Where Africa's builders connect, collaborate and grow.

DevCongress is a builder-led technology community from Ghana, connecting developers, designers, founders, hackers and makers across Africa.

Website · Meet the builders · Events · Join Slack · Support the mission

Builders helping builders

We exist because Africa's builders deserve a community that takes them seriously. That means no paywalls and no gatekeeping—just people sharing what they know, opening doors for one another and building useful things together.

6,000+
community members

10+ years
building community

500+
builders supported

10+
community-led tools

Start here

You want to…	Your next step
Show what you know and what you have shipped	Create your profile on Connect
Learn with people building across Africa	Find a DevCongress event
Meet collaborators, mentors and friends	Join the community on Slack
Improve a community tool	Browse our open issues
Help keep the community independent	Support DevCongress

What we're building

Project	What it is	Explore
DevCongress Connect	Public profiles for Africa's builders: what they know, what they have shipped and whether they are open to work.	Use Connect · View the code
DevCongress website	The public home for our mission, programs, meetups and community stories.	Visit the site · View the code
Events Management	Open-source event operations for publishing meetups, reviewing talks, managing speakers and learning from attendance and feedback.	Browse events · View the code
Made in Ghana	A community-maintained directory of open-source projects from Ghana.	Explore projects

Build with us

You do not need to be an expert to contribute. Pick a project, read its setup and contributing notes, then look for an issue where your experience can help. Code is only one kind of contribution—documentation, design, testing, research and thoughtful issue reports all make the work better.