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The engineering collective for Go developers in Uganda. We don't just write code — we ship simple, reliable systems and grow the people who build them.

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Active members
320+
Events hosted
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Open projects
5+
Year active
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Kampala Gophers Monthly Meetup

Date & time
Sun, 04 Oct 2026
02:00 PM – 05:00 PM
Location
The Innovation Village
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Sponsorship tiers

Fuel the Go ecosystem in Uganda. Choose from flexible recurring monthly tiers, per-event sponsorships, or custom in-kind collaborations.

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Bronze Monthly

UGX 75,000

~$20 USD • per month

Entry-level recurring support for individuals and emerging startups.

Included benefits:

  • Small logo on the Kampala Gophers website's dedicated sponsors page
  • Mention in a monthly "Thank You" social post to all our Bronze supporters
  • Verbal acknowledgement as a Bronze Monthly Supporter during opening remarks at one community meetup per quarter
  • Early access to information about upcoming community initiatives
  • 1 complimentary ticket to one paid community workshop or mini-conference every 6 months
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Silver Monthly

UGX 150,000

~$40 USD • per month

Growing visibility and quarterly speaking opportunity for engineering teams.

Included benefits:

  • All Bronze Monthly Supporter benefits included
  • Logo (medium) on the website's dedicated sponsors page and on event-specific pages for regular meetups
  • Individual social media "Thank You" mention with company tag once per quarter
  • Verbal acknowledgement as a Silver Monthly Backer during opening and closing remarks at one community meetup per month
  • A 15-minute speaking slot (lightning talk) at one community meetup per quarter

+ 2 more exclusive perks

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Gold Monthly

UGX 350,000

~$95 USD • per month

Strategic partner visibility with hiring access, speaking slots and homepage branding.

Included benefits:

  • All Silver Monthly Backer benefits included
  • Logo (large) prominently displayed on the website (homepage footer and sponsors page) and on standard event materials
  • Dedicated social media post highlighting your organization as a Gold Monthly Partner once per quarter
  • Verbal acknowledgement as a Gold Monthly Partner at all major community events and meetups
  • Opportunity to display a medium-sized banner at all regular physical meetups

+ 5 more exclusive perks

Title partner
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Platinum Monthly

UGX 700,000

~$190 USD • per month

Premier community partnership with title co-hosting, keynote slots and newsletter reach.

Included benefits:

  • All Gold Monthly Partner benefits included
  • Prominent logo placement on all Kampala Gophers digital and physical assets (website homepage, event banners, presentations)
  • Exclusive dedicated social media campaign highlighting your organization and its contributions once per quarter
  • Opportunity to co-host or title sponsor one major community event (e.g. annual conference, hackathon) per year
  • Guaranteed 60–120 minutes speaking slot (keynote or featured speaker) at one community meetup or special event per quarter

+ 7 more exclusive perks

Per-event & in-kind sponsorships

Looking for event-specific branding or in-kind support?

Per-event packages start from UGX 250,000. We also welcome venue hosting, refreshments, dev tool licenses and speaker partnerships.

Full sponsorship guide

The Forge

Our digital footprint: tools, libraries and services built in Go by Kampala engineers, used everywhere.

KAMPALA GOPHERS

214stars 31forks

momo-go

Idiomatic Go SDK for MTN and Airtel Mobile Money collections, disbursements and status polling.

GoFintechSDK
B. OKELLO

96stars 12forks

boda-route

Routing service that estimates boda delivery times across Kampala using live traffic and road data.

GogRPCPostGIS
S. NAKATO

58stars 9forks

ug-holidays

Go package with Uganda's public holidays, including movable feasts, for payroll and scheduling apps.

GoLibrary
RESEARCH

143stars 22forks

luganda-tokenizer

Fast tokenizer and normaliser for Luganda text, built for search and NLP pipelines.

GoNLP

Intel

Latest insights, tutorials and announcements from the community.

Why Go Fits East African Fintech

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Structuring a Go Monorepo

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