AI & Automation Workshop
workshop 11 July 2026 Hackhouse Africa, Nairobi

AI & Automation Workshop

Attendees built AI-powered products from scratch, wired up real payments, and watched strangers pay for something they made that morning.

100Attendees
6Speakers
1,000+Photos
9Sessions
What happened

Build it, ship it, get paid

This was not a lecture. Attendees arrived with an idea, spent the morning building an AI-powered product with guided support, wired in Paystack for real payments, and by afternoon had something live that actual customers were paying for.

The afternoon featured a panel with founders and engineers who build AI products professionally, followed by an open Q&A. Attendees left with a deployed product, a working payment integration, and direct connections to the builders panel.

What it covered
Building AI-powered products from scratch
Wiring up real payments with Paystack
Deploying to production in a day
Panel: AI builders in Kenya
Live product demos
Networking with industry leaders
On stage

Speakers

Elvis Warutumo

Elvis Warutumo

Software Engineer

AI Product Architecture

Cynthia Rose Ateya

Cynthia Rose Ateya

Developer

From Idea to Revenue

Collins Kesuibai

Collins Kesuibai

Engineer

Payment Integrations

Wangu Kinyua Imani

Wangu Kinyua Imani

Product Builder

The Automation Stack

James Macharia

James Macharia

Engineer

Deploying AI Apps

Miringa Daniel

Miringa Daniel

Developer

Building with LLMs

The schedule

Agenda

9:00 AM
Doors open & setupMcTaba Team
9:30 AM
AI Product ArchitectureElvis Warutumo
10:30 AM
Hands-on: Build your AI product
12:00 PM
Lunch & networking
1:00 PM
From Idea to RevenueCynthia Rose Ateya
1:30 PM
Wire up payments & deploy
3:00 PM
Panel: AI Builders in KenyaAll speakers
4:00 PM
Live product demos & judging
4:45 PM
Wrap-up & next steps
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