DevFest Port Harcourt 2026, the developer conference run by the city’s Google Developer Group, takes place on Saturday 28 November at Lemaco Halls and Gardens on Ada-George Road. The programme covers AI, Android, cloud and design, with talks and hands-on workshops.
Key facts
- When: Saturday 28 November 2026, 9am to 4.30pm WAT (GDG Port Harcourt).
- Where: Lemaco Halls and Gardens, Ada-George Road, Port Harcourt. The event page also describes it as hybrid.
- How to go: RSVP on the event page. The page does not list a ticket price. 827 people had RSVP’d when we checked on 14 November.
Who’s speaking
The event page lists 11 speakers:
- Sodiq Akinjobi, Developer Relations and Program Management at Google;
- Hon. Kingsley Ogundu Chinda, legislator, legal practitioner and public policy leader;
- Chiehiura Basil, Women Techmakers Ambassador and product designer;
- Saheed Adewumi, CTO of Proofa and Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Cloud AI;
- Shadrack Inusah, GDE for Cloud AI;
- Austine Amah, senior software engineer at BreatheHR;
- Funke Olasupo, technical writer at Rocket.Chat;
- Cedar Daniel, backend engineer at Clouddley;
- Joy Akhanolu, founder of MudinaTX;
- Samuel Bomate Amakiri, co-founder and CEO of Squegy and AR-Worx;
- Paul Jeremiah, mobile engineer at Medalla.
What’s on
The page lists the themes as AI, including Google’s Gemini and Gemma models, plus accessibility, Android, Firebase, Google Cloud, Google Play, UX and UI design, career development and community building. Expect talks, hands-on workshops and networking. Individual sessions and tracks have not been published yet.
The organising team, according to the page, is Ayaosi Godfrey (GDG organiser, Helixgade Technologies), Derek Vinebo (co-organiser, Codematic), Precious Kira Oboatarheyere (social media and content, SkillSpire Network) and Glory Wejinya (volunteer co-ordinator). GDG Port Harcourt lists 3,711 members on its chapter page.
Last year
DevFest Port Harcourt 2025 ran on 22 November 2025 at the same venue, hosted by GDG Cloud Port Harcourt, and drew 1,935 RSVPs on its event page. RSVPs are sign-ups, not attendance.
Why it matters: it puts a Google developer-relations lead and two Google Developer Experts on stage in Port Harcourt, alongside local founders and engineers. Ada-George Road is having a busy month: the Females in Gaming Network marked its first year at Renaissance Innovation Labs, on the same road, on 14 November.
What’s next
RSVPs are open on the GDG event page. Speaking, volunteering or sponsoring? Tell us at [email protected], and send us your photos on the day.
