Connected Africa Summit 2026

The Connected Africa Summit serves as Africa’s leading platform for collaboration, policy dialogue, and investment in the digital economy, supporting the continent’s progress toward regional integration and a unified digital market. Innovation is positioned as the bridge between policy ambition and real-world impact, enabling scalable solutions that benefit citizens, businesses, and governments across borders

Aligned with the 2026 theme, "Uniting Africa’s Innovation for an Inclusive Digital Market,"the Summit’s Innovation Component will identify and support high-impact startups advancing interoperability, inclusion, cross-border digital trade, and shared digital infrastructure. Implemented in partnership with the Association of Countrywide Innovation Hubs, the programme will shortlist startups nationwide, support the top 10 through a pre-summit boot camp, and showcase their solutions during the main Summit.