Events
African tech events
Conferences, peering forums, summits and hackathons across Africa. Upcoming first; past events kept indexed indefinitely as an editorial record.
Upcoming (4)
Past events (90)
Archive of events tech.africa has covered since 2009.
- 2 June 2026:Tech Convergence 3.0 – Abuja Continental Hotel
- 21 April 2026:SEDFA joins Converge Africa 2026 as MSME Pavilion sponsor – South Africa
- 8 February 2026:Converge Africa 2026 secures Intent HQ, Absa and BEES as headline sponsors – South Africa
- 22-24 August 2023:AfPIF 2023 in Accra Ghana
- 23 February 2023:ZANOG 2023 Cape Town, Western Cape – The Hyde Hotel
- 14 February 2023:Zimbabwe to Host 6th Transform Africa Summit at Victoria Falls – Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
- 23-25 August 2022:African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2022
- 10 May 2022:iDay Western Cape 2022 – Lagoon Beach Hotel
- 8 March 2022:International Women's Day: Microsoft to Host Digital Camp For Girls In STEM – Africa
- 8 March 2022:KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) iDay 2022 – Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel
- 15-18 November 2021:Afrinic-34 Online
- 27-28 September 2021:%seo_title%
- 9 September 2021:Virtual Tech Day with Microsoft Azure & NAPAfrica – South Africa
- 24 August 2021:State of Cyber Security in Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe – Kenya
- 29 July 2021:West Africa Peering Forum (WAPF) 2021
- 13 July 2021:Netflix – Open Connect Webinar (Teraco Virtual Tech Day) – South Africa
- 10 July 2021:9th Africa DNS Forum (Virtual)
- 7 July 2021:Huawei Digital Power Online Exhibition and discussion
- 5 May 2021:Virtual Tech Day With PeeringDB – South Africa
- 17 November 2020:The role of technology in addressing gender-based violence – South Africa
- 5 October 2020:Domain Name Branding (RICTA Virtual Workshop) – Rwanda
- 27 June 2020:The 8th Africa DNS Forum goes virtual
- 10 April 2020:ICANN 68 re-scheduled as a Remote Public Meeting
- 25 February 2020:Nigeria Prominent Expatriate Awards 2020 (Maiden Edition) – Nigeria
- 25 February 2020:GPNOG-3, 27 February 2020 – South Africa
- 20 February 2020:ICANN67 scheduled for Cancún Mexico moves online
- 17 February 2020:Women in Tech Africa Conference 2020 – South Africa
- 16 February 2020:GDD Industry Summit 2020 in Paris, France – Africa
- 15 February 2020:Cybertech Africa 2020 for Kigali, Rwanda – Rwanda
- 20 December 2019:5 African startups set to pitch at the Migration Challenge 2020 – Africa
- 6 November 2019:NiRA organizes the 2nd edition of Bloggers Summit – Nigeria
- 29 October 2019:MAN Impact Accelerator 2019 accepts Nigeria’s drone startup Arome – Kenya
- 11 October 2019:Nigerian start-up win $10,000 innovation prize at GITEX – Nigeria
- 10 October 2019:How WhatsApp Business API helps businesses build Customer Experience – Africa
- 8 October 2019:Avaya and Microsoft collaborate to expand contact centre cloud solutions – Africa
- 1 October 2019:Venture Capital for Africa announces top 12 ventures for its 2019 Series-A Venture Showcase – Cape Town, South Africa
- 26 September 2019:Facebook London Accelerator Opens to African Startups – Africa
- 24 September 2019:WordCamp Johannesburg 2019 is coming – South Africa
- 20 September 2019:Huawei launches new 5G flagship smartphone – Africa
- 24 May 2019:Huawei South Africa Launches Free 5G Training for ICT University Students – South Africa
- 9 January 2019:Applications are now open for Class 3 of Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa – Africa
- 4 January 2019:NextGen@ICANN Application Round for ICANN65 – Marrakech, Morocco
- 31 December 2018:Africa Tech Summit Kigali to provide unrivalled insight, networking and business opportunities – Rwanda
- 20 December 2018:2019 IOT Forum Africa to hold in South Africa – South Africa
- 9 November 2018:Technology neutral frameworks remain critical to Africa's ICT sector – South Africa
- 8 November 2018:LHoFT Foundation supports African Fintech companies to enhance financial inclusiveness – Africa
- 7 November 2018:The 3rd Edition of Digital Lab Africa to kick off at DISCOP Johannesburg – South Africa
- 30 October 2018:ICEES 2018 International Consumer Electronic Expo – South Africa
- 19 October 2018:dot ng domain is affordable – NiRA President – Nigeria
- 19 October 2018:Somali students receive free domains to promote blogging – Somalia
- 16 October 2018:Nigerian Network Technology Week set to train more stakeholders – Nigeria
- 12 October 2018:AppsAfrica announces awards finalists – Cape Town, South Africa
- 9 October 2018:Egyptian Ministry launches African Startups initiative – Egypt
- 4 October 2018:Google takes Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2 to Johannesburg – South Africa
- 3 October 2018:Kenya to host 2020 International Open Data Conference – Kenya
- 28 September 2018:Facebook introduces Community Leadership Programme winners for Africa – Africa
- 14 September 2018:ITU Telecom World 2018 opens in Durban, South Africa – South Africa
- 31 August 2018:Globacom, other industry stakeholders support Nigeria Women Digital Summit – Nigeria
- 31 August 2018:Google announces Launchpad Accelerator Africa Class 2 – Africa
- 16 August 2018:GirlCode announces winning team, and Women in Technology Conference – South Africa
- 10 August 2018:Nigerian girls win 2018 Technovation World Pitch – Nigeria
- 4 August 2018:First Skills for Africa programme held in Nigeria – Nigeria
- 18 July 2018:Nigeria: Osibona to chair broadband access event – Nigeria
- 17 July 2018:Google Ai to be presented at Ghana Tech Summit on July 19-20, 2018 – Ghana
- 16 July 2018:Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2018: NCC urges full participation – Nigeria
- 14 July 2018:Amazon Web Services continues its investment in Africa – South Africa
- 12 July 2018:NiRA hosts award night, targets 1 million .NG domain registrations by 2023 – Nigeria
- 3 July 2018:IBM Ghana wins Cloud Service Provider Award at the 2018 GITTA – Ghana
- 2 July 2018:Nigeria: Broadband infrastructure development policies, foremost for digital economy – Nigeria
- 2 July 2018:First Artificial Intelligence Expo to launch in Cape Town, South Africa – South Africa
- 27 June 2018:Rack Centre wins Datacloud Award in Monaco – Nigeria
- 23 June 2018:DEMO Africa Kenya Challenge: Advanced IT Solutions Limited team emerge winners – Kenya
- 18 June 2018:ITU Telecom World 2018: Nigerian SMEs, Innovators, others to participate – Nigeria
- 8 June 2018:French President Macron announces $76m fund for Africa startups – Africa
- 7 June 2018:MultiChoice announces the launch of Talent Factory Academy – Nigeria
- 4 June 2018:Wikimania to make African debut in sub-Saharan Africa – South Africa
- 2 June 2018:ITU Telecom World Awards launches 2018 edition – South Africa
- 9 February 2013:Mediatech Africa Gears Up for 2013 – South Africa
- 7 September 2010:Africa's Leading Mobile-Focused Event Announces Additional Sponsors and Partners – Africa
- 2 February 2010:Free MobileWorld magazines @ Mobile Web East Africa conference – Kenya
- 9 December 2009:Mobile Web East Africa 2010 for Nairobi Kenya – Kenya
- 10 November 2009:Announcing Mobile Premier Awards 2010 – Africa
- 20 August 2009:MobileWorld Magazine announces inaugural Africa Telecoms Awards – Africa
- 22 May 2009:Alger Telecom 09 – Algeria
- 16 May 2009:Telecoms in Africa – Customer Loyalty & Retention – South Africa
- 16 April 2009:Telecoms World Africa 2009 – South Africa
- 16 April 2009:AITEC Mozambique National ICT Convention 2009 – Mozambique
- 16 April 2009:North Africa Com 2009 – Egypt
- 16 April 2009:Wireless Broadband World Africa 2009 – South Africa
- 15 April 2009:West & Central Africa Com 2009 – Abuja, Nigeria