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Africa Tech Festival 2024 – The Home of AfricaCom, AfricaTech & AfricaIgnite
Event dates: 11-14 Nov 2024
Exhibition Opening Dates: 12 - 14 Nov 2024Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town

Join us this November at Africa's Largest Tech Event!

Connecting Africa's tech and business sectors for a stronger, inclusive digital continent



EXCLUSIVE 2024 CYBERSECURITY REPORT

The Role of Cybersecurity in Safeguarding Africa’s Digital Transformation - 2024 Report.

Deep dive into the accelerating digital landscape of Africa, underlining the critical role of cybersecurity in ensuring a resilient and secure digital future, in this exclusive report, produced by Africa Tech Festival's research team.

Africa Tech Festival 2023 Post Show Report

Explore the vibrant African tech landscape with the Africa Tech Festival 2023 Post Show Report, offering valuable insights into attendee stats, key topics, prominent speakers, and impactful moments.

3 Anchor Events. Countless Opportunities to Connect, Learn & Inspire.

AfricaCom - Connectivity Infrastructure & Digital Inclusion

AfricaCom

UNITING TELECOMS, CONNECTIVITY & INFRASTRUCTURE

  • AfricaCom Centre Stage - Experience the core of AfricaCom, unveiling innovations in connectivity, broadcasting, & media, propelling the continent into the digital era
  • Telcos of Tomorrow - The latest trends keeping African telcos at the centre of the continent’s digital transformation journey
  • Connectivity & Infrastructure - The journey to deliver universal connectivity for African business and society
  • Data Centres - Equipping Africa’s digital revolution with world-class data centre infrastructure
AfricaTech - Enterprise Transformation & Emerging Technologies

AfricaTech

THE HOME OF FRONTIER TECH AND ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION

  • AfricaTech Centre Stage - AfricaTech’s Headliners agenda: The boldest solutions to the biggest challenges across enterprise industry verticals
  • Artificial Intelligence - Unites visionary technologists & business experts to delve into AI’s real-world applications across African sectors
  • Fintech - Explore Africa's cutting-edge innovations revolutionising finance
  • Cloud & Cybersecurity - The latest advancements to protect your organisation against ever-evolving cyber threats
EMPOWERING THE START-UP ECOSYSTEM TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE

AfricaIgnite

EMPOWERING THE START-UP ECOSYSTEM TO DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE

  • Main Stage and Founders Academy - Everything a founder needs to know to build, grow & scale a ground-breaking company
  • Investor Lounge & Concierge - An exclusive networking space for investors to forge impactful relationships
  • Founder and Investor Day - An exclusive programme for founders and investors to network and learn
  • Start-up Marketplace - The place to meet the inspirational founders and pioneering start-ups powering the digital revolution

Connecting Africa: Our Community For Africa's digital architects

Connecting Africa is the premier online community dedicated to tackling the immense scope of the African digital landscape. Connecting Africa offers a comprehensive, informed and nuanced understanding of the region's communications networking and ICT sector and the commercial opportunities such insight can afford. 

Join a community of decision makers from across the entire communications technology ecosystem that are either based in Africa, conducting business with African enterprises or seeking to learn more about one of the communications industry's growth hot-spots!

2023 Speakers

H.E. Minister Mondli Gungubele, Minister, Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies, The Republic of South Africa

H.E. Minister Mondli Gungubele

Minister

Ministry of Communications and Digital Technologies, The Republic of South Africa

H.E. Minister Ousmane Gaoual Diallo  Minister  Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Republic of Guinea​

H.E. Minister Ousmane Gaoual Diallo

Minister

Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Republic of Guinea

Provincial Minister Mireille Wenger, Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Western Cape Government

Provincial Minister Mireille Wenger

Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities

Western Cape Government

Brelotte Ba  Deputy CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa  Orange

Brelotte Ba

Deputy CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa

Orange

Funke Opeke, Speaker at Africa Tech Festival 2023

Funke Opeke

CEO

MainOne

Jannie van Zyl  Executive Head: Innovation  Vodacom

Jannie van Zyl

Executive Head: Innovation

Vodacom

Laurie Fuller, Speaker at Africa Tech Festival 2023

Laurie Fuller

Venture Partner

Raiven Capital

Patricia Mugabe, speaker at Africa Tech FEstival 2023

Patricia Mugabe

Head: Digital Transformation, Innovation and Product Development

BancABC

Anna Gomez, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Anna Gomez

Commissioner

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Leo Chen, President, Huawei - Sub-Saharan Africa Region

Leo Chen

President

Huawei - Sub-Saharan Africa Region

Mathapelo Malao Head of Energy, Environment and ICT Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

Mathapelo Malao

Head of Energy, Environment and ICT

Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)

David Alema-Mensah, speaker at Africa Tech Festival 2023

David Alema-Mensah

Founder

AsaanaPay

Dion Jerling

Co-Founder

Connect Earth

Once again AfricaCom and the Africa Tech Festival provided the most useful and rewarding tech centric event on the continent. It is the go-to event that enables anyone who is interested in the future of technology in Africa and to meet those that are making it happen...a networking extravaganza.

Proud AAXO Member

We are proud to be a member of the Association of African Exhibition Organisers.

AAXO is committed to promoting the African exhibitions industry, encouraging businesses to invest and participate in exhibitions, affording our members the tools and resources for successful exhibition management, and encouraging world-class industry standards.