AI Expo Africa 2026:
Africa’s Largest Enterprise AI & Automation Trade Show & Conference

9th Annual Edition   |  28–29 October 2026

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Welcome to AI Expo Africa

Africa’s Largest Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Automation Trade Show & Conference – Connecting Enterprise Buyers with Global & Local Suppliers

(2 Day Event) 28th-29th October 2026
Sandton Convention Centre, JHB, South Africa

AI Expo Africa, now entering its 9th successful year, is the largest business focused Artificial Intelligence (AI),  Autonomous Enterprise and smart tech trade event in Africa, uniting 1000s of Enterprise buyers, suppliers & innovators across the region.

AI Expo Africa 2026 9th Edition Overview

AI Expo Africa 2026 will be an IN-Person ONLY event. Engage in our four track speaking programme, watch demonstrations and learn about Enterprise case studies and the application of smart tech solutions in Business & Government TODAY.  Discuss your deployment challenges, hear about latest best practice and ethical considerations allied to the vibrant innovation and start up ecosystem driving the AI deep tech industry in Africa. 

For the 9th Edition our 2026 Programme will have the following elements……

  • 2 Day Trade Expo
  • 10,000 Sq Foot Expo Hall
  • Footfall ~3500+ unique delegates (80%+ decision makers)
  • 100 vendors showcasing products & services
  • 8 networking sessions
  • 4 Track speaking programme 52 talks & panels
  • 8 CPD Accredited workshops (200 delegates per class)
  • 2 Plenary Keynote Sessions
  • 8 Private CxO Round Table Vendor Briefing Sessions
  • 8 Track Keynotes
  • Women in AI Pavilion
  • SA AI Association Pavilion
  • Startup Zone + Investor Match Making
  • R&D Zone
  • Robot & Drone Zone
  • AI TV Media Lounge
  • Fully catered VIP lounge
  • The Meetup Bar
  • The Networking Boma
  • Private VIP opening reception
  • Extended evening networking reception
  • DJ & Selfie Zone 
  • The Book Shop

Want to find qualified Enterprise buyers & distributors of your products & services in Africa?
Want to build your brand, earn trust & drive demand?

With a community of 50k+ smart tech practitioners, our show format is built upon the phenomenal success of the previous eight annual events that have cemented AI Expo Africa as the largest business gathering of its kind, attended by Enterprise buyers, Governments, AI practitioners, decision makers, international trade missions, vendors, SMBs and global brands all focused on real world business applications you can deploy TODAY. Its a great place to find new clients, channel partners, learn about local trends and find new markets.

3400

Delegates & Enterprise Buyers

1800

Unique Companies Represented

100

AI Exhibitors & Brands

84%

Senior Decision Makers

78

Hours of Content

12

CPD Skills Workshops

Key numbers for the 8th edition AI Expo Africa 2025 event

AI Expo Africa 2026
Join Africa’s largest B2B AI, RPA & Smart Tech Trade Event

AI Expo Africa 2026 – Join the Largest AI Event & Trade Community in Africa TODAY!

Our business audience is a buyer / supplier focused community and comprised of Enterprise decision makers / CxOs, allied to AI Cloud platform providers, Tier 1 / 2 deployment & service providers, AI start ups / innovators, investors, educators, government and AI ecosystem community builders.

We are very happy to announce the first tranche of exhibitors and sponsors for the 9th Edition of AI Expo Africa 2026

AI Expo Africa prides itself at showcasing some of the largest and well established technology companies to our community of qualified buyers. Last year we were joined by 3400 unique delegates and 1000+ companies, who all get to meet established global and regional vendors, newly launched start-ups, trade missions, partners and thought leaders. You can meet them at the show over a two day packaed agenda and learn more about the latest products and services that can transform your business today!

Zoho - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSilicon Overdrive - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaMavin Powercube - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaNITheCS - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaBonisa AI a Matogen AI Company - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaBotCTL - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaCirrus Bridge - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaInterface - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaYooz - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaiTurning.ai - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSauce Code - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSAAIA - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaGebeya Inc - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaLOR Technologies - Official Sponsor of AI Expo Africa

Just some of the leading tech brands and AI startups that joined us at AI Expo Africa 2025

ServiceNow - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaGoogle - Official Sponsor of AI Expo Africasalesforce - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaVerint - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSupermicro - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaCisco - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAWS - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAfrica Data Centres - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaITU - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAI for Good - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaPinnacle - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaDell Technologies - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaVIOCC - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaOpen Access Data Centres - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaMicrosoft Elevate - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaRectron - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaVAST - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaOpenTeams - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAmbassade De France En Afrique Du Sud, Au Lesotho Et Au Malawi - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaMettus - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaTshwane University of Technology - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAptus Data Labs - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaBoxFusion - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaImpactful by LRMG - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaNexus Data - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaST21 - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaConnect - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaCloudsmiths - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaIncentro - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAccelera Digital Group - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaInterSystems - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaInfyStrat - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaUniversity of Johannesburg - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAvochoc - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaCHISL - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAkili - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAgenticZA - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaStubber - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaJust Solve - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaZapDash.studio - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAmathuba - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaReports AI - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaBusiness GPT - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSAMURAI - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaMindful Machines - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaFlowfirst - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaNXATel - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaITThynk Smart Solutions - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaJMK Advisory and Coaching Services - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaTrendi - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaApiso - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaEdunova - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaEvigway - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaYouKnow Technologies - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSmartSaas - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaStrideshift Global - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaEdge AI Foundation - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaMushroom Media - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaCodified - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSifiso EdTech - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaContract Corridor - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaOLC - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaDigit Advisor - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaAflu Med Healthcare - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaBeta Analytics - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaEdge - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaEjoobi - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaHey Harvey - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaLearn AI - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaOMS - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSurveya - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaLink Nova - Official Sponsor of AI Expo Africa

Our Valued Host City & Event Partners

City of Johannesburg - Host City of AI Expo AfricaSandton Convention Center - Official Sponsor of AI Expo AfricaSA Tourism - Event partner of AI Expo Africa

Our Valued Government Partners

DCDT: Department of Communication and Digital Technologies - Government partner of AI Expo Africathe DTIC - Government partner of AI Expo Africa

Ecosystem & Events Partners

sw7 - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaZindi - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo Africa
Artificial Intelligence Institute of South Africa - Official Sponsor of AI Expo Africa
Edge AI Foundation - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaAI Media - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaSynapse - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaWITS Fintech Hub - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaFlame Station - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo AfricaSAIMC MESA International - Ecosystem Partner of AI Expo Africa

Why customers trust & value AI Expo Africa

Checkout some of the reviews from Delegates, Speakers & Sponsors via our Google Business Reviews page or the written testimony from previous editions of AI Expo Africa

AI Expo Africa Google Website Rating Badge 2025

“The highlight of my week was attending AI Expo Africa …..honestly the greatest Expo I’ve been to all year”

Mapaseka Setlhodi, The Dutch Embassy SA

“Visiting AI Expo Africa this past week was nothing short of amazing“ 

Tareeq Saley, Toyota SA

“What a great moment in our time at AI Expo Africa, met new friends and partners from all over the world“ 

Xolani Dube, Intelliscient Technologies

“Best AI and data science event in Africa” 

Megan Yates, Zindi

“It’s great to see how South Africa’s AI ecosystem is growing and hear about the latest trends at AI Expo Africa”

Michael Shapiro, Trade Commissioner – Canadian High Commission

“The exhibition was wonderful and had a turnout of more people than we expected”

Queen Ndlovu, QP Drone Tech SA

“The AI Expo Africa 2022 exceeded all expectations and is certainly the one event you should put in your calendar”

Peter Ing, TinyML Foundation

“What an amazing global initiative in ensuring a sustainable future enabled through AI solutions!”

Phillip du Plooy, Mazars Financial Services Africa

“This was a phenomenal event, I take my hat off and applaud you for once again a magnificent event”

Kgosi Molefe, Standard Bank Group

“Had a blast today – So much potential on the African continent“ 

Stef van der Walt, Isreal Foreign Trade Administration

“I think you achieved your goal here – a stepping stone toward an AI-powered future for Africa. Thank you!”

Zwakele Mbanjwa, Michalsons

“Congratulations Dr Nick Bradshaw and all his team for putting this amazing event together!”

Guillem Martínez Roura, UN ITU

“AI Expo Africa is an important event in the AI calendar in South Africa and increasingly in Africa”

Stefan Steffen, Telkom

“It’s been an incredible two days at the AI Expo Africa. It is good to see the progress and growth in the community” 

Willem Naude, MPESA Africa

“I learnt so much at this year’s AI Expo Africa and cannot wait to return next year” 

Khumoetsile Khumalo, Absa Bank

“AI Expo Africa was nothing less then inspirational” 

Francois Ferreira, Capitec Bank

“What an amazing few days spent with like minded individuals, organizations, startups, enthusiasts and those just plainly curious!” 

Izak De Beer, SAP

“Talking to the smaller vendors, particularly the ones in the Innovation Cafe was the highlight for me” 

Gordon Inggs, City of Cape Town

“It was great the see a diverse field of innovators across business, academia and social enterprises take on our continents challenges”

Francis Mumbi, Stanbic Bank

“Excellent conference. Looking forward to next year”

Deon Du Preez, Dimension Data Middle East and Africa

AI Expo Africa is a proud member of AAXO

The African Association of Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) is committed to promoting the African exhibitions industry, encouraging businesses to participate in exhibitions and encouraging world-class industry standards.

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Key Themes & Topics at AI Expo Africa 2026

From real-world case studies to detailed tech demos, AI Expo Africa 2026 aims to engage and inform delegates about the current and near term state-of-the-art, best practice, available technology, deployment challenges, ethical considerations allied to the vibrant innovation and start up ecosystem driving the industry in Africa TODAY.

Key Themes & Topics at AI Expo Africa
  • ML / Generative / Agentic Business Solutions
  • RPA / Intelligent Process Automation 
  • CX / UX / Agents / Conversational AI
  • Autonomous Enterprise / Workforce
  • Big Data / Data Ops / Analytics
  • Cloud / Data Centre / Storage 
  • HPC / AI Factory / DPI / Sovereign AI 
  • AI in Security & DevSecOps
  • IoT / Mobile / Edge AI
  • Smart Devices / Hardware
  • Autonomous Systems / Industrial Robotics
  • AR VR / Mixed Reality / Digital Twins
  • ML Ops / Frameworks / NLP / LLMs / SLMs
  • AI Strategy / Maturity Planning 
  • CPD Training / Education & Skills
  • Case Studies & Deployment Blueprints 
  • Applied University R&D
  • AI4Good / Ethics / Privacy / Standards 
  • Regulation / Policy / Responsible AI
  • Smart Cities / Smart Society / Smart Citizens
  • Community Building & VC Investing 

Synapse Magazine

Synapse magazine chronicles the AI revolution as it unfolds in Africa and plays a vital part in connecting the members of this rapidly growing trade and innovation community across the region. With a global readership of 15,000+ Synapse magazine is the official publication of AI Expo Africa and SA AI Association and puts Africa centre stage with a clear focus on the African AI innovation and business narrative. 

Read our Q4 (Post-Show Special) Issue 27

Now entering its 9th year of publication, this unique quarterly trade publication is FREE to read on the ISSU platform. It is read in 130+ countries with the top 10 most popular being; South Africa, USA, UK, Kenya, Nigeria, Ireland, Ghana, India, Tunisia & France. It is the integrated publication to the AI Expo Africa event series and a perfect platform to showcase your brand, products & thought leadership throughout the year.

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