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Building with AI Agents: From Prompt to Product

A practical evening on shipping AI that actually works — in Kenya.

Presented by

Strathmore Data Community

NOV11

Wednesday, 11 November 2026

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

Management Science Building

MSB Auditorium, ground floor — follow the purple signs

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Everyone is talking about AI agents. Far fewer people are shipping them. In this Ideas Festival session, two builders who run AI in production in Nairobi show you what works, what breaks and what it really costs. 🤖 Live demo: an agent that books a matatu seat, checks M-Pesa and replies on WhatsApp 🧠 How to evaluate AI outputs so your users can trust them 🌍 Building for Swahili, Sheng and low-bandwidth phones 🙋 A 30-minute open Q&A — bring your project ideas Tea and mandazi from 5 PM. Seats are limited, so RSVP and show your QR at the door.

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Lineup

FW
Faith Wairimu
Machine learning engineer, Nairobi health-tech startup
AH
Abdi Hassan
Founder, agri-AI startup
DP
Dr. Peter Njuguna
Moderator · Lecturer in Data Science

Venue

Management Science Building

MSB Auditorium, ground floor — follow the purple signs

Strathmore University · Ole Sangale Rd, Madaraka, Nairobi

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Hosted by

Strathmore Data Community

420 members · Tech & Innovation

The Strathmore Data Community is home to aspiring data scientists, analysts and AI builders. We host study jams, Kaggle squads and talks on responsible AI built for African problems. Bring your questions — we learn best when we learn out loud.

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Is this beginner friendly?

Yes. We start with how agents plan and use tools, then get practical with live demos.

Will slides be shared?

Slides and a starter repo go out to everyone who RSVPs, the morning after.

Where's my ticket?

Your QR ticket shows up right after payment and is saved in My tickets on the phone you bought with. Show it at the door. A screenshot works too.