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Lagos Startup Demo Day
Cape Town VC Summit
Cairo Fintech Forum
Kigali Startup Week
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African Startup Events Calendar (2025–2026)
Browse upcoming African startup events including VC conferences, tech summits, demo days and founder meetups across the continent.
Apr
21
2026
Algiers, Algeria
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Apr
27
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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May
4
2026
Casablanca, Morocco
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May
14
2026
Kigali, Rwanda
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May
19
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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May
28
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Jun
3
2026
Accra, Ghana
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Jun
15
2026
Cairo, Egypt
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Jun
24
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Aug
21
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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Sep
7
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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Sep
8
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sep
16
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Oct
14
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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Oct
28
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Oct
29
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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Nov
2
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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Nov
10
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Nov
17
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Nov
19
2026
Kigali, Rwanda
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Dec
1
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Dec
2
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Dec
4
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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Jan
28
2027
lagos, Nigeria
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Feb
17
2027
Lagos, Nigeria
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Feb
24
2027
Nairobi, Kenya
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Feb
25
2027
Nairobi, Kenya
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Mar
3
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Mar
9
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Apr
12
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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May
27
2027
Johannesburg, South Africa
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May
29
2027
London, UK
Investor Forum
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Oct
13
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Oct
27
2027
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nov
11
2027
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Nov
16
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Nov
26
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Dec
2
2027
Lagos, Nigeria
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African Startup Events Calendar (2025–2026)
Discover upcoming African startup events, VC conferences, tech summits and founder meetups across the continent.
Apr
21–23
2026
Algiers, Algeria
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A major pan-African ICT event bringing together technology leaders, innovators, startups, investors and public sector across the continen...
Apr
27
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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A conference connecting LPs; GPs; DFIs; growth-stage founders around private capital; PE & VC. Expect panels; LP-GP networking. Organized...
May
4–6
2026
Casablanca, Morocco
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GITEX Future Health Africa 2026 is the continent’s first major healthcare innovation summit and expo focused on accelerating digital heal...
May
14–15
2026
Kigali, Rwanda
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A forum connecting CEOs; bankers; PE investors; heads of state; ministers around private sector leadership; investment; entrepreneurship....
May
19–21
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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AI EVERYTHING KENYA x GITEX KENYA is billed as East Africa’s largest AI, tech-and-startup event, held over three days (19–21 May 2026) in...
May
28
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Region’s leading conference on technology in healthcare – 10th edition will gather stakeholders to shape the future of digital health in ...
Jun
3–5
2026
Accra, Ghana
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A expo connecting edtech entrepreneurs; educators; ministers; investors around edtech; e-learning policy; skills; VR/AR. Expect exhibitio...
Jun
15–18
2026
Cairo, Egypt
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A expo connecting health professionals; policymakers; startups; investors around health-tech; medical trade; health systems. Expect expo;...
Jun
24–25
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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A conference connecting fintech startups; banks; mobile money operators; regulators; investors around fintech; digital banking; payments;...
Aug
21–22
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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RubyConf Africa is a two-day conference that brings together developers, entrepreneurs, and open-source contributors across Africa to lea...
Sep
7–10
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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A expo connecting global tech companies; government ICT agencies; startups; investors around digital economy; innovation; startup showcas...
Sep
8–9
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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A expo connecting banks; fintech startups; merchants; regulators; tech vendors around payments; fintech; banking; e-commerce. Expect expo...
Sep
16–17
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Regional edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress returning to Africa in 2026 to catalyze collaboration among Africa’s startup eco...
Oct
14–15
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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Welcome to the 4th edition of the annual product event produced by the Innovate Africa Foundation, designed to accelerate product-led inn...
Oct
28–29
2026
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Africa’s largest AI business event, with 110+ exhibitors and thousands of delegates exploring real-world AI and automation use cases:cont...
Oct
29–30
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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A high-energy festival bringing together African startup founders, venture investors, ecosystem enablers, and corporates to network, pitc...
Nov
2–5
2026
Nairobi, Kenya
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A forum connecting government CSOs; policy-makers; cyber startups; ethical hackers; investors around cybersecurity; digital defense; capa...
Nov
10–11
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Leading pan-African forum advancing women’s participation in entrepreneurship; includes the AWIEF Awards recognizing top women-led startups.
Nov
17–19
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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Africa’s largest tech event uniting telecom operators, startups, investors, and governments to drive African innovation.
Nov
19–20
2026
Kigali, Rwanda
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African edition of AFTS (Nov 2025 was in Accra) convenes fintech leaders to explore Africa’s fintech opportunities.
Dec
1–3
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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A conference connecting GPs; LPs; DFIs; growth companies around private equity; venture capital; ESG; infrastructure financing. Expect ne...
Dec
2–3
2026
Cape Town, South Africa
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AfricArena’s year-end summit showcases Africa’s best startups (50+ finalists) to international investors, following a tour of regional pi...
Dec
4–5
2026
Lagos, Nigeria
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Lagos’s premier tech event connecting startups, investors and policymakers to drive tech adoption in the city’s ecosystem.
Jan
28–29
2027
lagos, Nigeria
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Feb
17–18
2027
Lagos, Nigeria
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Nigeria’s leading enterprise tech conference connecting business leaders and startups to drive innovation in the Nigerian tech ecosystem:...
Feb
24–25
2027
Nairobi, Kenya
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Pan-African impact summit aiming to unlock funding for startups via live deal rooms and pitches, with 1,500+ global delegates expected:co...
Feb
25–26
2027
Nairobi, Kenya
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Pan-African gathering for media innovators to re-imagine and fund the future of African media and creative industries:contentReference[oa...
Mar
3–5
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Continental energy forum connecting IPPs, cleantech startups, investors and policymakers around deals in Africa’s power sector.
Mar
9–11
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Regional edition of the world-leading AI & Blockchain summit series, convening Africa’s blockchain and AI startups alongside global inves...
Apr
12–13
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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The premier African private capital forum driving conversations on mobilizing local and global capital for African industry:contentRefere...
May
27
2027
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Continental summit convening healthcare innovators and decision-makers to accelerate tech-driven healthcare solutions in Africa.
May
29
2027
London, UK
Investor Forum
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Boutique summit connecting African tech companies with UK and European investors, expanding deal flow beyond the continent (London editio...
Oct
13–15
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Africa’s leading PE/VC conference where global investors meet African fund managers to discuss deals and opportunities:contentReference[o...
Oct
27–29
2027
Johannesburg, South Africa
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10th anniversary edition of Africa’s leading AI expo, expected to break attendance records as AI adoption surges (3,400+ attended 2025):c...
Nov
11–12
2027
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After Kigali 2023:contentReference[oaicite:29]{index=29}, AWIEF continues rotating across Africa – the 2027 forum will connect and celebr...
Nov
16–18
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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29th edition in 2026 drew 15,000+ attendees; the 2027 festival will continue showcasing African tech innovation on a global stage:content...
Nov
26–27
2027
Cape Town, South Africa
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Continental investor summit convening early-stage funders and ecosystem leaders to drive startup investment in Africa:contentReference[oa...
Dec
2–3
2027
Lagos, Nigeria
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The 2027 edition will continue to fuel innovation in Lagos, focusing on tech policy and collaboration to cement Lagos as a leading Africa...