AWS Community Day - Zimbabwe

The AWS Community Day Zimbabwe 2023 is a free, in-person conference, set to take place on September 30th, 2023, at the Uncommon Innovation Hub in Dzivarasekwa, Harare.

This event is designed to educate attendees about AWS products and services and help develop the skills needed to build, deploy, and operate your infrastructure and applications. Sessions are delivered by AWS subject matter experts and customers who have successfully built solutions on AWS.

** AWS certification vouchers & credits to be won! **

Transport from town to the Innovation Hub in DZ will be provided.

AGENDA

9:00am - 9:30am Registration, Networking

9:30am - 10:00am OPENING KEYNOTE - Thembile Ndlovu (AWS)

10:00am - 10:30am Trevor Bhazari - Leveraging AWS Infrastructure for Business Growth

10:30am - 11:00am John Tseriwa - Best Practices for Securing Your AWS Environment

11:00am - 11:30am Jabulani Chibaya - AWS Security and Compliance: Zimbabwe's Cyber and Data Protection Act as a Focal Point

11:30am - 11:40am Ashley Shumba - Refactoring a Microservices Based Application into a Monolith

11:40am - 11:50am Mpumelelo Nyathi - Usage of AWS in Search Engine dobha.co.zw

12:00am - 12:40pm LUNCH

12:40pm - 1:00pm AWS Credits/Vouchers Giveaway

1:00pm - 1:30pm Phyllis Tarisai Madaba - Security In the Cloud

1:30pm - 2:00pm Trevor Muchenje - Introduction to LLMs & How To Fine-Tune Them For The Zimbabwean Context

2:00pm - 2:30pm Emmanuel Mhetu - Deep Dive into Specific AWS Cloud Services

2:30 - 3:00pm Chibuike Nwachukwu - Building a Real-time Database with AWS: A Firebase Alternative

3:00pm - 3:10pm Richson Simbabure - Low Code No Code Platforms

3:10pm - 3:20pm Kevin Tuei - The Day I Almost Lost My AWS Account: What I Did to Secure It

3:20pm - 3:30pm Closing Remarks