introduction to MicroPython & Wokwi Simulator Samuel Lunghe Short Talk · Core Python	Detecting Firmware Implants with Python Assisted Bare-Metal Forensics Arrhat Nag Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Enhancing FastMCP Server Security Mugoya Hillarious Short Talk · Security/Web	Django Girls Workshop	Posters
11:45 – 12:15	Crafting Legendary Documentation for Your Python Projects Fanny Nyayic Short Talk · Core Python	From Campus to Community: How Ugandan Students Are Building AI Agents with Python Asiimwe Tracy, Marketing Team lead, AIFest Uganda Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Python at Scale: A Practical Guide to Serving 1 Million Users with FastAPI and Flask Moses Daudu Short Talk · Security/Web	Django Girls Workshop	Posters
12:20 – 13:00	Open Source, Research and Industry Panel
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:05 – 14:35	Deterministic Python: Implementing RTOS Design Concepts in MicroPython Shawal Mbalire Short Talk · Core Python	Designing Python APIs for Data You Don't Control Saurav Jain Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Async Python and FastAPI: How It Actually Works Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah Short Talk · Security/Web	Django Girls Workshop	Posters
14:40 – 15:10	Building Low-Power IoT Systems with LoRaWAN and Python Job mbugua Short Talk · Core Python	Advanced Design Patterns for ML Systems Victor Ashioya Short Talk · AI/Agentic
15:15 – 15:45	Rift Research Labs’ Talk Michael Mukiibi Sponsor Talk	A Hands-On Practical Framework for Building Recommender Systems at Scale with KerasRS and JAX Brayan Kai, East Africa Ambassador, Black Python Devs Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Kolaborate sponsor talk Sponsor Talk
15:50 – 16:50	Closing Keynote
16:50 – 17:20	Lightning Talks Django Deployment Isn't What It Used to Be. by Victoria Nyamai Using Python to Automate API Testing in Open Source Projects by Clency Christine Securing Networks with Python: A Deep Dive into Intrusion Detection, Phishing Prevention, and Vulnerability Scoring by Alpha Lee Munene What Nobody Tells You About Running a Developer Community as a Student by Bernard Katamanso The Informal Economy Doesn't Have an API by John Pangara Design isn't just for the Frontend: Why backend developers should care about UX. by Angella Miriam Birungi
17:20 – 17:30	Closing Remarks Hassan Bahati — Local Chair, PyCon Africa 2026

Time	Albert Hall - Security/Web	Majestic Hall - ML/Data science	Royal Hall - AI/Agentic	Regal Hall - Core
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks and Overview Ariane Djeupang — International Chair, PyCon Africa
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote A Decade of Language AI: A Reflection on the Insanity Jade Abbot
10:20 – 11:05	Breaking Bad in Python: A Chaos Engineering Story Joyce Dzifa Lokko Talk · Security/Web	The Lazy Wizard's Guide to Federated Learning: Building ML Models in Difficult Places Johannes Kolbe Talk · ML/Data Science	From Single Agents to Production Teams: Building Multi-Agent Systems with Python, MCP, and Persistent Memory David Agbolade Talk · AI/Agentic	Refugee Program
11:10 – 11:40	How I Used Python to Control Kubernetes with Voice Notes on Telegram Daniel Mwiine Short Talk · Security/Web	V-MATH and Veri-Math: Step Level Verification for Enhancing Mathematical Reasoning in Large Language Models John Paul Rugaba Rugaba Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Designing Python-First AI Programs for African Universities: A Practical Framework Elvira Khwatenge Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Refugee Program
11:45 – 12:15	Deployment of Python Application on Twelveinks Cloud Platform Mumbere William Short Talk · Security/Web	Federated Learning as a Distributed Systems Problem: Designing Production-Grade ML Systems in Python David Asem Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Speech Synthesis Unpacked: Building a Voice Cloning TTS Model with Python Nunsi Shiaki Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Refugee Program
12:20 – 13:00	Dedicated Expo Hall Time
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:05 – 14:35	Deployment of Custom LLMs using serverless architectures Patrick Walukagga, Sunbird AI Sponsor Talk	Continuous translation with Weblate in the age of AI Gersona Andrianarijaona Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Mastering Deep Learning: One Python Script at a Time Charles Moruri Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Refugee Program
14:40 – 15:10	PaSSw0rdVib3s!: Finding Passwords in Digital Evidence Anne Fleur van Luenen Short Talk · Security/Web	Building Clinical Tools in Data-Constrained Environments: Python, ML, and the Human Spine Christine Akoto-Nimoh Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Open Space	Refugee Program
15:15 – 15:45	Background Jobs at Scale: Designing Reliable Python Worker Systems Efe Omoregie Short Talk · Security/Web	Building Civic Tech with Python: APIs, Data, and Systems for Public Good Alamin Magaga Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Open Space	Refugee Program
17:00 – 18:00	Closing Keynote The Evolution of Python: Lessons from Its Creator^★ Guido van Rossum

★ Remote session