Safaricom Engineering Community – Giving Developers a Seat at The Table
Safaricom Engineering Community – Giving Developers a Seat at The Table Last week, Safaricom held its first ever Engineering Summit, dubbed Safaricom De{c0}dE. This is a developer-centric conference that sought to give developers at Safaricom and the larger dev community in Kenya a chance to showcase their talent to the world. I and a team of brilliant colleagues were at the center of the planning and execution of the event. The event came and went, but the effects still continue to reverberate across Kenya and Africa. As the discussion on the future of the Kenyan tech ecosystem and the role of the Safaricom engineering community continues online, I have had a chance to reflect on the success of the summit and why we need to have a sustained and vibrant engineering community that takes charge of the tech narrative in the country and the African continent. We are living in interesting times, and being a techie is a huge privilege. Everyone who finds himself or herself in the tech space ...