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Fedora is will be establishing a presence this year at OSCAFEST'25!
What, When, and Where?
Open Source Community Africa Festival (OSACFEST) 2025 is an event aimed at creating and supporting the open source movement within Africa, which will take place this year on August 14th-16th 2025 at Landmark Event Centre, Lagos Nigeria.
- Website: OSCAFEST'25
- Location: Landmark Event Centre, Lagos Nigeria.
- Time Zone: West African Time (WAT) or UTC+1
- Schedule: festival.oscafrica.org/schedule/
- Fedora Talks & Speakers:
- Format: In-person participation only, live-streaming available
Duration and Location
Landmark Event Center
Plot 2 & 3, Water Corporation Dr, Victoria Island, Annex 106104, Lagos
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Fedora-approved hotel
The hotel for the Fedora Team will be Admiralty Hotel Lekki Link. It is about a 28 minute drive or an 2 hour 12 minute walk to the event venue. See the directions below:
Visas
Visa's are not required for Nigerian nationals as the event takes place in Lagos, Nigeria. Foreign nationals require a visa to visit Nigeria and attend the event.
Schedule at a glance
Tuesday, 12 August
- 09:30 - 20:00 // Fedora Team arrival in Lagos
Wednesday, 13 August
- 09:30 - 11:00 // Fedora Team arrival in CHAOSScon
- 11:00 - 16:00 // Conference Day
Thursday, 14 August
- 08:30 - 09:00 // Fedora team arrival on-site
- 09:00 - 17:00 // Day 1 of Conference
Friday, 15 August
- 08:30 - 09:00 // Fedora team arrival on-site
- 09:00 - 17:00 // Day 2 of Conference
Saturday, 16 August
- 08:30 - 09:00 // Fedora team arrival on-site
- 09:00 - 17:00 // Day 3 of Conference
Sunday, 17 August
- 08:30 - 15:00 // Fedora Team departure date
Fedora presence
Are you a Fedora contributor attending OSCAFEST'25 ? Add yourself to the table below. Please use the "Comments" column to specify your role in the Fedora community.
| No | Name | FAS | 12 Aug | 13 Aug | 14 Aug | 15 Aug | 16 Aug | Travel itinerary | Languages | Comments |
| 1 | Chris Idoko | chris |  |
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ABV <=> LOS | en | Fedora DEI, Badges Designer. Community Operations. |
| 2 | Roseline Bassey | roseline-bassey | JOS <=> LOS | en | Fedora Community Architect. | |||||
| 3 | Tosin Adesola | tosindoreen | local | en | Fedora Community Architect. |
: present
: absent
: undecided
Budget proposal
This table represents the proposed budget to the Fedora Mindshare Committee. Note that the amount proposed below is final, i.e. you would not be reimbursed for more than what is proposed here.
Please estimate all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from NGN to USD on xe.com.
| No | Name | FAS | Airfare and/or bus ($USD) | Hotel ($USD) | Total ($USD) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Idoko | chris | $161 | $115 | $276 | |
| 2 | Roseline Bassey | roseline-bassey | $194 | $115 | $309 | |
| 3 | Tosin Adesola | tosindoreen | $0 | $95 | $95 | |
| 4 | Community Dinner (10 people) | -- | -- | -- | $250 | |
| Total | -- | -- | $355 | $325 | $930 | -- |
Budget actuals
This table compares the proposed budget spend with the actual budget spend for post-event accounting.
Please write all prices in USD. Use latest market rates for approximate conversions from NGN to USD on wise.com.
| Name | Budgeted airfare ($USD) | Actual airfare ($USD) | Budgeted hotel ($USD) | Actual hotel ($USD) | Budgeted total ($USD) | Actual total ($USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Idoko | $161 | $155.35 | $115 | $114 | $276 | $269 |
| Roseline Bassey | $194 | $0 | $115 | $0 | $309 | $0 |
| Tosin Adesola | $0 | $0 | $95 | $0 | $95 | $0 |
| Community Dinner (10 people) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $250 | $0 |
| Total | $355 | $TBD | $325 | $TBD | $930 | $TBD |
Actual budget utilization: ~29%
Goals & messaging
Fedora 2028 Strategy: “Double the number of Fedora contributors active every week.”
- Find it, use it, change it: Linux accessibility (Fedora Docs, Fedora Linux, release engineering tools).
- Be a mentor, have a mentor: Empower a culture of mentoring in Fedora and scale it.
- Release stories: Fedora releases should have a story behind changes in each release.
- Open collaboration: More partnership with peer communities and upstream projects.
External links & social media
The list below captures event reports, blogs, and social media posts about OSCAFest 2025.
From Fedora community members
- Chris Idoko
- Community Blog Post
- Twitter/X, tweet 1
- Twitter/X, tweet 2
