Developer Relations Engineer @ Google - IT Blogger - Unapologetic Progressive - Afrocentric - Technophile #BlackLivesMatter
Atlanta, GA
Joined December 2009
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1/4 #Android's toolkit for building productivity and creativity apps is ever expanding. We recently launched in Cahier, our inking sample, a very cool tool that allows designers and developers to build custom brushes without having to fiddle with code, graphics, or geometry.
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Counting down hours to lunch pale Pride Inn ๐๐
#BeyondStacks #droidconKE #FlutterconKE #dcke26
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@droidconke and @FlutterconKE start tomorrow!
Friday at 10 AM, I'll be on the Beyond Stacks track, sharing how we get four SDKs to keep one promise. Contracts, not conventions.
Come say hi ๐ bit.ly/dcKE2026Tickets
#BeyondStacks #droidconKE #FlutterconKE #dcke26
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How fast do you think you can build with AI.
Have you optimised your flow?
Come tomorrow and show us your skills, 40k + up for grabs ๐๐๐
๐๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง! ๐๐จ๐๐๐ & ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฎ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐ปโก๐
Start your morning building something real and walk away with ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฎ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ in cash!
Welcoming ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ (@mambo_bryan ), Founding Engineer @build_thamani , hosting:
๐๏ธ "๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถยฎ"
The format:
โข โฑ๏ธ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐: The prompt is revealed live when the session kicks off.
โข ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฝ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ: Bring teammates or form a squad in the room.
โข ๐ ๏ธ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Tools, plugins, UI components, DX, offline-first, or performance prototypes.
โข ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ: Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, or KMP. AI tools allowed!
โข ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ: KES 42,000 for the winning build!
Bring a fully charged laptop and your best engineering instincts.
๐ Details: bit.ly/brianBeyondstacks
๐ PrideInn Azure, Nairobi | Nov 5โ6
๐๏ธ Lock in your pass: bit.ly/dcKE2026Tickets
#dcke26 #flutterconke26 #BeyondStacks
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Kenya Developer Day with a focus on Android was great Got a chance to connect with some of our potential GDEs, listen in to whatโs new in the Android space and see what companies like SmileID are building on the Android space
Might find myself going back to writing code daily
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๐ข KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT!
๐Autonomous agents are entering everyday dev workflows. Where is the Android platform heading next?
Welcoming our Keynote Speaker, Chris Assigbe (@cka_assi), Android Developer Relations Engineer @Google, to #dcke26 & #flutterconke26!
๐๏ธ "Android in the Agentic Era"
Fresh from Android Dev Summit, Chris will unpack:
โข Agent-Ready Tooling: How Android builds & tools are adapting for agentic workflows.
โข Android CLI & Skills: Feeding agents Googleโs own guidance to stop common bugs.
โข On-Device AI: Unlocking device-side intelligence with Gemini Nano.
โข Shipping Quality: Keeping security & reliability high when agents write your code.
๐ Session breakdown: bit.ly/assigbeDcke26
We kick off in just 3 days at PrideInn Azure in Nairobi! ๐ฐ๐ช
๐ Nov 5โ6, 2026
๐๏ธ Lock in your pass: bit.ly/dcKE2026Tickets
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What an amazing day for Google Dev Day. @cka_assi did magic as usual. #DevRel #Android #Developers @AndroidDev #kotlin #jetpackcompose #devs
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Thank you, Kampala! ๐
You showed up, learned, built and connected. You made #DevFestKla26 unforgettable ๐
Huge thanks to our speakers, volunteers, @iuea_uganda and @savanna_ug
See you next time! ๐
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Last week, our team spent the day in Naguru Go-Down, Kampala, putting Sunflower in peopleโs hands.
Residents tried it the way they would in daily life: asking questions in their own languages, translating messages, speaking to it and listening to it reply.
What we learned goes straight back to our research team and will shape the next round of improvements. Thank you to everyone in Naguru Go-Down who gave us their time and feedback .
Try Sunflower:
Chat and translate in African languages: sunflower.sunbird.ai
Speak, transcribe and listen: speech.sunbird.ai
Organisations, businesses, public services and developers can also bring local-language translation, speech recognition and voice into their own tools through the Sunbird API.
Sign up for free at api.sunbird.ai
#AIForSocialGood #ForAfricasManyVoices #SunbirdAI
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๐ฅ Droidcon Uganda 2026 was a success!
Thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday and made #dcug26 memorable. ๐บ๐ฌ
We value your feedback! Take 3 minutes to complete our survey and help us make Droidcon Uganda 2027 even better.
๐ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโฆ
Thank you for being part of the journey! ๐
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Africaโs digital future is now. ๐
Weโre launching Skilling Africa with Google to bring 15+ Google training initiatives into one offline-ready learning hub.
Our goal: Train 3M Africans in AI & digital skills by 2030.
Start learning for free today โก๏ธ skillingafrica.withgoogle.coโฆ
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Weโve rebuilt the @Shopify mobile app from the ground up in native for iOS and Android ๐ฑ
The new experience brings a fresh design, smoother interactions, and Liquid Glass on iOS. It also launches faster on both platforms, with Android launch time cut by more than half.
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Android MCP (from youtube.com/watch?v=UsqDEfyOโฆ talk at #AndroidDevSummit)
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Big news out of #AndroidDevSummit! ๐
โWe announced the Connected Apps Platform that gives developers a unified entry point to surface their apps directly across Gemini and Search.
โ
โCheck out the deep dive and live demos: youtu.be/-4G-4w9FKDw?is=cPvwโฆ
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Try our new Android app!
I used to hate the X Android app but after trying the latest alpha version, Iโm genuinely stunned. ๐คฏ
The animations, transitions and overall UI feel insanely smooth. The app looks and feels so much better now.
Honestly, I think the X Android app is better than the iOS app at this point.
Huge W for the X Android team. ๐
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They said African languages were too fragmented, too complex and too commercially insignificant to build advanced AI for.
We disagreed. So we built it.
64 languages. 166 voices. 3 billion parameters. ONE model.
Today, we are unveiling STORM-Ensemble 3.0, the most capable multilingual speech synthesis model we have built at PlotWeaver.
From Yorรนbรก, Igbo, Hausa and Nigerian Pidgin to Swahili, Amharic, Wolof, Zulu, Xhosa and dozens more, STORM-Ensemble 3.0 generates speech across 64 languages, with 166 distinct speaker voices.
Every voice you hear is generated by our model, not a prerecorded sample.
But the real breakthrough isn't the numbers.
It's what becomes possible when this technology is in the hands of people who can build with it.
-African filmmakers distributing stories across languages.
-Banks and telcos serving customers in their mother tongues.
-Education platforms reaching more children.
-Developers building voice AI products without starting from scratch.
We are not building AI for African languages simply to prove it can be done. We are building the infrastructure to make our languages commercially viable at global scale.
Next week, I will be speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Antigua about unlocking the Commonwealth's creative potential. This launch is a practical demonstration of that ambition.
Africa must not simply consume the future of AI. We must build, own and shape the infrastructure that powers it.
Watch the video. Listen to the voices. Imagine what's possible.
Introducing STORM-Ensemble 3.0.
PlotWeaver. Build Once. Speak Every Language.
#PlotWeaver #STORMEnsemble #VoiceAI #AfricanLanguages