The people of this event
.NET Africa Conference 2026
Johannesburg, South Africa24–26 November 202613 speakers
Who is taking the stage
13 speakers announced so far.
Adeline Makokha
AWS UserGroup Kenya Leader, AWS Community Builder, Software Quality Engineer at Safaricom PLC
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Allan Pead
CTO, developer, lecturer, Microsoft Internet of Things MVP, Microsoft Dev Technologies MVP
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Jochen Kirstätter
The only frontiers are in your mind | GDE Cloud & AI| Microsoft MVP
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Kimberley Bezuidenhout
Building sustainable, context-aware AI systems for emerging markets
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Matthew Leibowitz
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft building .NET MAUI
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Niels Berglund
Software/AI Architect Lead, Derivco | Microsoft AI MVP
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
Siphamandla Ngwenya
Express Employment Professionals, Senior Software Engineer
Speaking in Johannesburg, 24–26 Nov
The team behind Johannesburg
.NET Africa Conference 2026 is a partner event, with the AICD global team behind it.
The local team is introduced here as organizers confirm their place.
With the AICD global team
The people who run AI Community Days around the world.
Seyfallah Tagrerout
CEO · Cloud and Security Architect
Samantha St-Louis
Cloud and AI Engineer · Tech Trainer · Tech HealthCare Expert · Women in Tech Advocate
Mourtaza Fazlehoussen
Chief Information Security Officer at FORTEIA
Nicolas
AI, Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Architect · MCT and MVP · Trainer · Speaker
Swati Ramanuj
Founder & Independent Technical Consultant · Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) · Power Platform, M365, AI & Copilot
Yellampalli Venkatesh
Solution Architect on Microsoft Dynamics & AI
