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
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
- Find an open issue across DevCongress
- Explore every DevCongress repository
- Meet the people already building on Connect
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Built by the community, for the community.
