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Africa Tech Festival 2025

Uniting global technology and telecom leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to drive digital transformation and innovation across Africa.

11-13 Nov: Expo & Content Sessions

10-13 Nov: VIP & Partner Events

Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)


Putting African Tech on the Global Stage


Africa Tech Festival provides a 360 view of how tech and strategy evolution is reshaping Africa’s diverse industry sectors - from telecoms, financial services, healthcare, government, SME and start-ups, retail, manufacture and beyond.

Expect world-class speakers, industry leading content, two international exhibitions, and outcome-driven networking focussed on how tech integration is delivering real-world impact through enterprise excellence and socioeconomic development.

For 27 years, we’ve been a forum for conversations, connections, and celebration exploring how innovation is addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges while elevating African tech onto the global stage.

*please note, a $20 administration fee will apply to all Free Visitor Passes from midnight 11th November.

2024 Speakers include


Hon. Rose Pola Pricemou

Minister

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Republic of Guinea

Thomas Dohmke

CEO

GitHub

Dejan Kastelic

Group CTO

Vodacom

Bunmi Adeleye

Chief Strategy Officer

Retails Supermarkets (Shoprite Nigeria)

Alex Okosi

Managing Director, Africa

Google

Faith Burn

Chief Information Officer

Eskom Holdings SOC

Hazem Metwally

CEO

e& Egypt (etisalat)

Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE

Director General/CEO

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

Naroa Zurutuza

CTO

Giga UNICEF

Hardy Pemhiwa

President & Group CEO

Cassava Technologies

President Ntuli

Managing Director, South Africa

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Portia Thokoane

HR Director of East and Southern Africa Region

Nestlé

“The Africa Tech Festival presents a platform for different innovative minds to come together to explore and exchange tech solutions for Africa and the rest of the world. This global platform will not only afford us an opportunity to learn best practices but also afford our SMEs to market their innovative solutions to the more than 15,000 visitors from across the globe. We are committed to ensuring that Africa does not become a mere consumer of digital solutions developed elsewhere but a meaningful participant in the digital economy by being a supplier of solutions and infrastructure that are tried and tested in our shores. We are looking forward to welcoming the world to our shores.”

Ms Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, Director-General of the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies.

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Discover Your Place at Africa Tech Festival


Telcos

Meet and learn with 125+ execs from MTN, Orange, Airtel, Vodacom, and other leading telcos on how they're protecting profit.

Enterprises

Learn how leaders from a range of different industry verticals are innovating and embracing emerging tech to become more productive, efficient and competitive enterprises.

Investors

Meet 120+ fellow investors and over 1000 start-ups in Africa's top investment hub.

Start Ups

Meet with Africa's next crop of investors in the continent's robust financial sector.

2024 Sponsors and Exhibitors Included


EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Unlocking Business Growth with Africa Tech Festival Sponsorship

Download the report to gain access to

  • An overview of Africa's Telecoms, Digital Infrastructure and Tech markets
  • Benefits of Sponsoring & Exhibiting with Africa Tech Festival
  • Insights from our prestigious Leadership Council Members

Connect, Learn and Discover


14,000+

Attendees

300+

Speakers

200+

Exhibitors

The Africa Tech Festival Expo - Where Tech, Talent and Telecoms unite


Stands across AfricaCom & AfricaTech are 85% sold out! Secure yours before it's too late!

Uniting Tech's Brightest Minds


AfricaCom

Explore all things telecoms, connectivity, digital infrastructure and sustainable development

AfricaTech

Discover innovative, disruptive technologies and their integration across African industry verticals

AfricaIgnite

Empowering entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey to drive positive change in Africa and globally

The AI Summit Cape Town

As AI transforms industries and reshapes the future, Cape Town emerges as a leading African hub for innovation.

LeadersIn Africa

An exclusive, invite only VIP series of content-led roundtable discussions designed to facilitate actionable dialogue between the continent’s most influential tech players.

AFEST

Africa Tech Festival’s highly anticipated networking event, AFEST, returns to the seaside on Tuesday 12 November 2024, at the Grand Africa Café & Beach!

Africa Tech Festival Awards

Celebrate organisations and individuals driving innovation, promoting inclusion, and fostering sustainable development at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.

VIP Experience

Designed to enhance your experience and maximise your networking opportunities

Evelyn Ngatia

Board Chair

Women in Tech Alliance, European Technology Chamber (EUTECH)

The content presented at Africa Tech Festival was rich, and the speakers were highly knowledgeable in their fields. They shared insights previously unknown to me, insights that I will incorporate into my professional and business practices.

Connecting Africa: Our Community For Africa's digital architects


Connecting Africa is the premier media site dedicated to tackling the immense scope of Africa’s digital landscape. Connecting Africa offers a comprehensive, informed and nuanced understanding of the region's communications networking and ICT sector - delivering the commercial opportunities such insights bring.

Join a community of decision makers from across the communications technology ecosystem that are either based in Africa, conducting business with African enterprises or seeking to learn more about the industry's growth hot-spots!

Africa Tech Festival 2024 Sponsors and Exhibitors