18 November 2026 | Rooftop on Bree
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.
Nominations Now Closed
Order of the Evening
Celebrate the best of African tech at the ATF Awards Evening — a night of celebration, connection and recognition.
- 6:30pm - Welcome drinks reception
- 7:30pm - Steven Kitshoff Welcome Speech
- 7:50pm - 3-course dinner and Awards announcements
- The evening will come to a close around 10pm
2026 Award Categories
Connectivity Solution of the Year
Huawei & MTN
Space42
CAMTEL & Avanti
Telecom Innovation Award
Mauritius Telecom
Orange MEA – Egypt
MTN Ghana
AI Leader of the Year Award
Adrian Gounder, Head of Data Centre Strategic Programs, Transformation & AI (EMEA) Data Centre Infrastructure Energy, Amazon
Ahmed El Beheiry, Executive Vice President - Group Chief Technology & AI Officer, Cassava Technologies
Vertiv
Veemal Gungadin, CEO, Mauritius Telecom
Most Impactful AI Solution Award
Netcare Digital
Orange MEA – Tunisia
Yas Madagascar
Innovation Startup of the Year
Signvrse
Zebra Comics PLC
Fintura
Cybersecurity Innovation Leader of the Year
Steven Mwesige, CISO, Pearl Bank Uganda
Kerissa Varma, Chief Security Advisor, Middle East & Africa, Microsoft
Mandla Mbasane, CISO, National Housing Finance Corporation
Data Centre Innovation Award
Hormuud Telecom
Orange MEA – Egypt
Open Access Data Centres
Cloud Transformation Project of the Year
Autodesk
UniCloud Africa
Acmetel
Enterprise Digital Transformation Leader of the Year
Brenda Mpoora, head of Fintech Business, Pearl Bank Uganda
Hardy Pemhiwa, President & Group CEO, Cassava Technologies
Nollie Maoto, Group Compliance Chief Data & Analytics Officer, FirstRand
Fintech Innovation Leader
Serigne Dioum, CEO, MTN Group Fintech
Vodacom
Dido Kalonji, Chief Information Officer & Data Analytics Officer, FNB Eswatini
Rajesh Chandiramani, CEO, Comviva
Women in Tech Leadership Award
Majda Lahlou Kassi, Vice President and Head of Customer Unit West and Southern Africa, Ericsson
Edna Karijo, Associate Director, eMobilis Technology Training Institute
Shireen Powell, CEO, Project Isizwe
Innovation for Impact Award
SES
Vodacom
Fibertime
Meet the Judges
Norbert Prihoda
Deputy CEO & Board Director
Tunisie Telecom
Leo Skarlatos
CEO
AT Ghana
Harrison Nnaji
CISO
FirstBank Nigeria
Deidre Marais
CISO
Western Cape Government
Kelly Bentley
Founder & CEO
The Rebel Element
Harry Hare
Chairman
CIO Africa by dx5
Faith Burn
Chief Technology & Operations Officer
Land & Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Nirvani Dhevcharran
CTO, Platforms & Operations
TFC (The Foschini Group)
Kutlwano Chaba
Chief Digital Officer
SALGA (SA Local Government Association)
Motunrayo Opayinka
Founder & CEO
Womenovate
Janade du Plessis
Managing Partner
Launch Africa
Miranda Perumal
Co-Founder & CEO
Scale
Sandile Dube
Managing Director, South Africa
Equinix