Kenya
Nairobi Maintainers Circle
Local maintainers united to revive five civic-tech projects with municipal data streams.
Read the journeyNurturing Open Source Souls
Modern infrastructure for East Africa's open source caretakers.
Support & Care is the allyship framework powering sustainable contributor journeys. We invest in wellbeing, financial resilience, and intentional collaboration so builders can lead with courage across the continent.
Community FundsMaintainer ClinicsWellbeing Pods
Chapter HealthLive
Momentum90%
Care Index78%
Collaboration66%
Sustainability54%
New Support TicketsInside
1Grant pipeline for youth-led AI tools
2Mentor roster refresh for Kigali
3Wellness retreat follow-ups
Impact Signals
We hold space for sustainable impact, not burnout.
Through fellowships, wellbeing pods, and co-created strategy sprints, we ensure each chapter moves beyond transactional contributions toward long-term collective care.
4x increase in cross-chapter collaborations within 12 months.
Maintainer stipends extended to 37 long-term community projects.
Psychological safety check-ins embedded into every sprint ritual.
1,800+
Developers aligned with open source missions
Across Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, Dar es Salaam, and Addis Ababa.
120+
Projects mentored & funded
From civic-tech to developer tooling innovations made in East Africa.
72%
Members shipping OSS monthly
Consistent contributions tracked across GitHub, GitLab, and Codeberg.
Programs
Our focus areas
Each initiative is designed with trauma-informed facilitation, research-backed governance, and deep community buy-in.
Capacity Building
Momentum Labs
Rapidly prototype, stress-test, and scale community-driven solutions with global engineering mentors.
Network
Chapter Coalitions
Regional fellowships activating local hubs with shared tooling, resources, and group sprints.
Learning
Open Source Academy
Zero-to-hero learning paths, maintainership clinics, and governance playbooks for OSS teams.
Care
Community Stewardship
Peer mentorship, pastoral care, and psychosocial support for long-term contributor wellbeing.
Community Signals
Stories in motion
Our chapters activate civic tech, health innovation, climate resilience, and education tooling that is rooted in the communities it serves.
Collective Roadmap
Building the future of open source stewardship together.
From year-round fellowships to regional summits, our roadmap is co-created with communities on the ground. We focus on distributed leadership, mutual aid infrastructure, and sustainable funding models.
Regional pods sharing governance playbooks and budgets. Quarterly immersion weeks for cross-border projects. Care frameworks integrated into project lifecycles.
2021
Listening Tours Launched
We began with seven open circles across East Africa to surface the gaps in contributor care.
2022
Chapter Ecosystem Fund
Our micro-grant program backed 43 grassroots projects and 18 maintainer stipends.
2023
Regional Summit
Over 500 builders convened in Nairobi to ship cross-border collaborations and shared roadmaps.
2024
Global Alliances
Partnerships with foundations unlocked new research residencies and sustainability pilots.
Final Call
Ready to co-create lasting change?
Join the movement to resource East Africa's open source communities with the care, tooling, and solidarity they deserve.