AI EXPO Africa
Programme
AI Expo Africa 2026
Curating a World class programme from global & local 4IR thought leaders
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
Every year we strive to curate a cutting edge programme packed with the latest trends, innovations, case studies and demos of 4.0 technology impacting business and society TODAY. Over the last 7 editions of the show the programme has attained high satisfaction scores for both content, admin and value from the 1000s of delegates and companies that have joined us. From the largest corporates to the smallest start-ups, we fuse them together in a highly rated 4 track speaking programme and trade expo allied to a networking and social programme second to none.
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AI Expo Africa 2026
Programme Overview
AI Expo Africa 2026 - Key Timings
All talks, expo and workshops take place at SCC Level 2 – The checkin & registration desk is in main foyer
- 27th October 2026 – Show Build & International Delegations Welcome (Private Function)
- 27th October 2026 – AI Expo Africa VIP Opening Event VIP Ticket Holders ONLY (Private Function Foyer 5.30pm)
- 28th October 2025 – Day 1 Main show & programme opens 8:00 Business & VIP Ticket Holders ONLY
- 29th October 2025 – Day 2 Main show & programme opens 8:00 Trade, Business & VIP Ticket Holders
AI Expo Africa 2026 - SCC Level 2 Venue Floor Plan - Show Floor, Tracks & Workshops
The AI Expo Africa 2026 - High level Show Features
For the 9th Edition our 2026, 2 Day Programme, will have the following key elements
- Expected footfall ~3500+ delegates
- 2 Day Trade Expo 10,000 Sq Foot Expo Hall
- 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
- SA AI Association Pavilion
- Startup Zone + Investor Match Making
- Fully catered VIP lounge
- The Meetup Bar
- The Networking Boma
- Private VIP opening reception
- Extended evening networking reception
Themes we will be exploring at AI Expo Africa 2026
From real-world case studies to detailed tech demos the event aims to engage delegates about the current and near term state-of-the-art, best practice, available technology and cloud platforms, deployment challenges, ethical considerations allied to the vibrant innovation and start up ecosystem driving the industry in Africa TODAY.
- 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
AI Expo Africa 2026 Programme
(Full Agenda Published 15th October)
Timings & Agenda
We have fantastic speaking line up broken up by multiple in person networking sessions, workshops and 100+ exhibtor showcase. The expo and conference will be run on Level 2 at SCC, Sandton, JHB. The full detailed programme, talk schedule and Event App are shared with ticket holders prior to the show. To get a feel for the talks, speakers and content – check out the high level programme below.
AI Expo Africa 2026 - Main Programme Timings (Outline)
Day 1 – 28th October Expo opens 08:00
09.30 am – Welcome & Plenary Keynote Address
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
12:15
- TRACK TALKs
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
14:45
- TRACK TALKS
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
16:45
- TRACK TALKS
Workshops
17:30 Extended networking in main Expo Hall
SHOW CLOSES 20:00
Day 2 – 29th October Expo opens 08:00
09.30 am – Welcome & Plenary Keynote Address
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
12:15
- TRACK TALKs
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
14:45
- TRACK TALKS
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break & Networking
- TRACK TALKS
16:45
- TRACK TALKS
Workshops
SHOW CLOSES 17:30
AI Expo Africa 2026 - Main Track Talk Highlights (more to be annouced 15th October)
Running over 4 tracks just some of the confirmed AI Expo Africa 2026 talks include;
- From pilots to production: what it really takes to run enterprise AI in Africa – Cassava Technologies
- Success Factors for Future Proofing your Organisation’s Technology Ecosystem – Zoho
- From AI Pilot to Trusted Outcomes: Five Lessons from African Customer Operations – Zendesk
- Real African use cases & outcomes – Liquid C2
- Build an Enterprise AI Agent with Agentic AI – NiCE
- Trust, but Verify: Lessons from the Frontier of AI Research and Hardware – National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)
- From Consumers to Creators: How Generative & Agentic AI is Building Africa’s New Economy – Gebeya Inc
- AI Innovation in Senegal: Building a Sovereign and Impact-Driven AI Ecosystem – AI Hub Senegal
- Building African Creative AI: Data, Rights, and Real Products – Auraa Africa
- Profit Power: How Bonisa AI leveraged Siemens’ Data & AI Solutions to Maximise Margins for Staffing Success – Bonisa Applied Insights
- Belgotex, City Property & SPAR Group: Three Practical Automation Stories using Microsoft AI and Low-Code – Greenlight Solutions
- What would your 20-Star CX look like? Co-design it today – iNOVO AI
- The Rise of Agentic AI: How Organizations Can Unlock Value While Managing Risk and Governance – iTuring.ai
- Using RAPIDMINER and MENDIX in concert to improve profitability – Matogen AI
- Shadow AI Is Not the Problem. Your Response to It Is – Netsurit
- From Pilot to Production: The Practical Implications of Customised AI Implementations – Retro Rabbit
- A Diagnostic-Driven Approach to Entrepreneurial Support – Rinku Connect
- Governing the unseen: Securing the future of agentic AI – SailPoint
- AI Beyond the Hype: What It Really Takes to Scale AI in a Complex Enterprise – Sasol
- The Gap Between the Keynote and the Keyboard: AI in Business, Unfiltered – Saucecode
- Half of Enterprise AI Needs No Historic Data – StrideShift Global
- The Sovereign AI Stack, Layer by Layer Open by design, in production in days, under your command – SUSE
- The Next Era of Finance: How AI Is Redefining Financial Operations – Yooz
- Organisational AI Policy (Created by real people) – Youth Employment Service
AI Expo Africa 2026 - Appplied R&D Poster Presentation Highlights
Meet the Authors 18:00-19:00 28th October at the Poster Zone (main expo hall)
Our Applied R&D poster programme (Innovation wall) is always massive success helping to share R&D innovation with industry practitioners and investors. The R&D posters to be showcased at AI Expo Africa 2026 will include;
- Q-LOG: Quantum-Enhanced Logistics Intelligence – Optimising Last-Mile Delivery for a More Inclusive South Africa
- TemEYO: An AI-Powered Interview Preparation Platform for African Job Seekers and Recruiters
- Excavating the articulation gap: adaptive conversational AI for capability discovery in South Africa
- Multilingual Speech Search for South African Languages
- Closing Ai Regulatory Gaps: Promoting Responsible Ai and Governance
- Adaptive Learning For Educational Transformation of Uganda
- “Deep learning-based mobile application for the enhancement of pneumonia
- medical imaging analysis”
- Sovereignty in the Age of Agents: Decentralized Local LLM Deployment & Multi-Agent Topologies for African Enterprises
- Deep learning-based mobile application for the enhancement of pneumonia medical imaging analysis: A case-study of West-Meru Hospital
- Enhancing Detection of Common Bean Diseases Via Fast Gradient Sign Method Trained Vision Transformers
- Edge AI Under Attack: Securing Intelligent Systems at the Edge
- Ensuring Responsible AI Through the Use of Uncertainty Quantification
- Capital-Safe AI Decisions for African Enterprise
- The importance of ML in geology: Detecting pyrite (FeS2) nodules in coal seams using machine learning
- Closing the Trigger Gap: An Offline, Edge-AI Emergency Escalation Trigger for South African Hospital Wards
- Optimising Socially Responsive Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: What Algorithm Behaviour Reveals
- A Systematic Review: Investigating the Relationship between Discourse Patterns and Pedagogical Strategies for Physical Science Educators on the topic of Electromagnetic Radiation.