Author Archives: Emmanuel Chekumbe

Thank you to our Bronze sponsors

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WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. Thank you to everyone who makes WPML for helping us make our WordCamp excellent.

Did you know that Bluehost powers over one million WordPress sites? And did you know they sponsor every WordCamp in the whole entire world? Bluehost was the first company to sign on as multi-event sponsor when we debuted the program in March of 2013, and we’re so very grateful for their continuing support of this and every other WordCamp.

Thanks to Safaricom Michael Joseph Center Our Host

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WordCamp Nairobi could not have found a better venue other than Michael Joseph Center. Michael Joseph Centre is an area at Safaricom House set aside specifically for events activities and exhibitions.

The Centre comprises four functional areas

  • The CSR Space – The Spirit of Sharing
  • The Art Space – Events and Exhibitions
  • Technology Space – Evolution
  • The Telepresence Room

We the Nairobi community are grateful to the space provided by Safaricom and look forward to hosting future events at Michael Joseph Centre.

WordCamp Nairobi Speaker Slides

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Wow, what an amazing weekend!

WordCamp Nairobi 2017 is a wrap! We made it despite the challenges that came with the political climate in the country that affected much of the planning. I am so proud of our local WordPress community for showing up in full force.

We are in awe of how hard our volunteers worked and how much hustling they did throughout the entire event to keep everything running smoothly and have deep gratitude for all of those who showed up and helped make this event a huge success, including the speakers who delivered outstanding talks and the sponsors that made the event possible.

We have received fantastic feedback about the event already and look forward to hearing your thoughts in the post-event survey that you’ll be receiving soon.

here are the slides from each of the speakers’ presentations:

HUGE Thanks To WooCommerce – Our Gold Sponsor

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37% of all online stores are powered by WooCommerce. Built on WordPress, WooCommerce is a fully customizable, open source eCommerce solution.

Whether you’re selling a few handcrafted items to a niche market, taking an existing business online, or going global with an enterprise level eCommerce business – WooCommerce will get you set up and selling fast and scale securely as you grow. Plus your content will be forever yours and customizable down to the finest button color.

Developed and supported by a distributed team, WooCommerce is powered by Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com.

HUGE Thanks To Jetpack – Our Gold Sponsor

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Jetpack is a free WordPress plugin that simplifies managing your sites. This single plugin enables Photon (a global CDN for images), uptime monitoring, brute force protection, traffic-boosting tools, single sign on, multiple-site management, and automatic or bulk plugin updates. Additionally Jetpack includes several features that help you customize the look and feel of your site without installing other tools. More information can be found at jetpack.com.

HUGE Thanks To GoDaddy Our Silver Sponsor

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GoDaddy Pro is a free membership program for web developers, designers & agencies. It offers exclusive tools to help onboard, manage and maintain multiple clients and their sites fast and easy. With GoDaddy Pro tools, you can easily shop for your client, monitor their sites, and manage their products from a single dashboard. Additionally, your membership includes advanced 24/7 technical support and rewards for recommending GoDaddy to your clients.

You can use GoDaddy Pro with all of GoDaddy’s newly refreshed hosting products, including Managed WordPress, cPanel shared hosting, our brand new cloud product, and our virtual and dedicated solutions.

And, always get the best price on GoDaddy products with your “30% off list price” member benefit.

Learn more about GoDaddy Pro.

HUGE Thanks To Bluehost Our Silver Sponsor

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We give thanks and our appreciation to Bluehost Hosting Company.

Bluehost has been a WordPress partner since 2005 and powers over 1 million WordPress sites worldwide. Their objective is to help customers, whether novice or pro, create a thriving online presence at an affordable price. With a team of in-house tech experts available 24/7, Bluehost dedicates time and resources to providing the best support and services in the industry. Join millions of other site owners and see what Bluehost can do for you and your online presence.

HUGE Thanks to WPML our Bronze Sponsor

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WPML turns WordPress websites multilingual. It works with caching, SEO and E-Commerce plugins, and allows the building of complete multilingual sites. WPML powers simple blogs as well as corporate and enterprise sites.

WPML allows users to translate everything in the site, including content, menus, widgets and even theme and plugin texts. WPML powers over 500,000 commercial websites from all over the world.

More information about going multilingual can be found at WPML.org

WPML is looking for talent. If you are a smart programmer you are welcome to contact us here: http://wpml.org/home/were-hiring/.