Africa Tech Festival will return to Cape Town and will be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

The address is:

CTICC

Convention Square

1 Lower Long Street

Cape Town, 8001

South Africa

Whether by plane, car, bus, bike or even water canal, there are plenty of convenient options to reach the venue.

For more practical information, please click on the link below.

We support registered attendees with a visa invitation letter that you can download here. For any questions, please contact africacommarketing@informa.com.

Africa Tech Festival will take place from 7 to 11 November. Each day will see different side events and features taking place. We recommend you plan carefully your attendance by checking and bookmarking all the sessions you're interested.

Check our programme to view the start and end time of all our event features.

Need assistance with booking a hotel for the Festival? We've partnered with iccommodate to offer a range of hotel options for your stay during the event.

Whilst we look forward to welcome our community in person in Cape Town, we understand that not everyone is able to travel to Cape Town.

Some sessions will be broadcast on the virtual platform. More announcements will soon be made as to the sessions in question.

Our virtual platform will open on 24 October, giving you the opportunity to interact with other attendees and our partners and set up virtual or in person meetings at the event.

Your free visitor pass gives you access to the expo floors and standard content of the Festival from 8 to 10 November. Access to the Festival's premium content is not included.

Here's a summary of what you get access to:

• The AfricaCom and AfricaTech exhibition halls
• All Showfloor content, including all headline keynotes
• The AHUB start-up zone - where you can meet with Africa's hottest new startups
• Open networking areas
• Demo zone and Festival areas

All the above passes grant access to the premium content of Africa Tech Festival. Main features included:

• 3 days of exclusive networking opportunities
• Access to all AfricaCom and AfricaTech conference tracks
• Access to the two expo floors (AfricaCom and AfricaTech)
• 13 business critical tracks and features
• Leadership, wisdom and visionary insights from 400 of Africa's thought leaders
• The AFest: AfricaCom's exclusive networking party
• Full networking tool access allowing you to start networking before the event even begins - book meetings and message other delegates.

The Ministerial Summit, Hosted Buyer, LeadersIn Africa and InspiringFifty events can only be accessed by invitation. If you have not been notified by our team that one or all of the above events have been added to your ticket, you will not gain access.

For any questions, please contact our team at africacommarketing@informa.com.

All ticket types include access to the AFEST, apart from the free visitor passes.

If you have a free visitor pass and would like to join us for an epic evening of celebration, you can book your ticket via the below link.

Our team reviews all ticket applications. To ensure quality interactions between attendees, we need to apply strict profile criteria when reviewing applications.

If your initial choice has not been granted and would like the team to review your application, you can email us at africacommarketing@informa.com.

If you registered for a free visitor pass without realising that there were more opportunities, you can email us at africacommarketing@informa.com to explain your situation. Simply indicate the email address and name you provided at registration.

Whilst we cannot guarantee an upgrade, our team will review your application and if your profile matches our requirements, we will upgrade you.

All attendees approved to join the Broadband Africa Forum on 7 November will have received an email confirmation a few days after the event.

If you are unsure whether you received such an email, please feel free to contact us at africacommarketing@informa.com

The email confirming that your participation, in person, at the Broadband Africa Forum on 7 November contains an RSVP link. We would be grateful if you could fill out the 2-question survey to confirm your participation.

Absolutely! All attendees need an individual badge to attend the event, access sessions and visit the exhibition. If you have contacts interested in joining you, feel free to forward them the registration link.

Our virtual platform will open on 24 October, giving you the chance to check the programme as well as interact and set up meetings with other attendees.

The following will be live-streamed:

• The Broadband Africa Forum on 7 November, with translations towards French and Chinese offered
• All the Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynotes on 8,9 and 10 November

All the sessions that will be live-streamed at the event will be made available on demand, after the end of the Festival. Stay tuned as we will make more announcements closer to the event.

Africa Tech Festival will be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, which has been designed with accessibility in mind, including:

• All rooms can be easily accessed – there are no raised doorsteps at the meeting venues.
• All exterior entrances to the venue have ramp access.
• The width of all doors has been designed to accommodate wheelchair access.
• Designated drop-off points at the main entrance of the venue have been allocated for the disabled.
• Auditoriums are equipped to accommodate designated seating positions for wheelchair users or can be suitably adjusted.

No badge will be sent by post. Badges can be collected at the registration desks of the Festival, which will open on 8 November from 8am. There will be dedicated lanes for:

• standard badge collection
• fast-track badges collection (all attendees will receive QR codes enabling them to use the fast-track lanes)
• VIP badge collection
• Speaker badge collection

Roundtables can only be accessed by invitation. If you have received an invitation from our team and you have confirmed your presence, your participation spot is secured. Our team will reach out with more information on the time / day and location of the roundtable so you can easily take part in the discussions.

It's a shame you can no longer attend in person. The good news is you will still be able to engage with our attendees and watch live-streamed/on-demand sessions via the virtual platform.

Unfortunately, you are not able to pass your badge to a colleague or contact. To receive personalised badges and to comply with our attendee policies, all participants need to register separately. If interested to send someone in your place, please forward a link to our ticket option page.

We care about the environment and our events are designed to limit our carbon footprint to an absolute minimum. As a result, there will not be any printed programme at the event. You will be able to view and bookmark sessions via our virtual app.

Unfortunately, we don't cover transport or accommodation for attendees. This is up to each attendee to arrange.