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Innovation Safari

A hackathon series organised by M-PESA Africa and Africa Tech Festival, engaging developers to build the fintech solutions that will transform growth across the continent.

The Partnership

Africa Tech Festival 2026 will host the launch edition of the Innovation Safari hackathon, on 17-19 November in Cape Town.

Organised by M-PESA and Africa Tech Festival, the Innovation Safari will empower the fintech innovators of the future, challenging African developers to create solutions which enable financial inclusion, and transformative growth, across the continent.

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And Cape Town is just the start…

We are proud to partner with M-PESA, a global pioneer in fintech and Africa’s largest developer ecosystem, with more than 170,000 developers across 6 countries. The Innovation Safari will recognise and engage the next generation of talent, who are powering the next wave of fintech innovation in Africa.

In November, we will be celebrating the winner of the inaugural edition! We can’t wait to welcome the teams of developers who will accept the challenge and battle it out live at Africa Tech Festival.

Want to see the winners crowned? Book your place today!east

David Monaghan

Vice President

Africa Tech Festival

on the partnership with M-Pesa

“The Innovation Safari symbolises everything which Africa Tech Festival about – championing the tech ecosystem, pan-African, harnessing the best talent to power innovation,”

“As the creators of the mobile money space, where Africa is a world leader, M-PESA is the perfect partner and we are proud to be working with them.”