Dear devs, startups, and tech enthusiasts,
After very successful 'Infobip Connect Meetups' held this February, we are back in Nairobi! 🇰🇪
The mission of this meetup is to present local tech initiatives and to introduce Infobip Developer Community tools and solutions, which are increasingly popular among developers and Infobip Startup Tribe that help startups from all over the globe achieve their goals.
🏫 Location: Nairobi Garage Kilimani, 7th Floor, Pinetree Plaza Kaburu Drive, Nairobi, Kenya
📆 Date & time: Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 5:00 pm
🎙 Speakers:
• Wayne Gakuo, Angular GDE and Frontend Engineer at Sky.Garden
• Judith Bogonko Chief Commercial Officer at Fingo Africa
• Ivan Burazin, Chief Developer Experience Officer
• Sandra Kuria, Android Engineer at Lontech Facilities
• Josiah Njuki, Senior Implementation Developer at Infobip
• Marijan Cipcic, Tech Community Manager at Infobip
We are looking forward to meeting you and exchanging experiences about dev, web development, and startup ecosystem in Kenya. Connecting is easier with some refreshments, so food and beverages are on us ;)
🎫 Entrance: free with RSVP
🕰 Agenda:
• 5:00 – 5:05 pm – Welcome and overview from the Infobip Kenya team
• 5:05 – 5:20 pm – Keynote: Marijan Cipcic
• 5:20 – 5:55 pm – Panel Discussion: Wayne Gakuo (moderator), Judith Bogonko & Ivan Burazin
• 5:55 – 6:15 pm – Keynote: Sandra Kuria
• 6:15 – 6:30 pm – Keynote: Josiah Njuki
• 6:30 – 8:00 pm – Networking – Food and beverages sponsored by Infobip
⏳ About speakers:
Wayne Gakuo
Wayne Gakuo is a Frontend Engineer who is constantly learning the best practices of architecting software using Angular, while having scalability, maintainability, and user needs in mind. Aside from work, Wayne leads Angular Kenya which trains budding developers to become proficient Angular developers. In his free time, Wayne loves watching documentaries and playing video games, trying to get better at FIFA.
Judith Bogonko
Judith Bogonko is a seasoned Customer Experience Professional with over 13 years of experience in the financial services industry. Currently, as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Fingo Africa, Judith is supporting the development of a NeoBank that caters to Africa's youth, providing them with affordable, convenient and easily accessible financial services to kickstart their financial journeys. With her extensive experience in Customer Experience management and passion for innovation, Judith is leading the charge to create a seamless and enjoyable banking experience for Fingo Africa's customers.
Prior to joining Fingo Africa, Judith led customer experience teams in various financial services organizations, achieving sustained customer satisfaction levels of over 80% and winning Industry Awards for Customer Experience. She is a firm believer in the people-first philosophy and values the time and effort spent mentoring and developing individuals, which leads to better results for companies. With her expertise and dedication, Judith is poised to make a significant impact in the financial services industry and help improve financial inclusion across Africa.
Sandra Kuria
Sandra is android engineer as well as a Google WomenTechmakers ambassador. Besides that, I she is a co-organiser of droidcon Kenya. On this meetup she will have a talk titled "Navigating the tech space as a student". The talk will mainly focus on how students can break into tech and jumpstart their developer careers.
Josiah Njuki
Software Engineer with 10+ years of industrial experience in software projects discovery, planning, design, development, implementation and integration, quality assurance, deployment, and optimization. Josiah was previously the Digital Lead for Jubilee Insurance's Medical business before joining Infobip as an Enterprise Pre-sales Engineer. Josiah holds a Bsc. in Computer Science from Kenyatta University. He is currently a senior Implementation Consultant at Infobip.
Ivan Burazin
Ivan co-founded Codeanywhere, the first cross platform Cloud IDE, which now has over a two million developers worldwide. Alongside this, Ivan founded the largest developer conference in SE Europe called Shift, which was acquired by Infobip - a global communications cloud provider in 2021. Ivan now serves as the Chief Developer Experience Officer at Infobip, running all global developer facing operations.
Marijan Cipcic
Marijan works as a Tech Community Manager at Infobip, leading the developer initiatives of this company in Africa. Although he holds PhD in history and worked for several years in Museum as a Curator, he is engaged in various tech initiatives in Croatia.
📩 Event questions?
Reach out to Marijan Cipcic, Tech Community Manager at Infobip: marijan.cipcic@infobip.com
Who should attend?
Devs, startups, and all tech enthusiasts are more than welcome to attend.
Team Infobip commits to organizing the event with high health safety and safety standards.