A look inside the full festival
The Africa Tech Festival Experience
Pre-Arranged, High-Value 1:1 Meetings
ATF Connect, Africa Tech Festival’s 1:1 meeting service is back for 2026, connecting tech solution providers with the people who matter most.
Secure pre-arranged, high-value meetings with a precisely defined audience, ensuring meaningful conversations that drive real business impact.
Meetings will be held in a dedicated area onsite at Africa Tech Festival 2026, taking place 17-19 November at CTICC, Cape Town.
Interested and want to find out more about the packages and pricing?
Leaders In Africa Summit
The continent's most influential technology leaders, in one room.
Leaders In Africa Summit is an invitation only gathering of senior executives, policymakers and innovators shaping Africa's digital future.
Through curated discussions, closed door roundtables and meaningful peer connections, the summit creates the space for honest conversations, strategic collaboration and actionable outcomes.
Invite only
Afest returns to Cape Town’s iconic Grand Africa Café & Beach
More than a party. This is where relationships are built.
Afest is Africa Tech Festival’s official networking event bringing together the people shaping Africa’s digital future in a setting designed for real conversations.
Away from the show floor, deals move faster, conversations go deeper, and connections turn into partnerships.
8 Stages. 100+ Sessions. One view of Africa's digital future
Africa Tech Festival 2026 brings together the leaders shaping Africa’s digital future through a dynamic, content led programme spanning six core pillars.
Across three days, 400+ world class speakers will share insights on connectivity and infrastructure, enterprise technology, AI, data centres, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. From high level keynotes to deep dive industry sessions, the agenda is designed to deliver practical insight, strategic perspective, and real world application.
Ministerial Summit
The 3rd annual Africa Tech Festival Ministerial Summit is an invitation-only event which convenes a VIP audience drawn from national governments across Africa, regulators, major DFIs and C-suite leadership from the private sector.
The Ministerial Summit features panel sessions and roundtables which enable the VIP audience to make substantive progress on the biggest issues shaping the future of Africa’s digital economy.
As a sponsor of the Ministerial Summit, you will align your brand with these goals and benefit from unrivalled thought leadership opportunities.
Invite only
Masterclasses at Africa Tech Festival
Our Masterclass Programme is built for technology leaders who want practical, real-world insight.
Unlike traditional conference sessions that focus on trends and big-picture thinking, Masterclasses are designed to show you exactly how to implement new technologies within your organisation.
These 60-minute, expert-led sessions offer a more focused, interactive environment — giving you the space to dive deeper, ask questions, and leave with actionable takeaways.
Open to all
Africa Tech Festival Awards
The Africa Tech Festival Awards celebrate the most innovative and impactful tech achievements across the continent.
The evening brings together Africa’s tech leaders, pioneers and change-makers to honour groundbreaking digital transformation and recognise the individuals and organisations shaping the future of African technology.
Key information:
- The shortlist will consist of the top candidates per category and will be decided by our expert panel of judges.
- The finalists will be sent to our judges, who will determine the winners.
- The winners will be announced live at the ceremony in Cape Town on 18 November.