Events
Conferences, demo days, hackathons and ecosystem gatherings across Africa.
Lagos uses GITEX Nigeria to connect startups with investors and partners
Lagos State used its participation in GITEX Nigeria 2026 to showcase technology businesses and connect founders with investors, government representatives and international ecosystem...
Nigeria’s peering forum puts local internet exchange on the agenda
Network operators and internet infrastructure specialists are gathering in Lagos for the 2026 Nigerian Peering and Interconnection Forum. The organisers, IXPN and ngNOG,...
Africa Early Stage Investor Summit sets Cape Town dates for 25–26 November
The Africa Early Stage Investor Summit is scheduled for 25–26 November 2026 in Cape Town. ABAN and VC4A’s gathering is organised for Africa-focused...
droidcon Uganda brings mobile developers to Kampala on 28–29 October
droidcon Uganda’s 2026 conference is scheduled for 28–29 October at the National ICT and Innovation Hub on the UICT Nakawa campus in Kampala....
Johannesburg’s Data Centre Summit connects digital demand with energy planning
The Data Centre Summit is scheduled for 29 October 2026 at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, alongside VUKA Group’s wider energy and...
WordCamp Johannesburg prepares a community day in Bryanston
Johannesburg’s WordPress community is preparing for WordCamp on Friday, 30 October 2026, at The Edge at Knightsbridge in Bryanston. The official event website...
DevFest Arusha links school students with the developer community
GDG Arusha’s 2026 DevFest programme combines a secondary-school student edition with a university and community developer summit at the Institute of Accountancy Arusha...
DevFest Kisii focuses on secure software and agentic workflows
GDG Kisii has scheduled DevFest Kisii for 31 October 2026, with a programme focused on building, securing and scaling software. The official listing...
Founder Stories
Ikenna Nzewi: The Releaf journey that led to Biochar Industrial Group
Ikenna Nzewi’s startup career has moved from improving agricultural processing to turning its leftovers into a climate technology business. The thread connecting those...
Shola Akinlade: From building software in Lagos to Paystack and The Stack Group
Before Paystack became part of Stripe, Shola Akinlade was a software builder working through a much smaller question: how could the tools he...
