PyCon Africa 2026 Schedule

Time	Victoria Ball Room	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall
7:00 – 8:45	Break Tea
9:00 – 11:00		The Essence of Data Visualisation: Mapping from Data to Visual Properties Hassan Kibirige	PyData Summit	Sponsor Workshops
11:00 – 13:00		GDE Workshop	PyData Summit	Sponsor Workshops
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00		Computer Vision in 10 Lines of Code: Rapid Prototyping with FastAI Victor Olufemi	PyData Summit	Sponsor Workshops
16:00 – 18:00		Building Your First RESTful API Anthony Addae	PyData Summit	Sponsor Workshops

Time	Victoria Ball Room	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall
7:00 – 8:45	Break Tea
9:00 – 11:00		Demystifying Robotics & IoT with MicroPython Zenas Awuku	Humble Data workshop Cecilia Tivir	WiDs
11:00 – 13:00		LLMs Expert Session GDEs	Securing Django 6.0 Apps with Built-in Content Security Policy Kiringabakwe Ibrahim	WiDs
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 16:00		Hands-On: Building an AI Agent with Python to Detect Risky Customers Hussein Kizza	Building Pearl-Chat: Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Architecting a Native Luganda LLM in Pure JAX Wesley Kambale	WiDs
16:00 – 18:00		SQLAlchemy: the Swiss Army Knife of Databases for Python ZOKORA ELVIS GBAGNON	CPython Internals Lincoln Angufibo

Time	Victoria Ball Room	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall
7:00 – 8:45	Break Tea
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote
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	Django Girls Workshop	Community Summit
11:10 – 11:55	Getting started with mechanistic interpretability Rashid Kisejjere Talk · AI/ML	GenAI Inside: Embedding AI into Enterprise Workflows with Python Muhammad Aliyu Talk · AI/Agentic	Django Girls Workshop	Community Summit
12:00 – 12:45	CPython Under Load: NoGIL, Green Threads, AsyncIO vs Other Langs — Deep-Dive and Benchmarks Petr Andreev Talk · AI/ML	Mastering Deep Learning: One Python Script at a Time Charles Moruri Talk · AI/Agentic	Django Girls Workshop	Community Summit
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	Django Girls Workshop	Community Summit
14:55 – 15:40	The Mathematical Representation of Vision: From Linear Algebra to Deepfake Detection Mark Lubega Talk · AI/ML	From Zero to GPU: Serverless ML Inference on a Budget with Modal and Python Arnold Ighiwiyisi Talk · AI/Agentic	Django Girls Workshop	Community Summit
15:50 – 16:50	Closing Keynote
16:50 – 17:20	Lightning Talks

Time	Victoria Ball Room	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall	Pavilion
7:00 – 8:45	Break Tea
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote Building AI-Powered Lending Infrastructure (Chris Orwa)
10:20 – 11:05	Let the Computer Run Your Unit Tests: Property-Based Testing with Hypothesis in Python Batamye Umar Isabirye Talk · Core Python	Building Real-Time Voice Agents That Listen and Respond in Python Glory Bagai Talk · AI/Agentic	Python in the Browser: No install, No barrier Hypolit Zeuchieu Talk · Security/Web	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	Posters
11:10 – 11:40	Working with Audio in Python (Pythonic Approach) Bashir Kasujja 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	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	Posters
11:45 – 12:15	Python for Microcontrollers: Introduction to MicroPython & Wokwi Simulator Samuel Lunghe Short Talk · Core Python	Building Event-Driven Systems in Python That Survive Production Abdulmateen Tairu 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	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	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	When Step 3 Fails: Reliable Multi-Step Workflows in Celery Using the Saga Pattern Douglas Amoo-Sargon Short Talk · Security/Web	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	Posters
14:40 – 15:10	Building Low-Power IoT Systems with LoRaWAN and Python Job mbugua Short Talk · Core Python		Async Python and FastAPI: How It Actually Works Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah Short Talk · Security/Web	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	Posters
15:15 – 15:45	Back to the Fixtures Steve Yonkeu Short Talk · Core Python	Advanced Design Patterns for ML Systems Victor Ashioya Short Talk · AI/Agentic	Delivering with Django: Boring Tech, Real Impact in Africa's Startups Bernard Katamanso Short Talk · Security/Web	Pyladies Africa Jonathan Ssali and Jamil Lutaaya	Posters
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

Time	Victoria Ball Room	Majestic Hall	Royal Hall	Regal Hall
7:00 – 8:45	Break Tea
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Remarks
9:15 – 10:15	Opening Keynote A Decade of Language AI: A Reflection on the Insanity (Jade Abbot)
10:20 – 11:05	Hacking for Good: Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking with Python Mvenyi Donald Mbutu 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	Breaking Bad in Python: A Chaos Engineering Story Joyce Dzifa Lokko 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	How I Used Python to Control Kubernetes with Voice Notes on Telegram Daniel Mwiine 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	Dedicated Expo Hall Time	Dedicated Expo Hall Time	Refugee Program
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch
14:05 – 14:35	Delivering with Django: Boring Tech, Real Impact in Africa's Startups Bernard Katamanso Short Talk · Security/Web	Continuous translation with Weblate in the age of AI Gersona Andrianarijaona Short Talk · ML/Data Science	Deploying Intelligence at the Edge: Building Real-World Perception Systems with Python on Constrained Hardware Obed Honour Eje 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	Cyber Security Workshop Tutorial	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	Cyber Security Workshop Tutorial	Refugee Program
15:50 – 16:50	Closing Keynote The Evolution of Python: Lessons from Its Creator (Guido van Rossum)
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