4th July, 2026, Mombasa

AWS Community Day Kenya 2026

AWS User Group Kenya is hosting the highly anticipated AWS Community Day 2026. Join us for a day packed with knowledge sharing, networking, and cloud innovation.

Theme

The Builder's Blueprint: Architecting for Tomorrow.

Our 2025 edition in Nairobi was a success—revisit 2024 and 2025 anytime in the event archive.

Speakers & lineup

Keynote speakers and the full 2026 program will be announced soon. For past editions, explore the Event Archive (2024 and 2025).

Event Program

The detailed AWS Community Day Kenya 2026 schedule for July 4 in Mombasa will be published here once sessions are confirmed. For full timelines from past years, open the Event Archive and switch between 2024 and 2025.

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AWS Community Day Kenya History

Event Archive
Explore each AWS Community Day Kenya edition as a structured event snapshot.

Switch between years to review the event footprint, program highlights, speakers, activities, sponsors, and attendee feedback.

Event Overview
AWS Community Day Kenya 2025

A technical community edition built around cloud innovation, hands-on learning, and practical peer exchange.

June 14, 2025
KCA University, Nairobi
Community-organized technical event
500+ Attendees
30+ Speakers
4 Workshops
10+ Sponsors
Architecture AI/ML Serverless DevOps Community Networking
Highlights
What made the 2025 edition distinct
Keynote Signal

Built around applied cloud delivery

The 2025 edition emphasized practical architecture decisions, AI adoption, and real delivery tradeoffs for teams building on AWS.

Audience Mix

Cross-functional community participation

Builders, architects, students, and platform teams shared one program instead of splitting the event into isolated audience tracks.

Experience

Balanced talks with hands-on exchange

Sessions were designed to move beyond inspiration and give attendees patterns, examples, and peer feedback they could carry into active work.

Community Outcome

Stronger local AWS network density

The event strengthened links between local user groups, sponsors, speakers, and early-career builders looking for a deeper AWS community path.

2025 event summary

The 2025 snapshot is intentionally text-first so this tab reads as a distinct event summary instead of reusing the 2024 archive imagery. The archive tab retains the rich media record for the earlier edition.

Speakers
2025 lineup highlights

A curated view of keynote and speaker talent pulled from the main conference lineup.

Program Experience
How the 2025 day was structured
Sessions

Technical talks with implementation depth

  • Architecture and modernization patterns
  • AI/ML and data-focused practical guidance
  • DevOps and platform engineering topics
Workshops

Hands-on learning with peer discussion

  • Interactive breakout learning
  • Applied demos and implementation walkthroughs
  • Direct Q&A with speakers and builders
Community

Networking anchored in practice

  • Career and mentorship conversations
  • Peer exchange across teams and industries
  • Sponsor and community partner engagement
Support Structure
How the 2025 event was backed
Venue Support

KCA University, Nairobi

The venue partnership enabled a community-scale setup for technical sessions, workshops, sponsor presence, and networking throughout the day.

Ecosystem Partners

Community and sponsor collaboration

Partner organizations helped expand reach, strengthen the speaker pipeline, and make the event more useful for both experienced practitioners and new builders.

Event Value

Support focused on delivery outcomes

The emphasis was not just logo visibility. Partner support helped create a day centered on practical learning, local connection, and sustained community momentum.

Takeaways
What the 2025 audience likely left with
Learning

Clearer implementation patterns

Attendees left with concrete ideas they could adapt for cloud architecture, AI experimentation, and operational maturity inside their teams.

Network

Stronger local AWS relationships

The event helped connect early-career builders with experienced practitioners, speakers, partners, and the wider AWS User Group Kenya community.

Momentum

A platform for future editions

2025 reinforced the event as an annual technical checkpoint, making the archive meaningful without duplicating the 2024 visual record.

WHO ARE WE?

AWS User Group - Kenya is a Kenya-based group united by community-led learnings and diversified by the wide variety of tools and technologies closely knit with Amazon Web Services, cloud computing technology, AWS design implementation and servicing, high scalability / performance computing, production use cases of AWS, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and much more.

AWS Community Days are community-organized cloud education events, featuring technical discussions and demos led by expert AWS users and industry leaders from around the world

Community-based learning is the best way to enhance the concepts being taught by connecting with enthusiasts in person, thereby sharing first-hand experiences and familiar, accessible examples.

All skills levels are welcome to help accomplish our motto of learning, sharing and networking. Let's join hands to empower this tech community to make it bigger and better!

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What to expect from AWS Community Day?

  • Renew, revive & revitalize to exemplify your excitement about the work you do
  • Learn industry trends and intricacies about innovative implementations from AWS experts
  • Harness the power of networking with 500+ AWS users, DevOps, developers & solutions architects
  • Network with fellow AWS veterans & techies during breaks
  • Novice to pioneer on relentless pursuit to learn can rejoice the AWS offerings & success stories under one roof.
  • Take helpful and valuable information back to business
  • Gain visibility to get more publicity for your esteemed organisation
  • Sporting chance for active participants to win AWS goodies

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VENUE

  • To be communicated
  • Mombasa, Kenya
  • July 4, 2026
  • 7:00 AM
  • Detailed venue logistics will be communicated
  • Travel guidance for attendees will be shared

Workshops & technical sessions

Hands-on workshops and technical tracks for July 4, 2026 in Mombasa will be published here once confirmed. For the style and depth of sessions we have run before, see the Event Archive (2024 and 2025 editions).

2026 workshop lineup: to be announced

Workshop Requirements

Bring Your Laptop

All workshops are hands-on. Please bring a laptop with internet connectivity.

AWS Account

Free AWS account recommended for hands-on exercises (we'll help you set up).

All Skill Levels

From beginners to experts - there's something for everyone.

Our Esteemed Sponsors

2026 sponsorship tiers will be announced as we get closer to the event. The partners below supported our community across recent editions.

Organizing Committee

Meet the dedicated team behind AWS Community Day Kenya 2026. These passionate leaders work tirelessly to bring you an exceptional cloud computing experience.

Mark Orina

Mark Orina

Organizing Committee

Tony Gitonga

Tony Gitonga

Organizing Committee

Adeline Makokha

Adeline Makokha

Organizing Committee

Kevin Tuei

Kevin Tuei

Organizing Committee

Jacob Moracha

Jacob Moracha

Organizing Committee

Farah Abdi

Farah Abdi

Organizing Committee

Vitalis

Vitalis

Organizing Committee

Sandra Mbithe

Sandra Mbithe

Organizing Committee

Sandra Mbithe

Antonny Ochieng

Organizing Committee

A Message from Our Organizers

"We are thrilled to bring you AWS Community Day Kenya 2026 in Mombasa. Our goal is to create an inclusive space where cloud enthusiasts can learn, share, and grow together. Join us for an unforgettable day of innovation and community!"

Our Amazing Volunteers

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Maria I Gichigi

GK

Gloria Kitondo

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Grace Ngari

EO

Eugene Oyier

EP

Eugene Babiri Peter

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Everlyne Njeri

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David Nanjila

BG

Bridgit Nyambeka Gichana

JK

Jackson Kimotho

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Mirriam Njeri

KM

Kevin Munene

BN

Banzy Nyaga

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Joy Mungai

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Florence Melanie

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Humphrey Muriungi

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Abigail Vivian Muthoni Ndegwa

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Solomon Ndegwa

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Charles Moruri

SM

Samson Moturi

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Weddy Wamaitha Karanja

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Danford Akala

CK

Celestine Kavata Kilonzo

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Thomas Morara

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David Wekesa

OO

Onyango Onyango

NK

Ndungu Kinyajui

MA

Magdaline Arianda

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Ivy Njuguna

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Annastacia Waruguru Kaga

For any queries reach out to

awsusergroup.kenya@gmail.com

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