• 30–31 October 2026 · Lagos, Nigeria
Two days of hands-on sessions on AI-assisted development and Eclipse Foundation technologies, built with and for Africa’s open source developer community.
Hosted in Lagos with Open Source Community Africa, bringing practical AI coding practice, deep dives into the Eclipse Foundation ecosystem, and space for the region’s own contributors and projects.
THE OCX AFRICA EXPERIENCE
Practical sessions, local voices
Rather than replicating an existing workshop format, this first edition brings together AI coding practice, the Eclipse Foundation open source ecosystem, and the projects and contributors already building in the region.
Build your own AI coding environment
A practical workshop taking you from LLMs to agents, with time to work through it on your own machine.
Go deep on Eclipse Foundation technologies
ThreadX and open hardware, the Java ecosystem, sovereign AI, software tool builders, and software-defined vehicles.
Learn from local experts
Talks from speakers across Nigeria, North and West Africa, including ten years of lessons building open source in the region.
A path into open source
A session on becoming a contributor, an open source quiz, and networking receptions at the end of both days.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Two days, from discovering to doing
Session topics and formats for each day. Times, speakers and the full agenda will follow.
DAY 1: Discover, connect & inspire
- Eclipse Foundation collaborations: lightning talks
- How to Become a contributor
- 10 years building open source in Africa
- Open source quiz
- Networking reception
DAY 2: Build together
- AI coding environment workshop
- AI developer stack quiz
- ThreadX workshop
- Networking reception
- More sessions to be announced
Discover the technologies shaping tomorrow
OCX is built around the areas developers need to understand as open source moves deeper into industry, infrastructure, regulation, and everyday software development.
Agentic AI
AI Developer Tools & Ecosystems
Cloud Native Technologies
Software-Defined Vehicles
Languages & Runtimes
Embedded Systems & IoT
SPEAKERS
Who will take the stage
Aurélie Caron
Director, Global Event Operations, Eclipse Foundation
Babáṣílé Daniel Ọládélé-Emmanuel
Open source ecosystem builder, innovation leader
and community catalyst
Frédéric Desbiens
Senior Manager, Embedded and IoT Programs , Eclipse Foundation
Ruth Ikegah
Open Source Program Manager
Thabang Mashologu
Chief Marketing Officer, Eclipse Foundation
Thomas Froment
Program Manager, Development
Tools, Eclipse Foundation
OUR LOCAL PARTNER
Delivered with Open Source Community Africa
OCX Africa continues a relationship the Eclipse Foundation has been building since 2019, when we first sponsored OSCAFest. In 2025 we were on the ground in Lagos for the first time.
Founded in 2018, Open Source Community Africa has grown into a community driving open source adoption from Nigeria’s developer hubs to communities across the continent.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Join us in Lagos
Registration is open for the first OCX Africa. Secure your place now!
