The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University is set to host the fourth annual Agile Africa conference on 22 to 23 August 2016.
Agile Africa is an annual conference where African software professionals meet to uncover better ways of working and developing software.
The conference promises to offer a comprehensive update view of the Agile world, uncover crucial fundamentals and discuss topics as well as approaches that will grow participants' understanding and knowledge of an Agile approach.
This year's theme is "A learning continent," says Professor Barry Dwolatzky, director at JCSE and founder and host of Agile Africa.
"This means as individuals, teams, organisations and countries, we can tap into our inherent resourcefulness and ability to learn and adapt to take ownership of our challenges, which has always been an ethos for Agile teams."
The conference will comprise of three elements: the two-day programme - with three keynote addresses; the Indaba Tree, which is an interactive space where speakers and delegates can engage informally; and the workshop sessions.
"We are excited about the workshops this year as they will run alongside the main programme and include a select few handpicked speaker presentations.
"Delegates will have an opportunity to actually apply what is being discussed and debated with leading mentors. This gives them immense value as Agile supporters and learners," says Dwolatzky.
He says the 2016 conference is building on the successes of last year and plans to create even more opportunity for interaction and conversation about the Agile environment.
The keynote speakers include Agile/Lean Coach Henrik Kniberg, of Spotify and Lego fame; Neal Ford, an author of Agile books and director, software architect, and meme wrangler at ThoughtWorks; and Sandy Mamoli, Agile enterprise coach and consultant at Nomad8.
"We also have a number of high-energy short talks that will energise us through the 'after lunch' slumps. ...also we are providing coaching to the speakers to help them prepare - promoting a polished delivery of talks," says Dwolatzky.
He notes a large number of large corporates in SA have started on an Agile journey. There have also been a number of grassroots non-traditional coding schools that have started up with a distinctly Agile flavour, he adds.
The event will take place at The Wanderers Club. Agile Africa is part of the Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation festival that runs from 18 August to 3 September in Braamfontein.
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