GDG Addis DevFest'25

Get ready for DevFest Addis 2025, the largest community-led tech event by GDG Addis!
This year, we’re diving into AI and Google Cloud, empowering developers to build safe, secure, and scalable solutions for the future. Expect inspiring keynotes, hands-on workshops, and networking with top tech minds and Google Developer Experts.Learn, build, and grow with the brightest minds in tech.

Agenda

Day 1

10:00 AM: Registration

Organizers

10:00 AM: Opening & Event Kickoff

Rediet Kefelegn (MC)

10:20 AM: Keynote

Yared Endale, General Manager, Eastern
Africa, Visa

10:45 AM: Keynote

CANCELLED - Solomon Kassa, Senior International
Technology Strategist

11:00 AM: Keynote

Kaleab Girma, Head of Infrastructure &
Dala PO, Gebeya

11:15 AM: ALX Quick Dive: Innovate, Learn, Connect

Meklit Baye, Recruitment Manager, ALX

11:25 AM: Panel Discussion - Intelligent, Secure, Scalable: Building Africa’s Modern Digital Systems

● Kidus Yared, CEO | Hasab AI
● Wycliffe Orao | Solutions Specialist, Gebeya
● Alexander Hizkias | CEO, eQUB
● Nebiyou Yirga | General Manager, EASE

12:00 PM: Building Simple and Secure AI-Assisted Products for the Emerging Market

Nathan Damtew, Jami, Founder

12:45 PM: Group Photo

All

12:55 PM: Lunch & Networking Break

All

Day 2

2:25 PM: Open Source Is the Shortcut: Start with Side Projects, End with a Career

KinfeMichael Tariku, Core OSS
maintainer, Better Auth

2:50 PM: Workshop: AI in Chrome for Web Developers

Edwin Maye, Google Developer
Expert, Web

Day 3

2:25 PM: Solving your own problems, with or without AI.

Dagim Gizachew Astatkie, Software
Engineer at VisTec & OSS Contributor

2:50 PM: Workshop: Beyond the Binge - Smart Movie & TV Recommendations with Angular, Genkit & Firebase

Wayne Gakuo, Google Developer
Expert, Angular

Day 4

2:25 PM: Beyond the Vibe: The Tech, Security, and Scaling

Dagmawi Esayas, Founder, ScholarXIV

2:50 PM: Workshop: Building AI-Powered Flutter Apps with Gemini API & Firebase AI Logic

Jackie Morra, Google Developer
Expert, Flutter & Dart

3:30 PM: Closing Remarks & Appreciation

Rediet Kefelegn (MC)