Two days, start to finish

Times are provisional until the week of the event. Every ticket covers the after party.

  1. 8:00until 9:00

    RegistrationOpen

    Outside

  2. 10:05until 10:20

    Welcome to DevFest Lagos, Ground Rules and SafetyOpen

    Keynote Hall

    • Maryann Onuoha
  3. 10:05until 10:20

    Broadcast: Welcome to DevFest LagosOpen

    Room 2

  4. 10:25until 11:05

    Key Note 1: Think First. Build Better. Move Faster. The Developer's Role in the Age of AlKeynote

    Keynote Hall

    • James AgadaChairman, ISPON
  5. 10:25until 11:05

    Panel Session 1: Managing Compliance Debt in the Age of AI Christian Jacob - Financial Crime and AI Governance Specialist, Deel Usman Abiola - VP, Product & Operations, ForenPanel

    Keynote Hall

    • Mayomikun ObadofinLead, Sales Projects and Operations, Big Cabal Media
  6. 10:25until 11:05

    AMA with GDEs/Becoming a Google Developer ExpertTalk

    Room 2

    • Sodiq AkinjobiDeveloper Ecosystem Program Manager, Google
  7. 11:15until 11:25

    WALK TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHBreak

    Outside

  8. 11:25until 12:00

    Group PhotographBreak

    General

  9. 12:00until 12:40

    LunchBreak

    General

  10. 12:40until 13:00

    Walk to venue/CleanupBreak

    General

  11. 13:35until 14:05

    Impossible to Ignore: Building a Design Practice That Gets Noticed in a Noisy WorldTalk

    Keynote Hall

    In a world where everyone has a portfolio and every brand has a designer, visibility is no longer guaranteed by talent alone.

    • Obasola AkintolaSenior Brand Designer, Chowdeck
  12. 13:35until 14:05

    MCP Superheroes: Shielding AI Agents with Open Source Security ToolsTalk

    Room 2

    Model Context Protocol (MCP) is giving AI agents a new kind of superpower: the ability to connect with tools, data, APIs, and systems.

    • Harmony ElenduTechnical Product Manager, Dantown
  13. 13:35until 14:35

    The Agentic Shift: Building Zero-Code Flutter Integration Tests with Gherkin and MarionetteWorkshop

    Codelab 1

    Traditional mobile integration tests are notoriously rigid, requiring extensive code and constant maintenance. This session introduces a groundbreaking shift: truly agentic integration testing for Flutter applications.

    • Sebastine OdehSenior Mobile Engineer, Snag
  14. 13:35until 14:35

    Catching Errors before Ci/CD using Antigravity CLIWorkshop

    Codelab 2

    Inherited codebases are packed with hidden platform assumptions. When migrating legacy applications to modern cloud environments, a "green" CI/CD pipeline only proves your build succeeded and doesn’t mean your app…

    • David Ebubechukwu EgbugaraSRE | DevOps Engineer
  15. 14:10until 14:40

    Authenticating AI Agents: Why Your Agents Need Their Own IdentityTalk

    Keynote Hall

    The agentic AI landscape of 2026 has made one thing painfully clear. Most teams are shipping AI agents into production without an authentication model that actually fits them.

    • Shola JegedeDeveloper Relations Engineer, Kinde
  16. 14:10until 14:40

    Building for Reality: What African Users, Offline Markets, and Operational Constraints Teach Us About Product Management!Talk

    Room 2

    ‎Many product teams build for perfect conditions: stable internet, seamless onboarding, unlimited attention spans, and users who behave exactly as expected. But reality is different.

    • Cynthia EdejonProduct Manager, Oyoma Consulting
  17. 14:40until 15:40

    Same Model, Different Results: Debugging Reproducibility in AIWorkshop

    Codelab 1

    Have you ever run the same AI model twice and obtained different results, even without intentionally changing anything? This workshop explores why AI experiments can produce inconsistent outcomes and how engineers can…

    • Precious OnyewuchiOpen Source Manager, SSI Fellow (2026)
  18. 14:40until 15:40

    Horizontally Scaling Agentic Systems with Google ADK on KubernetesWorkshop

    Codelab 2

    A practical workshop on how to horizontally scale agentic systems built with Google ADK on Kubernetes.

    • Claret IbeawuchiHead of Engineering, Dockie
  19. 14:45until 15:15

    Your LLM API Is a Black Box. Here's How to See Inside ItTalk

    Keynote Hall

    Most backend engineers integrating LLMs into production systems have no visibility into what their AI calls are actually doing — what they cost, how long they take, which users are consuming the most tokens, and when…

    • Ige Oluwasegun OluwajubeloEngineering Lead, Class54 (Google Play Accelerator) · Tech Lead, BudgIT · Author of Otellix
  20. 14:45until 15:15

    AI Won't Save Bad UXTalk

    Room 2

    AI Won’t Save Bad UX explores the growing misconception that adding AI automatically creates better products.

    • Anna ErimSenior Product Designer, Interswitch
  21. 15:20until 15:50

    We have AI now, so what happens to docs?Talk

    Keynote Hall

    When AI first became accessible to everyone, its first form was in text. We got so used to it that most people who carried out any form of professional work that involved text-based work started to feel a sort of…

    • Prince OnyeanunaTechnical Writer
  22. 15:20until 15:50

    When AI Becomes the Vulnerability: Securing LLMs Against Prompt Injection and Model PoisoningTalk

    Room 2

    Every company is now building with AI chatbots, internal copilots, RAG-powered search, automated workflows.

    • Olusegun FajobiCybersecurity Engineer, Digiss MSSP
  23. 15:45until 16:45

    AI Squad Goals: Building and Managing Your Own Multi-Agent TeamWorkshop

    Codelab 1

    Most people use AI as a simple chatbot to ask questions. This session shows you how to level up and build an AI Squad.

    • Fowoyemi AdenijiAI Engineer
  24. 15:45until 16:45

    Speaking "Engineer": The Beginner TPM’s Guide to the SDLC & API IntegrationWorkshop

    Codelab 2

    The biggest bottleneck to scaling a tech product isn't the code; it’s the communication between Product and Engineering.

    • Oluwapelumi KehindeTechnical Product Manager, PalmPay
  25. 15:55until 16:35

    Talk to Your Database: Build an AI-Powered Data AssistantTalk

    Keynote Hall

    What if you could query your database using plain English instead of writing SQL? In this hands-on workshop, you'll build a simple AI-powered assistant that turns natural-language questions into database queries and…

    • Motunrayo KoyejoSoftware Engineer
  26. 15:55until 16:35

    Inclusive by Design: Scaling Accessibility Tech for the Next Billion UsersTalk

    Room 2

    Accessibility is often misunderstood as a niche requirement for a small group of users. In reality, inclusive design creates better products for everyone.

    • Charles AyereFounder, EyeGuide Vision
  27. 16:40until 17:10

    The Code You Didn't Write: Securing What You InheritTalk

    Keynote Hall

    Modern software is built more from dependencies than from original code. Whether it's an npm package, a Python library, a GitHub Action, or a container base image, today's developers inherit hundreds, sometimes even…

    • Ejiro OghenekomeCybersecurity Analyst/Researcher
  28. 17:10until 18:00

    NetworkingOpen

    General