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AfricaHackOn

Kenyan security-conference badge lineage, represented by the source-backed 2017 ESP8266/OLED/MQTT limited-run badge, a conservative 2018 electronic-badge archive record from the OPCDE Kenya agenda, and the planned 2026 Summit registration identity artifact. The 2026 official schedule only establishes that attendees are to grab a badge during registration; its physical and technical form remain unannounced.

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Kenyan security-conference badge lineage, represented by the source-backed 2017 ESP8266/OLED/MQTT limited-run badge, a conservative 2018 electronic-badge archive record from the OPCDE Kenya agenda, and the planned 2026 Summit registration identity artifact. The 2026 official schedule only establishes that attendees are to grab a badge during registration; its physical and technical form remain unannounced.

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Badges

Seeded records

AfricaHackOn 2017 · 2017

AfricaHackOn 2017 Badge

Kenyan ESP8266 OLED MQTT conference badge

A limited-run AfricaHackOn 2017 electronic conference badge built around an ESP8266-01, 0.96-inch 128x64 I2C OLED display, LEDs, resistors, hand-built mounting-board construction, Arduino firmware, WiFi scanning, and MQTT schedule updates.

OPCDE Kenya 2018 · 2018

AfricaHackOn 2018 Electronic Badge

Kenyan electronic badge archive record

A conservative AfricaHackOn 2018 electronic-badge record anchored to the OPCDE Kenya agenda, which listed a dedicated making-of session for the badge during the Nairobi event.

AfricaHackOn Cybersecurity Summit 2026 · 2026

AfricaHackOn 2026 Attendee Badge

Completed Nairobi summit registration identity-artifact record

AfricaHackOn’s official Cybersecurity Summit 2026 schedule told attendees at the August 27 registration and welcome to ‘grab your badge & coffee,’ while the organizer’s post-event update confirms the August 27-29 summit concluded. Together, they support a completed-event registration identity-artifact reference, not a documented badge handoff, electronic badge, or specified physical credential.