How do you build reliable systems where downtime is not just an inconvenience, but a threat to trust, income, and even safety? In this talk, Roosevelt Elias, founder of Payble, explores how to establish SRE principles in markets where infrastructure is unreliable, cloud access is intermittent, and talent pipelines are still emerging. Drawing from real-world experience building financial infrastructure in Africa, we’ll discuss culturally aware incident management, lightweight observability stacks, distributed troubleshooting with limited tooling, and what it means to bake resilience into the DNA of both product and process even when the odds are stacked against you.

This talk is ideal for SREs, platform engineers, and product leaders building for emerging markets or aiming to design more resilient systems globally.

Roosevelt Elias is a visionary solutions architect, product strategist, technology entrepreneur, and founder of Payble, a next-generation product technology company focused on solving complex economic and digital inclusion challenges for micro and small businesses across Africa and globally. With over a decade of experience spanning product design, payments, and creative technology, Roosevelt has built companies at the intersection of design, technology, and social impact. including a successful exit in the print media space and a thriving live-streaming SaaS business that has powered events for global artists and thought leaders.

A trained computer scientist with a background in IT Security, Roosevelt is passionately committed to creating tools that enable underserved businesses to thrive with the same capabilities as Fortune 500 enterprises, through intelligent systems, AI-driven insights, and user-first design. Under his leadership, Payble is redefining the role of financial technology, not just as a utility, but as an ecosystem that transforms local businesses into global players.

He is a bold thinker, deeply rooted in service, faith, and sustainable impact, building Payble to be a company that will outlive generations.