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Technology

Africa Tech Festival 2026

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frica Tech Festival is one of Africa’s largest technology events, bringing together telecom leaders, investors, startups, enterprise decision-makers and policymakers to explore the technologies shaping the continent’s digital future. Organized into six core pillars—Telecoms & Connectivity, Data Centres, AI, Cybersecurity, Startups, and Digital Transformatio…

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19Voices
15Underwriters
15Exhibitors
0On the bill · sessions
34Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Africa, in alphabetical order.
Alex Okosi
Managing Director, Africa · Google
Arno Smit
Cofounder and Head of Product · BioCertica
Donatien Chedom Fotso
Applied AI/ML Lead · Deutsche Bank
Dr. Blaine Lomberg
Chief Technology Officer · Cornerstone Institute
Furaha Maseke Marwa
Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Analytica-Ai
Kamogelo Radebe
Senior Data Manager · First National Bank
Lazola Ndamase
Head of Data, Insights & MI · ABSA Bank
Mandla Magagula
CTO · Libex
Mariana Kühnel
Deputy General Secretary · Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Matt Shenker
COO & Co-Founder · Mattermore
Michael Rasugu
Head of Technology · United Nations World Food Programme
Motunrayo Opayinka
Founder & CEO · Womenovate
Nollie Maoto
Group Compliance Chief Data & Analytics Officer · FirstRand
Prasanna Kumar Burri
Group Chief Information Officer · Dangote Group
Prof Zaheer Hamid
Academic Director · MANCOSA - Honoris United Universities institution
Rahul Mathur
Engineering Manager - III · Adobe
Raphael Dana
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Gozem - Africa's Super App
Samwel Magesa
Chief Data Officer · NBC Bank
Santiago Erroz Ferrer
Technical Lead · Lufthansa Group
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
ManageEngineGold
Acmetel
AFR-IX Telecom
Altron Modular
Axon Global
Comores Cables
FiberOne Broadband
Flytxt
Hytera
Infosim
MTN
Odoo
Spacecom
Tarana
Zoho
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 34 companies show up — and 15 bet on three roles at once?

34 companies. fifteen are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
15All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
19Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Acmetel·AFR-IX Telecom·Altron Modular·Axon Global·Comores Cables·FiberOne Broadband·Flytxt·Hytera·Infosim·ManageEngine·MTN·Odoo·Spacecom·Tarana·Zoho

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

74% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite947%
  • Founder / Owner15%
  • Director / Head of421%
  • Manager / Lead421%
  • Other roles15%

Of 19 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AcmetelSpEx
  2. 02AFR-IX TelecomSpEx
  3. 03Altron ModularSpEx
  4. 04Axon GlobalSpEx
  5. 05Comores CablesSpEx
  6. 06FiberOne BroadbandSpEx
  7. 07FlytxtSpEx
  8. 08HyteraSpEx
  9. 09InfosimSpEx
  10. 10ManageEngineSp·GEx
  11. 11MTNSpEx
  12. 12OdooSpEx
  13. 13SpacecomSpEx
  14. 14TaranaSpEx
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
gold1
7% of 15
unspecified14
93% of 15
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters