Speaking at DjangoCon Africa

Welcome Back to DjangoCon Africa 2025, we are very much excited just as you are!

To get started, do well to check Proposal guidelines where you will find the steps and guidelines to submit your proposal. Keep in mind that there is a limit of 5 proposal submissions per person.

Why Speak at DjangoCon Africa

Share new tools, resources, experiences, practices, and ideas with the Django community and beyond.
Connect with other Django professionals, expand your network, and build relationships that can benefit your career and personal growth.
Your talk will be professionally recorded and made available on our official YouTube channel for a global audience to access and learn from. (optional)
A professional photographer will be present to capture high-quality images of your talk, providing a lasting visual record of your presentation. (Optional)
Reach a wide audience and share your insights, experiences, and discoveries with the Django community and beyond.
Give back to Django Community.

Selection Process

Reviewing submissions for DjangoCon Africa can be a challenging task, with many excellent talks and tutorials vying for a limited number of slots. To ensure transparency and fairness, we're committed to making our selection process clear to all submitters and attendees. Our main approach is community driven and it involves a team of volunteers and organizers who will review submissions anonymously and collectively decide which ones to feature.

Also we will be sharing our guidelines and reviewing process, we aim to provide a better understanding of what attendees can expect from the conference and why certain talks are selected. Additionally, we may prioritize speakers from underrepresented or marginalized groups to amplify the conference's social impact.

We'll document our selection process on this website and announce updates via our social media channels, including Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Mastodon, Bluesky.

Presentation Types

The following are the presentation types that will be accepted in Django Africa Conference 2025

Talk

Length: 20 - 45mins

We're seeking innovative and captivating talks that cater to the diverse interests of our attendees. While Django expertise is a plus, we're also interested in talks that explore broader themes, such as community, web development, user experience, Education, Open Source and more.

No Worries if you're a first time speaker - we're excited to provide a platform for you to share your ideas and kickstart your speaking journey!

Workshop and Tutorials

Length: 1.5 - 2hrs

This year we are open to any topic as long as it will develop or improve the experiences and knowledge of our attendee’s.

Workshop and Tutorials can be targeted at any experience level, just be sure to indicate clearly what you expect your students to already know or have experience with in your proposal!

Still unsure if you should submit? Not only will we cover your DjangoCon ticket, we will provide you with the right platform to make it possible.

Lightning Talks

Length: 5 - 10mins

Not ready for a full talk or tutorial?

Want to take the leap and give your first conference talk?

Our lightning talks are the perfect opportunity! These short, 5-minute talks (with or without slides) are all about sharing your ideas and experiences with the community. Don't be nervous or shy - remember, it's just 5 minutes! We'll have a dedicated lightning talk slot at the end of each day during the conference. Sign-ups will take place during the event, so be sure to mark your calendar and join us!

Proposal Guidelines

We will appreciate it more, if you Submit your talk in time.
All talks will be in English.
Read, understand, and agree to our Code of Conduct. As a speaker, your talk and your slides will need to follow our Code of Conduct – if you are not sure what that means, or have some issue you are not sure about, just ask us or email [email protected].
Make sure you spend some time and effort on your proposal. Typos, lack of formatting, and half finished sentences are unnecessary and make your proposal hard to be taken seriously. (Ask a mentor, Check the links in our speakers resources, or a friend to help if this is difficult for you.)
Don't overdo it – two or three paragraphs are plenty of space to give us an idea of your talk, we don't require an entire thesis.
Original content: Since we have little space and lots of submissions, we prefer original content. If your talk is so awesome that you want to give it in multiple places, we'd ask you to consider putting a new spin on it, if at all possible.
Please do well to minimise the use of AI or other technological assistance as much as possible.

Speaker Perks

As a speaker at DjangoCon Africa, you will enjoy premium access to our complimentary dinner and prioritised in Opportunity Grants. However, if you need financial assistance of any sort to attend the conference, you will need to apply for an opportunity grant separately and mention that you applied during your speaking application or proposal. Please note that speakers are considered as first choice in issuing grants across.

Company Support

If your company or employer has supported your talk preparation, such as allowing you to work on it during office hours, you're welcome to acknowledge their support during your presentation. However, please ensure that the talk's content remains unbiased and focused on sharing your expertise, rather than promoting commercial interests.

Don't let self-doubt hold you back - DjangoCon Africa is eager to showcase your unique perspective and expertise, and reading inspiring stories from past speakers can help boost your confidence and encourage you to submit your proposal.

If you would like to ask a question, you are always welcome to write the Content Committee: [email protected].