IDLELO (or "Idlelo") is a biennial African conference on free and open source software (FOSS) organised by FOSSFA. As of 2015 it is organising its 7th conference, in Uganda, 2016.

Website: http://www.idlelo.net/

"Idlelo" is a Zulu word meaning "common grazing ground."

Past conferences

• IDLELO - First African Conference on the Digital Commons, Capetown, South Africa, 11-15 January 2004. (Conference report)
• IDLELO 2, Nairobi, Kenya, 23-25 February 2006
• IDLELO 3, Dakar, Senegal, 16-20 March 2008. Theme: "Making the Knowledge Economy Work for Africa." (Conference report)
• IDLELO 4, Accra, Ghana, 17-21 May 2010. Held at AITI-KACE. Theme: "Development with Ownership." (Conference report)
• IDLELO 5, Abuja, Nigeria, 19-23 March 2012. Theme: "Open Source Solutions for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals." (Conference report)
• IDLELO 6, Nairobi, Kenya, 24-28 March 2014. ("Hive Colab" page on the conference)