# OSCA Festival in Lagos

**URL:** <https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420>\
**Category:** Conferences\
**Created:** [April 14, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420 "2023-04-14T18:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jan/32/8_2.png) [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/1 "2023-04-14T18:01:01Z")

</div>

The CfP is open until April 24, is anyone going? 🙂

> **[Open Source Festival | 2023](https://festival.oscafrica.org/)**
>
> A high profile event with series of talks, workshops, and awareness of open-sourced developer tools.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Felix\_CE](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/felix_ce/32/2941_2.png) [@Felix\_CE](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Felix_CE)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/2 "2023-04-15T12:59:21Z")

</div>

“I will be there no matter what” 😀

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![diacritica](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/diacritica/32/2800_2.png) [@diacritica](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/diacritica)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/3 "2023-04-18T11:29:53Z")

</div>

I really want to and I’m trying to bring one or two Penpot team members with me! Also seriously considering the CfP…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bazylevnik0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bazylevnik0](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/bazylevnik0)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/4 "2023-04-18T13:08:42Z")

</div>

~8,686.5 km \* ~10 km/h = i’ll be late 🚶‍♂️

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![diacritica](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/diacritica/32/2800_2.png) [@diacritica](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/diacritica)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/5 "2023-05-18T20:33:05Z")

</div>

I’m happy to say Andy and I will be attending!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/jan/32/8_2.png) [@jan](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/6 "2023-06-12T12:15:25Z")

</div>

The schedule is published now too: [Open Source Festival | Schedule](https://festival.oscafrica.org/schedule/)  
Really excited for the event! 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Wuraolakinlade](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/wuraolakinlade/32/3082_2.png) [@Wuraolakinlade](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Wuraolakinlade)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/7 "2023-06-19T17:55:38Z")

</div>

I was there and I learnt about Open Source Design. I used to think Open Source was only for developers. Looking to contribute my design skills to projects on this platform.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.opensourcedesign.net/erioldoesdesign/32/2895_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/t/osca-festival-in-lagos/3420/8 "2023-06-20T10:22:55Z")

</div>

We were gonna be there but our funding didn’t get approved - we kept pushing until the week before ☹  
Fundraising for attending OSS confs is a tough situation right now