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
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.
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.
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 2024
- 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
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.
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 Sponsors and Exhibitors
