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Agile In Africa
Agile in Africa is a premier Agile-focused conference that has been transforming and inspiring the African Agile community since its inception. Now gearing up for its 10th Anniversary in 2025, this annual event has become a cornerstone for professionals across the continent, driving the adoption of Agile practices, building resilient teams, and fostering innovation in diverse industries.
Over the past decade, Agile in Africa has brought together thousands of attendees from various sectors, featured globally acclaimed keynote speakers, and created a platform for thought leaders to share groundbreaking insights and experiences. With a focus on addressing unique challenges and opportunities in Africa, the conference has been instrumental in advancing Agile methodologies and empowering organizations to thrive in a rapidly evolving global landscape.
As we prepare to celebrate this significant milestone, Agile in Africa 2025 promises to be an unforgettable event. Attendees can look forward to a dynamic exchange of ideas, unparalleled networking opportunities, and a deep dive into the future of Agile practices tailored to the African context. This 10th-anniversary celebration is not just a reflection on a decade of impact but also a vision for the next era of Agile evolution across the continent.
Join us in 2025 as we shape the future of Agile in Africa—together.
Our Mission
Our mission is to foster a community of professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about Agile, business agility and business innovation. We aim to create a platform where ideas can be exchanged, skills can be enhanced, and networks can be built.
Agile in Africa 2025 celebrates a decade of exploring Agile and Scrum in unique contexts, combining reflections on past successes, challenges, and actionable strategies for the future. Speakers are encouraged to align their presentations with the conference theme by addressing:
- The Good
- Stories of successful Agile transformations in Africa and globally, highlighting organisations that excelled in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, and related practices.
- Insights into innovative use cases in software, agriculture, government, and education.
- Examples of how local African organisations have harnessed Agile practices to drive change.
- The Bad
- Common pitfalls and challenges, such as leadership shortcomings, lack of alignment, and poor implementation of Agile practices.
- Addressing the proliferation of underqualified Scrum Masters and Agile coaches, causing mistrust in Agile transformations.
- Solutions to improve recruitment practices for Agile roles, with practical insights shared in the Recruitment Lab.
- The Future
- Visionary talks about the next decade of Agile, including inclusivity, emerging technologies (AI, Blockchain), and sustainability.
- Discussions on future organisational agility, leadership approaches, and innovations in software engineering.
Keynote Speakers and Tracks
Keynote Topics:
- Real-life success stories from African organisations and global enterprises.
- Practical case studies on Agile in unique sectors like cocoa farming, education, and public service.
- Innovations and technological advancements shaping Agile and Scrum’s future.
Four (4) Tracks:
- Product Development, Ownership, and Management: Delivering products customers love and building cohesive teams.
- Software Engineering and Technology: Bridging the gap between business and technical teams while exploring emerging technologies.
- Scaling Agility: Extending Agile principles across diverse departments and large organisations.
- Leadership, People and Culture: Developing leaders who empower teams and ensure strategic alignment.
Master Classes
- Each Master Class lasts 40 minutes, followed by a 5-minute summary to the wider audience.
- Topics range from Agile scaling strategies to lean portfolio management, AI in Scrum, and cross-departmental agility.
Engagement Features
- Live Retrospectives
Tools like Miro and Mural will capture feedback on:- Successes in Agile transformations.
- Persistent challenges.
- Future focus areas for the Agile community.
- Recruitment Lab
- Sessions with HR professionals to discuss recruiting skilled Agile professionals.
- Workshops on identifying qualified Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Engineers.
- Lean Coffee Sessions
Open discussions on attendee-driven topics to foster organic knowledge sharing.
Interactive Spaces
- 10 Years, 10 Stories Wall
Attendees share personal experiences with Agile and Scrum over the last decade. - Future Vision Art Wall
Collaborative brainstorming and visualisation of the next decade in Agile.
Panel Discussions
- Day 1 Afternoon: Reflecting on the last decade of Agile in Africa.
- Day 2 Afternoon: Visioning the next decade of Agile practices globally.
Join us @ ISSER Hall
(University of Ghana)
29th - 31st October 2025
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NANA BAMBARA-ABBAN
CEO / Product Owner of Akaditi Group of Companies & Founder Agile In Africa
PROFILE: Nana is a visionary, innovator and a possibility thinker.
He is a People, Business and Technology Developer and Professional with a passion for Ethical Leadership, Ubuntu, Red Team Thinking, Agility, Scrum, Kanban, Agile, Enterprise and life Coaching and Training. He loves writing and challenging people to become better humans. He created H2H (HUMAN2HUMAN), a global movement and way of thinking to connect humanity.
He has worked for over 20 years in management and leadership and held very senior consulting, programme management and executive positions in both the public and private sectors globally, with substantial experience in leading and managing organisational transformations.
Nana is the founder and convener of Agile in Africa Conference www.agileinafrica.com (a yearly business and technology conference) held in Accra, Ghana and Scrum Day London www.scrumdaylondon.com (a yearly Scrum event) held in London, United Kingdom.
He is the Product Owner and CEO of Akaditi.com an agility services, events and technology company. The Akaditi Group owns SokoPay.com, Sokoshoper.com, Sokodelivery.com and Sikabank.com, mobile money, mobile payment, shopping, delivery and banking solutions of the future for Africa. Visit www.worldsoko.com
Nana is really passionate about supporting and adopting Children in orphanages, he founded a charity to transform orphans into future leader.
He is also passionate about Organic, natural farming, Promotes wellness, loves Polo sport, Motorbikes, Building and Restoring Land Rover Defenders vehicles and really enjoys Making work fun, Scrum (Agile), Arts, Culture, Animation, Robotics, Space Travel and Life after the Digital Age.
He is a philosopher, he loves inspiring people and he loves Africa.