The Event
Africa Tech Festival is back for its 24th year!
As well as being the largest tech event on the continent, Africa Tech Festival is the most impactful at a time when uniting Africa’s tech ecosystems, business communities and political leadership, and aligning their ambition to elevate African economies, has never been more important.
Across the five days you will explore how technology champions are accelerating socio-economic development and building a better, more inclusive, digital world. As always, you can expect an unrivalled digital experience built around sharing brilliant ideas and developing relationships with inspirational people.
This is your opportunity to demonstrate expertise on the topics most critical to Africa’s pursuit of equitable, sustainable digital economies – alongside the biggest names in tech, business, and politics.
Be part of the biggest conversation in African tech.
8-12 November 2021
Empowering connectivity champions and driving digital infrastructure investment
Dedicated to accelerating Africa’s enterprise digital transformation
Unleashing the power of Africa’s start-up ecosystem
Celebrating the people and organisations at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation
Mapping Africa’s 4IR journey
Virtual Exhibition
Showcasing the latest products and solutions aimed at driving Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution
Green ICT and Sustainable Development
Championing sustainable energy as a route to affordable and reliable electrification for all
Connected Leaders
Intimate, exclusive VIP events for our most influential senior executives. Expect bespoke, interactive, invite-only sessions curated to bring together industry leaders, policymakers and regulators for impact-led dialogue and meaningful connections
Building a Better Digital World
Design, build and run a better, more inclusive, digital world with equal opportunities for all
Key Themes for 2021
8-12 November 2021
Headline Keynotes
Bridging the most impactful topics in African tech and telecoms, with the industry’s most inspirational change-makers
Connecting Africa’s Next Billion
Uniting Africa’s connectivity champions to deliver on the promise of affordable, reliable, and sustainable digital connectivity for all
Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms
Exploring the biggest trends in Africa’s evolving telecoms sector to keep telcos at the centre of its digital transformation journey
Digital Infrastructure Investment
Ensuring infrastructure investment remains at the top of Africa’s tech agenda, as the centre-piece of the continent’s digital transformation
8-12 November 2021
AI for Africa
Artificial Intelligence transforming business and elevating economies
Industry 4.0
Tracking the continent’s pursuit of an equitable Fourth Industrial Revolution that drives tech-enabled digital economies
Cyber Security and Data Protection
Building trust in Africa’s rapidly expanding digital economydigital economy
Fintech, Blockchain and MFS
The bright future of mobile money, mobile financial services and enterprise-ready blockchain
Cloud and Data Centres
New opportunities in Africa’s booming cloud and data centre space
Tech in Action
AgTech, HealthTech, eCommerce and beyond: tracking emerging technology disruption
AHUB: Scaling StartUps
Scale start-ups to scale economic impact: entrepreneurship as an engine for growth
Africa Tech Festival Speakers
View just a few of our inspirational, industry leading speakers and join the biggest conversation in African technology
Hon. Paula Ingabire
Minister of ICT & Innovation
Republic of Rwanda
Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
Republic of South Africa
Lillian Barnard
Managing Director
Microsoft South Africa
Shameel Joosub
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
Vodacom Group
Pinky Kekana
Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
Republic of South Africa
Charles Molapisi
GCTIO
MTN Group
Siya Kolisi
Co-Founder
The Kolisi Foundation
Peter Ndegwa
Chief Executive Officer
Safaricom PLC
Zubin Chagpar
Head of Public Sector, Middle East Africa
Amazon Web Services
Alioune Ndiaye
Chief Executive Officer, Middle East and Africa
Orange
Juliet Mhango
Chief Human Capital Development & Transformation Officer
Cell C
Unathi Mtya
Chief Technology Officer
Grindrod Bank
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