Vision
To build a strong and secure API ecosystem in Tanzania where developers and API providers can learn, connect, discover, and create digital solutions.
Where Tanzania's API Ecosystem Meets
Bringing together developers, cybersecurity professionals, technology companies, startups, students, and industry leaders to learn, showcase, discover, and secure the APIs powering modern digital systems.
API Development • API Security • AI Agents & MCP • API Marketplace
About This Event
About APICon Tanzania 2026
APICon Tanzania 2026 brings developers, cybersecurity professionals, students, startups, financial institutions, AI companies, API providers, and industry leaders together for practical learning, technology discovery, and secure API-driven innovation.
Its conference program and API Marketplace & Innovation Hub connect real-world engineering knowledge with APIs, platforms, cybersecurity solutions, SDKs, AI services, and integration opportunities.
Mission
To advance practical API knowledge, API security, DevSecOps, and API discovery by connecting developers with organizations, technologies, and real-world integration opportunities.
Why APICon Tanzania 2026
APICon Tanzania 2026 responds to three connected ecosystem gaps.
Knowledge Gap
Practical API development, security, DevSecOps, architecture, authentication, and real-world learning.
Discovery Gap
A Marketplace & Innovation Hub where participants discover APIs, developer tools, platforms, security solutions, and digital products.
Ecosystem Gap
A common meeting point for developers, companies, startups, cybersecurity professionals, students, and industry participants.
From knowledge to impact
APICon Tanzania 2026 Value Proposition
Learn, discover, showcase, connect, build, and secure.
LEARN
What happens
API development, API security, DevSecOps, architecture, authentication, workshops and technical sessions.
Value: Practical skills and stronger technical understanding.
DISCOVER
What happens
Participants explore APIs, SDKs, developer platforms, cybersecurity solutions, AI services and API-enabled products.
Value: Technology discovery and awareness of integration opportunities.
SHOWCASE
What happens
Companies and startups demonstrate APIs, developer products, tools and technical solutions through the Marketplace & Innovation Hub.
Value: Product visibility, developer feedback and potential adoption.
CONNECT
What happens
Developers, cybersecurity professionals, students, startups and organizations meet through networking and industry engagement.
Value: Partnerships, talent connections and stronger ecosystem relationships.
BUILD & SECURE
What happens
Hands-on integration, secure API design, testing, DevSecOps and real-world security demonstrations.
Value: Responsible API adoption and stronger security practices.
API Marketplace & Innovation Hub
Explore APIs. Meet providers. Create opportunities.
FinTech & Payments
Payment APIs, banking, KYC and SDKs.
Cybersecurity
API protection, testing and identity.
AI & Automation
AI APIs, agents and MCP integrations.
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5+
Featured Speakers
100+
Available Seats
1
Day Conference
Saturday 21, November
Event Date
Key Topics
API Fundamentals & Architecture
REST APIs, endpoints, methods, requests, responses, status codes, versioning and documentation.
API Security
OWASP API Security Top 10, authorization, authentication, data exposure, rate limiting, abuse prevention and secure-by-design practices.
Authentication & Identity
JWT, OAuth 2.0, API keys, permission scopes, identity and access management.
DevSecOps & Secure SDLC
Security integration in development, automated testing, SAST/DAST, CI/CD security and collaboration between development and security teams.
API Platforms & Developer Experience
Developer portals, SDKs, sandboxes, documentation, onboarding, API management and developer adoption.
FinTech & Digital Payments APIs
Payment integrations, banking APIs, mobile money, collections, disbursement, reliability and secure transaction flows.
AI, Agents & APIs
How AI agents consume and invoke APIs; Model Context Protocol (MCP); interoperability and tool discovery; scoped permissions; prompt-injection and data-exposure risks; governance; auditability; and end-to-end observability in AI-enabled systems.
API Governance
Standards, ownership, lifecycle controls, compliance, access policies and responsible API management.
Real-World Incidents & Demonstrations
Practical examples of API vulnerabilities, attacks, failures, debugging, defensive controls and lessons learned.
Why Attend APICon Tanzania 2026?
Practical Learning
Build stronger understanding of API development, authentication, API security, DevSecOps and real-world implementation.
Discover Technology
Explore APIs, SDKs, developer platforms, cybersecurity solutions, AI services and API-enabled products.
Industry Connections
Meet developers, cybersecurity professionals, startups, API providers and technology organizations.
API Security
Learn secure API design, OWASP API Security risks, testing approaches, defensive practices and secure software development.
Career & Talent
Connect emerging talent with engineers, technical teams, startups and organizations working with modern APIs.
Marketplace Experience
Discover technologies, meet the teams behind them, understand integration opportunities and see API-enabled products demonstrated in practice.
Who Should Attend?
For Tanzania’s full API and digital technology ecosystem - from emerging talent to industry leaders.
Software Developers & Engineers
Backend developers, API developers, software engineers, application developers and platform engineers.
Cybersecurity Professionals
Security analysts, ethical hackers, penetration testers, security engineers, researchers and DevSecOps practitioners.
University Students & Emerging Talent
Students in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, cybersecurity and related fields.
Startups & Founders
Technology startups building API-enabled products, platforms, fintech solutions, SaaS, AI and digital services.
FinTech, Banking & Payments
Organizations offering payment, collection, disbursement, banking, identity, KYC and financial APIs.
AI & Technology Companies
AI APIs, models, agents, automation platforms, developer SDKs and AI-enabled products.
100+ participants from across Tanzania’s API and digital technology ecosystem.
Featured Speakers
Partners & Exhibitors
Organizations may participate according to their objectives and level of commitment. Choose a partnership path to explore the available approach.
Discuss partnership: partnerships@apicon.or.tz
Participation Models
Provides financial support to help deliver the conference and receives agreed visibility and engagement benefits.
Showcases an API, platform, product, developer tool, security solution or digital service to conference participants.
Contributes engineers, speakers, workshops, demonstrations, labs or technical knowledge.
Supports conference or technical activities through connectivity, platforms, tools, credits, equipment or other approved resources.
Supports participant outreach, student engagement, knowledge sharing, research and ecosystem participation.
Participation options
Participation Model
Choose the participation path that best matches your organization’s objectives and level of commitment.
Partnership opportunities are open.
Frequently Asked Questions
APICon Tanzania 2026 will be held on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Confucius UDSM, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
APICon Tanzania welcomes software developers and engineers, cybersecurity professionals, university students and emerging talent, startups and founders, FinTech, banking and payment organizations, AI and technology companies, API providers, and other participants interested in building and securing modern API-driven systems.
No. Students remain an important part of APICon Tanzania, but the conference is designed for the wider API and digital technology ecosystem, including developers, cybersecurity professionals, startups, API providers, financial technology organizations, AI companies, and industry participants.
The API Marketplace & Innovation Hub is a physical discovery and showcase area where organizations can demonstrate APIs, SDKs, developer platforms, cybersecurity solutions, AI services, integrations, and API-enabled products while developers explore technologies they can build with, secure, test, or integrate.
Yes. Relevant organizations can participate as Marketplace Exhibitors and showcase APIs, developer platforms, products, tools, cybersecurity solutions, or digital services. Partnership and exhibition enquiries can be sent to partnerships@apicon.or.tz.
Yes. API Security remains one of the core pillars of APICon Tanzania 2026. Sessions will cover secure API design, authentication and authorization, OWASP API Security risks, DevSecOps, API testing, real-world vulnerabilities, and defensive practices.
Topics include API fundamentals and architecture, API Security, authentication and identity, DevSecOps and secure software development, API platforms and developer experience, FinTech and digital payment APIs, AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP), interoperability, tool discovery, permissions, observability, AI/API security and governance, and real-world API incidents and demonstrations.
Registration is now open. Use the "Register for Event" button at the top of this page, or visit our Luma profile here.
APICon Tanzania 2026 is a paid conference. For ticket pricing and further details, visit our Luma registration page here.
Registered participants who meet the conference attendance requirements will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Connect With APICon Tanzania
General Support
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speakers@apicon.or.tzVenue
Confucius UDSM, Dar es Salaam