Africa Tech Festival 2026 opens CTICC registration

Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s longest-running technology event, has opened registration for its 29th edition, scheduled to return to the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 16 to 19 November 2026.

The event is organised by Informa Festivals, a division of Informa, and is structured around six programme pillars: telecoms and connectivity, data centres, AI, cybersecurity, startups, and digital transformation. Sessions will run across eight stages, with expo and content programming from 17 to 19 November and a VIP and partner programme beginning on 16 November.

A first wave of speakers

The 2026 line-up so far spans blue-chip South African corporates, pan-African banking, state enterprises, and multinational consumer brands. Among those confirmed are:

• Nomsa Chabeli, Group Chief Executive of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
• Nollie Maoto, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at FirstRand’s Compliance Office
• Lazola Ndamase, Group Executive Head of Big Data and AI/ML Technology at Vodacom
• Nirvani Dhevcharran, Chief Technology Officer for Platforms and Operations at The Foschini Group
• Bunmi Cynthia Adeleye, Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Retail Supermarkets Nigeria (Shoprite Nigeria)
• Senthil Kumar Velayutham, Chief Technology and Digital Officer at the African Development Bank
• Dido wa Kalonji, Chief Information Officer at FNB Eswatini
• Nina Triantis, Head of Global Sponsor Coverage and Vice Chair/TMT at Standard Bank Group
• Faith Burn, Chief Technology and Operations Officer at the Land and Agricultural Development Bank (Land Bank)
• Joost Pielage, Chief Technology Officer at Quro Medical
• Richard Cazalet, Executive: Strategy and Transformation at Telkom SA
• Seaparo Phala, Chief Information Officer at the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture
• Mary Mahuma, Chief Information Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa at Philip Morris South Africa

Organiser framing

Africa’s digital economy is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, and Africa Tech Festival 2026 is designed to be at the centre of that momentum. Whether you are a decision-maker looking to shape strategy, an innovator seeking investment, or an organisation ready to put your brand in front of the continent’s most influential technology leaders, this is the event for you.

David Monaghan, Vice President, Africa Tech Festival

A crowded Cape Town tech calendar

The confirmation positions Africa Tech Festival alongside a busy sequence of enterprise technology gatherings landing in the city through 2026. Converge Africa, the digital commerce conference, runs at the same venue from 4 to 6 May, with the City of Cape Town recently backing that event. The AI Summit Cape Town, a co-located event within Africa Tech Festival, sits within the AI pillar.

Sponsors and exhibitors confirmed so far include MTN, Cassava Technologies (top AfricaCom sponsor), Odoo, Zoho, ManageEngine, and a number of telecoms infrastructure providers. Registration is open via the official Africa Tech Festival website.