The second DjangoCon Africa, Arusha • 11–15 August 2025, held alongside UbuCon Africa. Three days of talks, then workshops and sprints.
Keynote
Keynote Speaker • France
Shared how a first contribution to Django led her to become Vice President of the Django Software Foundation.
Keynote
Keynote Speaker • Ethiopia
Told the story of becoming a community leader in Ethiopia and the larger roles that followed.
Keynote
Keynote Speaker • USA
Showed the many ways to contribute to Django: code, documentation, and running or simply attending local events.
Speaker
President, Django Software Foundation
Spoke on the future of Django.
UbuCon Africa 2025 ran alongside the conference from 13 to 15 August, and a Django Girls workshop opened the week on 9 August.
After Zanzibar in 2023, DjangoCon Africa returned to Tanzania, this time in Arusha.
DjangoCon Africa and UbuCon Africa shared a stage, bringing the Django and Ubuntu communities together.
Hands-on workshops led by Django and Python practitioners, plus code sprints for open source contribution.
A Django Girls workshop on 9 August introduced new developers to Django before the conference.
Three days of single-track talks on programming, technology, society, careers, business and education, including keynotes from Sarah Abderemane, Lidya Tilahun and Tim Schilling, a talk on the future of Django from DSF President Thibaud Colas, and panels on the main stage. Workshops and sprints followed in the lecture halls.
