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Kenya Tech Events Roundup
A snapshot of confirmed digital marketing, innovation/startup and general tech events happening across Kenya over the next ~60 days.
Last Updated: 5th October 2026
This is an independent roundup compiled by Web Focus Solutions for the Kenyan tech community. We are not affiliated with, sponsoring, or endorsed by any of the organizers listed below, and details (dates, venues, tickets) can change, so please confirm on the official event page before making plans.
Digital Marketing
Search AfriCon Kenya 2026: 7 November 2026 - Nairobi
Billed as Africa's premier SEO and digital marketing conference, this Nairobi edition brings together digital marketers, SEO professionals, tech marketers, business owners and brands focused on improving online visibility. It includes a virtual masterclass option alongside the in-person day, with sessions on search strategy and building a "user-friendly online world." Relevant for anyone running SEO, content or paid campaigns for a Kenyan or African audience, including agency owners and in-house marketers.
AI
Build, Break and Deploy with Kiro (Kiro Nights) — 8 October 2026 — Nairobi
A hands-on AWS-led session exploring Kiro, an AI-powered IDE, where participants build an application, deliberately break it, and then use AI agents to debug and redeploy it to AWS. It's aimed at developers and AI/ML practitioners who want practical, spec-driven AI coding experience rather than a slide-deck pitch. Good fit for anyone evaluating AI coding tools for client or product work.
Grok Bot Kenya Workshop — 8 October 2026 — Nairobi
A hands-on workshop hosted by SpaceXAI Kenya introducing the Grok bot and the wider SpaceXAI ecosystem through live demos and open discussion. It's casual and exploratory rather than technical-deep-dive, aimed at anyone curious about what Grok can actually do and where it fits into an AI toolkit. Useful for marketers and consultants scouting new AI tools, not just developers.
MCP Dev Summit Nairobi — 19–20 November 2026 — Nairobi
Part of a global series of technical gatherings for developers building real-world agentic AI systems, this Nairobi edition focuses on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — covering agent architecture, infrastructure and running these systems in production. It's a technical event for engineers and teams actually building AI agents, not a general-audience AI talk. Relevant if you're building or advising on AI workflow automation for clients.
Innovation & Startups
CIRIS Tech 2026 — 14 October 2026 — Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County
Hosted by Eldoret National Polytechnic under the theme "Connecting Research, Industry and Innovation for Sustainable Impact," this conference brings together TVETs, universities, researchers, industry players and innovators to build partnerships around real-world problems. It's a useful signal of tech and innovation activity outside Nairobi, in the Rift Valley region. Relevant for anyone tracking county-level innovation ecosystems or academia-industry partnerships.
Fintech Festival Kenya 2026 — 5 November 2026 — Nairobi
A showcase of achievements, innovation and leadership within Kenya's fintech ecosystem, bringing together founders, investors and operators building payments, lending and financial infrastructure products. Relevant for anyone working with or advising fintech or payments-adjacent SMEs, or tracking where investment and innovation attention is going in Kenyan tech.
JENGA SEC 2026 — 14 October 2026 (3 days) — Strathmore University, Nairobi
A three-day enterprise cybersecurity hackathon where teams build systems, then attack and defend them in live Red-vs-Blue simulations, alongside industry networking. It's a strong example of Kenya's growing hands-on hackathon culture around infrastructure security rather than pure app-building. Best suited to developers, security practitioners and students wanting competitive, practical experience.
Inter-University Hackathon 2026 — 13 November 2026 — Nairobi
A national hackathon under the theme "Harnessing AI, Emerging Technologies and University Talent for Sustainable Societal Transformation," with ten competition tracks spanning AI in tourism, climate, health, security and agriculture. It's a good pulse-check on what Kenyan university talent is building and which problem areas are attracting young innovators. Relevant for anyone scouting early-stage talent or tracking the student innovation pipeline.
Startup Grind Nairobi Tech Week — 23–25 November 2026 — Nairobi
A multi-day Startup Grind series covering deep tech, DevSecOps and infrastructure, decentralized/crypto ("Decentralized Nairobi") and embedded finance/AI credit scoring ("Finarchitects"), connecting founders and engineers with capital and policy leaders. It's aimed at startup founders, investors and technical leads rather than a casual meetup crowd. Useful if you want a concentrated week of Nairobi's startup and venture conversation in one place.
General Tech
Droidcon Kenya 2026 — 5 October 2026 (today) — Nairobi
Billed as the largest Android-focused developer conference in Africa, this is the 6th in-person edition, bringing together East African and continental tech communities for sessions and networking on Android development. If you're reading this on publish day, it's happening right now — worth a late dash if you're Nairobi-based and mobile-dev-adjacent. Primarily for Android/mobile developers and engineering teams.
GDG DevFest Rift Valley 2026 — 24 October 2026 — Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County
A Google Developer Groups-organised regional edition of DevFest, bringing developer tools, Google-expert-led sessions and local tech community networking to Eldoret rather than Nairobi. It reflects how Kenya's dev-conference circuit is spreading into secondary cities. Good for developers in the Rift Valley region who don't want to travel to Nairobi for this content.
GopherCon Africa 2026 — 15 October 2026 — Nairobi
Billed as Africa's largest Go (programming language) conference, offering two days of knowledge-sharing, networking and innovation for the Go developer community. It's a niche but well-established event for backend and infrastructure engineers. Relevant mainly to developers and engineering teams working in Go rather than a general tech audience.
Grafana & Friends Kenya: Eldoret Dashboard, Vol. 1 — 30 October 2026 — Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County
A hands-on technical session covering the modern dev workflow end-to-end: AI-assisted prototyping, deploying a serverless app to Google Cloud, and monitoring real user metrics with Grafana Faro. Welcomes students, frontend developers and cloud enthusiasts, not just senior engineers. Another sign of DevOps/cloud skill-building activity happening outside Nairobi.
DevFest Kisii 2026 — 31 October 2026 — Kisii
A regional DevFest focused on the shift from writing boilerplate code to orchestrating autonomous AI agents, aimed at helping developers understand the tools and mindset of what organisers call "the agentic era." It extends Kenya's Google-developer-community events into Nyanza region. Relevant for developers and technical founders wanting to get ahead of the AI-agent shift.
KKLive 2026 ("We Need to Talk") — 31 October 2026 — Nairobi
Described as East Africa's largest gathering of designers, creators and innovators, this event runs industry panels on designer pay, career paths (employment vs. freelancing) and AI's impact on design, followed by practical workshops. It's pitched at Kenyan designers with roughly 3–6 years of experience rather than total beginners. Worth knowing about if your work touches UX, creative direction or content design.
DevFest Nairobi 2026 — 14 November 2026 — Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi
The flagship Nairobi edition of DevFest, themed "Build. Secure. Scale.," covering AI, cloud, web, mobile and security, and bringing together developers, founders and tech leaders across the ecosystem. This is typically one of the biggest single-day developer events on the Nairobi tech calendar. Relevant for developers, technical founders and anyone wanting a broad snapshot of where Kenyan tech is heading.
Women In Tech Summit Kenya 2026 — 27 November 2026 — Nairobi
A summit platform for women in technology to build their careers and professional networks, with sessions aimed at helping participants "elevate their expertise, build powerful networks, and create the impact they're meant to make." It's relevant for women working in or entering Kenyan tech, and for organisations looking to support them. Also a useful networking stop for anyone building partnerships in the local tech ecosystem.
Note: GITEX Kenya / AI Everything Kenya and Africa Tech Summit Nairobi — two of the region's largest tech events — are both confirmed for 2026/2027 but fall outside this 60-day window (GITEX Kenya ran in May 2026; Africa Tech Summit Nairobi is scheduled for 1 February 2027), so they're not included here.
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