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Open Source Community Africa

We are a diverse community of open source lovers, collaborating on different projects to make a difference across Africa.

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Bronze

- Logo on sponsor page - Logo on badge - Logo on event flier - 1 group tweet

$2,000 USD

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- Exhibition space. - One pull-up banner (if provided) - Logo on holding slides shown between talks. - Company name and logo in attendee emails. - ... Read more

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Gold(OSF)

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- Exhibition space. - Two pull-up banners in the main conference room (if provided). - Logo on holding slides shown between talks (if provided). - ... Read more

$10,000 USD

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Diamond(OSF)

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- Exhibition space. - Two pull-up banners in the main conference room and two pull-up banners at the entrance. - Large logo on all holding slides s... Read more

$15,000 USD

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Headline Sponsor(OSF)

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- Exhibition space. - Two pull-up banners in the main conference room and two pull-up banners at the entrance. - Large logo on all holding slides s... Read more

$20,000 USD

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from Open Source Community Africa.

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Community-led events and activities by OSCA and our 30+ chapters across Africa.

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Events

Open Source Community Africa is hosting the following events.

Event
08:00 AM UTC
An annual open source gathering under Open Source Community Africa

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06:00 PM UTC
An annual open source gathering under Open Source Community Africa

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07:00 AM UTC
An annual open source gathering under Open Source Community Africa

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03:00 PM-04:00 PM UTC
The Open Source Challenge 2021 aims to support the tech ecosystem in Africa to contribute to open...Read more

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11:00 AM-01:00 PM UTC
The event will offer a brief introduction to Open Source, opportunities available among other ben...Read more

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03:00 PM-04:00 PM UTC
An opportunity to welcome all community members as well as let the know about the OSCA chapter in...Read more

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05:00 PM-06:00 PM UTC
This event will center on introducing Open Source Community Africa to you, why you should contrib...Read more

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Past event
03:00 PM-04:00 PM UTC
This workshop will introduce community members to the Outreachy, and Google Summer of Code progra...Read more

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03:00 PM-05:00 PM UTC

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Past event
03:30 PM-05:00 PM UTC

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Past event
07:30 AM UTC

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Past event
09:00 AM-02:00 PM UTC
Taking a dive into Open Source

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Past event
09:00 AM-01:00 PM UTC

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Past event
08:30 AM-03:30 PM UTC
Slug: Give Back Weekend

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Past event
09:00 AM-12:30 PM UTC
A dip into Open Source Waters

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Past event
09:30 AM-01:30 PM UTC
Why contribute to open source?

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09:00 AM-02:00 PM UTC

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09:00 AM-01:00 PM UTC

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Top financial contributors

Organizations

1
Meta Open Source

$20,000 USD since Nov 2019

2
Google Open Source

$15,000 USD since Dec 2019

3
GitHub

$10,000 USD since Jan 2020

4
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

$10,000 USD since Aug 2022

5
Microsoft Corporation

$10,000 USD since Aug 2023

6
Canonical

$5,000 USD since Feb 2020

7
Cloud Native Computing Foundation

$5,000 USD since Feb 2020

8
Prisma

$5,000 USD since May 2022

10
Salesforce

$2,055 USD since Sep 2019

Individuals

1
Joseph Jacks

$5,000 USD since Dec 2019

2
Tracy Emory

$5,000 USD since Jan 2020

3
Josh Simmons

$2,300 USD since Feb 2019

4
Michelle Grover

$2,000 USD since Jan 2020

5
Jacob Colvin

$2,000 USD since May 2021

6
EnAccess Foundation

$2,000 USD since Apr 2024

7
Postman

$800 USD since Jun 2022

8
Rafael FERNANDEZ FONT PEREZ

$275 USD since Feb 2019

9
nader dabit

$250 USD since Feb 2020

10
Guest

$240 USD since Jun 2023

Open Source Community Africa is all of us

Our contributors 82

Thank you for supporting Open Source Community Africa.

Yoma Okobiah

Admin

$10 USD

Perrie.

Admin

$10 USD

Bolaji Ayodeji

Admin

$5 USD

Edidiong Asikpo

Core Contributor

Open Source F...

$22,025 USD

Meta Open Source

Headline Sponsor(OSF)

$20,000 USD

Google Open S...

Diamond(OSF)

$15,000 USD

GitHub

Gold(OSF)

$10,000 USD

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

Reimbursement #232085
-$83.04 USD
Paid
Reimbursement #216781
-$83.04 USD
Rejected
Invoice #212626
$
Today’s balance

$199.64 USD

Total raised

$128,541.87 USD

Total disbursed

$128,342.23 USD

Estimated annual budget

$2,270.00 USD

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News from Open Source Community Africa

Updates on our activities and progress.

Open Source Festival

Open Source Festival is a high profile event that would attract student delegates, developers, designers and corporate organizations on a large scale with series of talks, workshops, and awareness of open-sourced developer tools. The mai...
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Published on September 23, 2019 by Samson Goddy

About


Open Source Community Africa (O.S.C.A) is a diverse and inclusive community for open source lovers, enthusiasts, advocates and experts within and across Africa, we work with a sole aim of increasing the rate of credible contributions from African software developers, designers, writers and everyone involved in the sphere of technology to open source projects both locally and globally thereby changing the perception of Africans from being just the next billion users to also being the NEXT BILLION CREATORS.

Our team