Droidcon Uganda

Alhamdulillah, @droidconug was special, Planned for a talk, ended up with 5 contributions, a talk about #JetpackCompose and #firebase, panel discussion, round table, Judging and speaking at the AI buildation all in 2 days 😀.

🚀 Dynamic UI Meets Firebase! At #dcug25, @AhmedNMahran — Senior Software Tech Lead at Vodafone & Founder of Kotlin Egypt — dives into how Firebase and Jetpack Compose can unlock truly dynamic, scalable, and real-time app experiences. If you’re building modern Android apps, this was a session you shouldn't have missed! 🔥📱 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #Firebase #Kotlin #DroidconUG #dcug25

🎙️ Brian Wanji — Country Coordinator, Droidcon Uganda Addressing attendees at the #DroidconUG Buildathon with powerful insights on innovation, collaboration, and building solutions that impact African learners. His message: real progress happens when developers come together to create, experiment, and ship ideas that move communities forward. 💡🔥 #dcug25 #Buildathon #TechUG #DeveloperCommunity

🚀 Joshua Musyoki — Android Engineer, Transsion Kenya Live at #DroidconUG breaking down what it really takes to build CI/CD pipelines that scale! He’s sharing practical strategies for faster builds, reliable tests, smoother releases, and automating workflows using GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Bitrise, Firebase App Distribution & more — all to boost team velocity with confidence. #dcug25 #AndroidDev #CICD #MobileEngineering #TechUG

🚀 Paul Mayero — Open-Source Believer Live at #DroidconUG, empowering developers to take full control of app distribution! In his hands-on session, Paul breaks down how to leverage the F-Droid toolkit, from setting up custom repositories with fdroidserver to building seamless, web-based repos using Repomaker. Developers are learning how to create, host, and install their own F-Droid repositories — unlocking a truly open ecosystem. 🔥 #dcug25 #OpenSource #AndroidDev #FDroid #DevCommunity #TechUG

💡 Innovation Meets Impact at #droidconUG25! Developers teamed up in a live Buildathon 🤝 — creating learning modules designed to empower the African child through tech and education. 🌍📚 Together, we code for a brighter future. ✨ #dcug25 #Buildathon #TechForGood #DroidconUganda #InnovationInEducation

⚡️A moment of expertise at #droidconUG25! Buildathon judge & speaker @AhmedNMahran, Team Lead and Founder of Kotlin Egypt, shares his insights during the Kotlin-powered Buildathon — inspiring developers to innovate with purpose. 💡💻 His leadership embodies the spirit of collaboration driving Africa’s tech future. 🌍✨ #dcug25 #Buildathon #DroidconUganda #Kotlin #TechForGood #InnovationInEducation #AfricaRising

💬 At #dcug25, we had an insightful Roundtable Discussion with @ahmednmahran, exploring real-world developer challenges, career growth, and the future of Android development. A big thank you to Ahmed for inspiring our community! 🙌 #DroidconUganda #AndroidDev

🎤 We hit the floor at #dcug25 to find out which speakers left the biggest impact — and the crowd did not hold back! 💬💡 From cutting-edge Android insights to inspiring stories, #dcug was buzzing with energy, innovation, and community spirit 🇺🇬✨ 👇 Catch the highlights & hear what attendees had to say

@allan_the_great @SiroDevs @SafeBoda @innovationhubug @Google Unfortunately ugali wasn't there 😅😅

@droidconug @SiroDevs @SafeBoda @innovationhubug @Google I hope you gave him some Katogo or matoke to replace the lost calories 😂😂

🚀@SiroDevs cycled 🚲 all the way from Nairobi Kenya to Kampala Uganda to attend the #dcug25... what a way to make your mark 📌...💥✨️✨️

At #dcug25 , When it's lunch time, it's networking time.

currently judging along with the board ideas built in Al buildathon at @droidconug to use #Al to solve education problems in Africa. #dcug25, and there will be some prizes from @KotlinEgypt provided by #Jetbrains

🚀 The Buildathon at #dcug25 is happening now! Today’s challenge: “Rethinking Tech Education for Children in Africa Using AI” 🤖📚 Innovators are exploring how AI can inspire, teach, and empower the next generation of African tech leaders. 🌍💡 #DroidconUganda #AI #EdTech

🎨 Mastering Adaptive UI with Jetpack Compose! @cka_assi takes the stage now to show how to build beautiful, responsive Android apps that look great on any screen size. 📱💻✨ #dcug25 #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose

⚡ Happening Now at #dcug25! “From Web Servers to AI Servants: The Kotlin MCP Revolution” by @aricha_samson — exploring how Kotlin is powering the next wave of intelligent systems, from backend innovation to AI-driven experiences. 🤖🔥 #Kotlin #AI #MobileDevelopment

@SiroDevs You should have taken two.....so you could do it over😅

@droidconug While I was looking for people they were looking for me and in our talks I have done all. How I wish there were more tasks 🤣🤣

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