Keynote: Adopting Elixir (...) Across Africa
summary
Survey of seven African teams finds Elixir powering a stable government portal (citizen.go.ke), an Uber‑style motorcycle service that needs low‑latency location updates (SafeBoda‑like ride app), and a loan‑in‑kind system for farmers using mobile money; adopters report Elixir handles high concurrency and umbrella app microservice management, but only one of seven had Elixir as a first language and hiring is scarce — yet 100% recommend Elixir; community growth follows mob programming, meetups and a continent‑wide conference that successfully connected organizers and speakers.
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chapters (6)
- 0:0004:40 - Introduction
- 4:4110:47 - Adopting Elixir in Africa - Why Elixir?
- 10:4821:29 - Use cases of Elixir Africa
- 21:3028:09 - Challenge facing the adoption
- 28:1033:12 - Recommandations
- 33:1347:52 - Growing the Elixir community in Africa
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