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GDG Addis
24 Aug, 11:55
AI Builder Hackathon is coming to Addis Ababa!Calling all developers, engineers, and AI builders.On August 29–30, 2026, Hackation is bringing its AI Builder Hackathon to Addis Ababa for the first time outside Germany.The challenge: Build the Agent - Agentic AI for Real-World Operations.Tracks:⚙️ Workflow Automation Agent 📊 Intelligent Data Pipeline 💡 Open InnovationBuild a working AI solution, connect with builders and mentors, and showcase what you create.🌟 Top builders may be invited to a 3-month working contract with the Hackation team and partners.📅 August 29–30, 2026 📍 Magnolia Hotel & Conference Centre, Bole Atlas
GDG Addis
11 Jun, 07:43
ML / OCR Engineer Paid InternshipWe are looking for an ML/OCR engineering intern to help digitize printed Amharic and Ge’ez book pages into structured data. You will work on OCR, computer vision, and human-in-the-loop annotation systems for low-resource scripts. This is a hands-on role for someone comfortable experimenting with models, evaluating results, and improving a real pipeline over time.What you’ll do: Build and fine-tune OCR models for printed Amharic and Ge’ez textImprove text detection, recognition, and page layout analysis Train object detection and classification models for document-processing tasks Help design a human-in-the-loop annotation workflow, including active learning and error correction loops Evaluate model performance, benchmark experiments, and ship measurable improvements each cycle Use vision-language models or LLM APIs where helpful for weak supervision,GDG Addis
23 May, 13:40
🚀 BUILD WITH AI ADDIS 2026 — Second & Final Session is Today! GDG Addis is excited to welcome you back for the closing session of BUILD WITH AI ADDIS 2026, happening today evening at 6:00 PM. After an amazing first session on Prompt Engineering and building a SaaS website with Gemini CLI, we’re ready to continue the journey with more hands-on AI learning. Today’s session will cover: 🔹 Antigravity 🔹 ADK — AI Agent Development Kit 🔹 AI Agent Workflows 🔹 Hands-on Codelabs Participants who joined the first session also received GCP credits to keep building and experimenting with Google Cloud. Join us this evening as we close BUILD WITH AI ADDIS 2026 with more learning, building, and community energy. See you at 6:00 PM! 💡🤖 #BuildWithAI #BuildWithAIAddis2026 #GDGAddis #GoogleDeveloperGroups #Gemini #GoogleCloud #GCP #AI #AIAgents #AddisAbaba #TechCommunityGDG Addis
15 May, 06:26
🚀 Meet Our Featured Speaker for Build with AI Addis 2026!We’re excited to feature Saheed Adewumi, a Google Developer Expert (GDE Cloud), Software Engineer, and Cloud Engineer passionate about building innovative solutions and empowering developer communities.Saheed will be leading hands-on virtual sessions on Prompt Engineering, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and AI Agent Development with ADK as part of Build with AI Addis 2026.📅 May 16 & 23, 2026 ⏰ 12:00 LT / 6:00 PM EAT 📍 Virtual Event🎟 RSVP here 👉 https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-build-with-ai-addis-2026-2026-05-16/#BuildWithAI #GDGAddis #GoogleCloud #AI #Gemini #ADK
GDG Addis
11 May, 07:50
Build with AI Addis 2026 is coming! 🚀A great opportunity to explore modern AI workflows, Gemini CLI, and AI Agent Development with ADK through hands-on virtual sessions led by a Google Developer Expert in Cloud.📅 May 16 & 23, 2026⏰ 12:00 LT / 6:00 PM EAT📍 Virtual Event🎟 RSVP here 👉 https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-build-with-ai-addis-2026-2026-05-16/#BuildWithAI #GDGAddis #AI #GoogleCloudGDG Addis
9 May, 08:59
🚀 Build with AI Addis 2026 is here!Join GDG Addis for an interactive virtual workshop series focused on modern AI development using Google AI technologies, led by a Google Developer Expert in Cloud.This two-part hands-on session will explore Prompt Engineering, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and AI Agent Development with ADK through live demonstrations, guided workflows, and practical development sessions.From building smarter AI workflows to exploring agentic development and deployment practices, participants will get practical exposure to some of Google’s latest AI tools and technologies.📅 May 16 & 23, 2026⏰ 12:00 LT / 6:00 PM EAT📍 Virtual Event🎟 RSVP now, save your spot 👉 https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-build-with-ai-addis-2026-2026-05-16/ and share with a friend who wants to learn and build with AI.#BuildWithAI #GDGAddis #AI #Gemini
GDG Addis
5 May, 16:19
Natnael Getenew is a 24-year-old developer from Addis Ababa, and his AI project just made the finals of the largest AI competition in history. Ivy is an AI tutor that works completely offline for Ethiopian students with zero internet access. It runs on cheapAwsAWS 10,000 AIdeas Competition: Meet the Winners | AWS Builder CenterMeet the winners of the 10,000 AIdeas Competition! Fair warning, you're about to get inspired.GDG Addis
21 Apr, 17:04edited
Natnael Getenew is a 24-year-old developer from Addis Ababa, and his AI project just made the finals of the largest AI competition in history. Ivy is an AI tutor that works completely offline for Ethiopian students with zero internet access. It runs on cheap phones and teaches in Amharic. Out of 10,000+ projects submitted worldwide to AWS AIdeas 2025, Ivy made the top 50. Teams from Silicon Valley, London, Bangalore - backed by full engineering teams - and here he is, one dev from Addis. The winner is decided by community support. He needs 20 seconds from you:👉 https://builder.aws.com/content/3CQJ9SY2gNvSZKWd3tEq8ny7kSr/aideas-finalist-ivy-the-worlds-first-offline-capable-proactive-ai-tutoring-agentSign in with Google, hit Like. That's it.@GDGAddis
GDG Addis
18 Apr, 12:59edited
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9 Apr, 07:11edited
📣 New co-working space in AddisAmbar Workspace✅ High-speed internet ✅ Both shared and private desks ✅ Meeting room ✅ 24/7 accessTheir current price is 400 ETB/day for shared desks.📍Summit 72, In front of Noc Gas Station, GetAs Building, 2nd floor.It is an ideal working space if you live around Summit, CMC, Ayat, Goro, and Bole Arabsa.@GDGAddisGDG Addis
25 Mar, 04:18
We’re looking for passionate volunteers to join our community 🇪🇹✨Love sharing knowledge 📚, exploring tech 💻, and contributing to platforms like Wikipedia 🌍?To Fill out a form 👉 CLICK HERE🧭 Explore more on our PAGE📸 Follow Us on Instagram for updates
GDG Addis
13 Feb, 08:46
Cybersecurity is one of the fastest-growing fields in tech - and it needs people like you.Gain the skills to protect the digital world.Train online. Learn fast. Start strong.👉🏾 Register now: shorturl.at/MD6Hr#ALXEthiopia #ALXAfrica #ALXTribe #AIwithALX #Cybersecurity #dohardthings #lifeatalx
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9 Feb, 21:37
Google Africa is inviting members of Google Developer Group Addis to take part in an exclusive partnership event between Google and the African Union Commission taking place on February 17, 2026, at 11:00 AM at the AUC Headquarters. The event will be a great opportunity to learn about the latest AI technologies from Google and their relevance in strengthening Africa’s digital economy. To participate, please fill out this form before Wednesday, 11 February:- https://forms.gle/4aHK7K8NdhbX9jPz9Google DocsGoogle and African Union Partnership EventGoogle Africa is inviting members of Google Developer Group Addis to attend a partnership event between Google and the African Union Commission taking place on February 17, 2026, at 11:00 AM at the AUC Headquarters. This event is scheduled to take place…GDG Addis
19 Dec 2025, 19:24
🚀 Unlock the full potential of Gemini and Anti Gravity IDEThe Gemini 3 Hackathon by Google Deep Mind is liveGo beyond chat wrappers. Build systems that plan, execute, and self-correct—with real-time vision, audio, and reasoning.💰 $100K prize pool 🗓️ Deadline: Feb. 9, 2026Start building → bit.ly/gemini3hacks25t
GDG Addis
18 Dec 2025, 19:04
forwarded from @dagmawi_babi
And here's Nathan's talkGDG Addis
18 Dec 2025, 19:04
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Here's Kinfish's PPT tooGDG Addis
18 Dec 2025, 19:04
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While prepping the PPT for my talk for DevFest I noticed a feature in Google Slides to convert your PPTs to videos.It actually adds voiceovers, music and more and it's such a good feature. I can imagine how useful it could be on PPTs from Unis.GDG Addis
13 Dec 2025, 16:46
Thank you all for attending today’s DevFest ’25! It was amazing to see the energy, enthusiasm, and passion you bring to this community. From the fun activities to the great conversations, today truly showed the power of coming together as a tech community.A huge shout-out to our sponsors ALX and Gebeya, our awesome speakers, panelists, and workshop facilitators for sharing their knowledge, as well as our incredible volunteers who worked behind the scenes to make everything run smoothly. And most importantly, thank you for showing up and being part of this journey.We’re excited to keep bringing you more impactful events that connect the tech ecosystem and create opportunities to learn, grow, and network together. We’d also love to hear your thoughts, so please share your feedback through the email sent earlier today.
GDG Addis
12 Dec 2025, 18:20edited
🌟 Meet the DevFest Addis 2025 SpeakersTomorrow, we bring together keynote leaders, founders, engineers, and Google Developer Experts for a full day of learning, building, and meaningful conversations around AI, Cloud, Security, and scalable systems.Please find the final agenda attached and plan your sessions ahead.https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-gdg-addis-devfest25/🕘 Check-in opens at 9:00 AM (3:00 LT) 📅 Saturday, December 13, 2025 📍 ALX Ethiopia | Lideta Hub, 4th FloorWe look forward to welcoming you to DevFest Addis 2025. See you tomorrow!Powered by Google Developer Groups, Gebeya, and ALX#DevFestAddis #gdg_addis #DeveloperCommunity #AI #Cloud #AfricaTech #gebeya #alx_ethiopia
GDG Addis
12 Dec 2025, 17:31edited
🔔 Program Update – DevFest Addis 2025Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, Solomon Kassa will not be able to join us at this year’s DevFest. We appreciate his continued support for the community and look forward to hosting him at a future edition.All other sessions, speakers, and workshops remain unchanged. Please check the updated agenda attached for the final program.https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-addis-presents-gdg-addis-devfest25/Thank you for your understanding and see you tomorrow.Google Developer GroupsGDG Addis DevFest'25In-person Event - Get ready for DevFest Addis 2025, the largest community-led tech event by GDG Addis!This year, we’re diving into AI and ...
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