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TAKING place at the Bay Hotel in Camp’s Bay, Cape Town on 15 November 2023, the achievements of some of the African technology, telecommunications, and media industry’s most illustrious pioneers and tech entrepreneurs, will once again be fêted at the prestigious Africa Tech Festival Awards.

Wait for it…AfricaIgnite, formerly AHUB, Africa Tech Festival’s flagship event for the African continent’s start-ups and innovators, has been announced as the host for the African leg of the globally prestigious Start-Up World Cup 2023, and 10 African start-ups will have the opportunity to pitch for a spot at the grand finale to be held in San Francisco, USA on 1 December 2023.

10 May 2023

Africa Tech Festival 2023 announces new Leadership Council to shape narrative for a digitally Inclusive energised and thriving African society.

Top notch speaker list, including several government ministers, exemplifies importance of tech to drive Africa’s needed economic big boom

8 March 2023

Exclusive report unveils the latest challenges and opportunities for women in tech, following a global survey carried out by three major tech festival events globally. 

New survey reveals lack of access to investors, reliance on international VCs and global recession trends as the biggest perceived barriers for East African tech start-ups to access funds as Covid 19 has slowed down investments across the region’s start-up landscape