The Event

Africa Tech Festival is back in Cape Town this November and celebrating 25 years as the continent’s largest and most influential tech event!

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.

Since 1997, we have worked to deliver an event with real impact. We’ve explored the continent’s most pertinent challenges with inspiring speakers and built an unrivalled, global forum in which to network and share solutions.

In 2022, Africa Tech Festival will be back bigger and better - expect a best-in-class live event in Cape Town but with more virtual elements than ever before, becoming accessible to a truly global audience.

This action packed week will explore how technology champions are accelerating socio-economic development and building a better, more inclusive, digital world.

The continent’s largest tech event offering will provide you with countless opportunities pre-, during and post-event, to share brilliant ideas, showcase your solutions and products and develop relationships with the people pivotal to your 2022 business objectives.

Plus, with 25 years of informing, inspiring and connecting the biggest and most influential players across the continent’s digital ecosystem, there’s no doubt that this year will be one big party from start to finish!

Don’t miss out on reuniting with some of the biggest names in African tech, business and politics this November!

7-11 November | Cape Town, South Africa

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

Africa in Focus – Regional Deep dives

Explore the most exciting and impactful developments across North, West and Central Africa.

Green ICT and Sustainable Development

Championing sustainable energy as a route to affordable and reliable electrification for all

Telcos of Tomorrow

Exploring the biggest trends in Africa’s evolving telecoms sector to keep telcos at the centre of its digital transformation journey

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 2022

7-11 November | Cape Town, South Africa

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

Green ICT

Championing sustainable energy as a route to affordable and reliable electrification for all

7-11 November | Cape Town, South Africa

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 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 Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Republic of South Africa

Hon. Ms Huria Ali Mahdi

State Minister - National ICT and Digital Economy Sector

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Hon. Mr Joe Mucheru

Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of ICT

Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

Hon. Ms Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation

Republic of Rwanda

Debbie Schafer

Provincial Minister of Education

Western Cape Government

Dejan Kastelic

Group CTO

Vodacom

Nitin Gajria

Managing Director

Sub Saharan Africa, Google

Mariam Cassim

Chief Executive Officer

Vodacom Financial and Digital Services

Nic Rudnick

CEO

Liquid Telecom

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Mayor of Freetown

Republic of Sierra Leone

Alioune Ndiaye

Chairman & CEO Orange Middle East & Africa

Orange

Funke Opeke

Chief Executive Officer

Main One

Shameel Joosub

Group CEO

Vodacom

Razvan Ungureanu

Chief Technology Officer

Airtel Africa

Lillian Barnard

Managing Director

Microsoft South Africa

Asif Valley

National Technology Officer

Microsoft South Africa

Sonia Jorge

Executive Director, Alliance for Affordable Internet & Head of Digital Inclusion Program

Web Foundation

Fadi Pharaon

President, Middle East and Africa

Ericsson

Sekou Drame

CEO

Sonatel Group

Unathi Mtya

Chief Technology Officer

Grindrod Bank

Nicholas Williams

Head of ICT

African Development Bank

Africa Tech Festival will be held in accordance with Informa’s AllSecure health and safety standards.

At our event you, and our attendees, can expect to see that a broad range of measures are in place to ensure everyone involved is able to enjoy a safe, hygienic, productive, and high-quality organised experience.

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