Episode Details

This episode features Prince Oforh Asiedu, discussing his inspiring journey into tech and open source, starting from a childhood fascination with computers in Ghana, self-learning to code despite financial and economic challenges, and making his first contributions through documentation. Prince shares the origin story of Open Source & Security Africa (OSSAfrica), revealing how the frustration of repeatedly being denied access to global conferences due to visa issues sparked the idea to build a local, Africa-rooted community to connect and empower African contributors globally. He outlines the vision for OSSAfrica to become a serious contributor to software supply chain security, aiming for African voices to be recognized as trusted collaborators and leaders in the ecosystem.

Chapters:
00:01  Introduction and Welcome to Prince
01:33  From Ghana's Internet Cafes to Learning Python: Prince's Early Journey
05:36  The Moment That Changed Everything: Starting with Open Source Documentation
10:46  The Frustration that Founded OSSAfrica: Structural Barriers and Visa Issues
16:42  OSSAfrica's Growth and Community of Communities
19:01  The Vision for 2026: Success for African Contributors
23:32  How to Get Involved with OSSAfrica
28:32  Advice for the Next Wave: Growth Compounds When You Are Not Alone

Episode links:

• Prince (Oforh) Asiedu LinkedIn page
• OSSAfrica website
• OSSAfrica GitHub Org
• OSSAfrica Roadmap
• OSSAfrica discord
• OSSAfrica LinkedIn
• OpenSSF Slack channel OSSAfrica (#sig-ossafrica)
• BEAR Working Group
• FIRST VulnCon
• Add any other applicable links related to the episode
• Get involved with the OpenSSF
• Subscribe to the OpenSSF newsletter
• Follow the OpenSSF on LinkedIn