Africa’s tech scene moves fast, but few platforms capture its full pulse like Africa Tech Summit Nairobi.
From February 11–12, 2026, the Sarit Expo Centre will once again become the meeting ground for founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders shaping what’s next for the continent’s innovation economy.
Now in its eighth year, the summit remains one of the few spaces where ambition, capital, and collaboration meet in real time, not in theory.
Four Tracks, One Story of Growth
This year’s summit brings together four tightly focused tracks, each reflecting where Africa’s tech conversations are headed next:
- Africa Money & DeFi Summit — rethinking finance for a borderless economy through fintech, blockchain, and emerging payment rails.
- Africa AI & Digital Summit — exploring how automation, data, and AI adoption can drive productivity and close digital divides.
- Africa Climate Tech & Investment Summit — spotlighting the intersection of sustainability, funding, and tech-driven resilience.
- Africa Startup Summit — where founders, accelerators, and corporates connect to move from prototypes to scalable solutions.
These tracks aren’t silos; they’re stories in motion — signals of how technology is rewriting markets across finance, energy, climate, and work.
The Investment Showcase Returns
One of the summit’s most anticipated moments, the Investment Showcase, is now open for applications.
The showcase connects investor-ready startups to a curated audience of VCs, angels, and ecosystem enablers looking for the continent’s next breakout ventures.
Startups with at least one African co-founder or headquarters on the continent are eligible to apply, submissions close December 18. For many, this stage has become a launchpad for not just funding but visibility and strategic partnerships that extend far beyond Nairobi.
More Than a Conference
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi isn’t just a date on the calendar. It’s a marketplace of ideas, talent, and capital.
In 2025, the summit gathered over 2,000 delegates, 160 speakers, and participants from 65 countries.
This year, that energy returns with a sharper focus on collaboration, the real currency of Africa’s tech ecosystem.
For ecosystem leaders, the summit represents a shift: from attending panels to forming partnerships; from local pilots to continental scale; from conversation to continuity.
Editor’s Note
At Techsoma, we believe Africa’s innovation story deserves more than highlights; it deserves depth.
Our pre-summit features will explore the ideas, people, and sectors defining this year’s agenda, followed by live coverage and insights from Nairobi.
As a media partner, we’ll be spotlighting founders and operators driving meaningful change, amplifying key sessions, and engaging our 60,000-strong readership and community of over 5,000 founders and operators across Africa, the UK, and the Middle East.
Because Africa’s tech future isn’t waiting, it’s already being built.
Event Date: February 11 – 12, 2026
Location: Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi
More info: www.africatechsummit.com/nairobi
