Explore the challenges and strategies of building a thriving open source ecosystem in Africa in this insightful conference talk. Gain valuable insights from Ada Nduka Oyom's six years of experience in developing developer communities and founding the largest open source community in the region. Learn about successful and unsuccessful community-building strategies, lessons learned, and proven methods for fostering the open source ecosystem through Open Source Community Africa (oscafrica.org). Discover how to create healthy collaborations with contributors, creators, and communities in the local African OSS space, and understand the focus areas, programs, events, and partnerships that have contributed to the growth of this vibrant ecosystem.