ART X Lagos
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-09
Celebrating its 10th edition, West Africa’s largest contemporary art fair returns to showcase the vibrant and diverse works of African and diaspora artists. Founded in 2016 by Tokini Peterside-Schwebig, ART X Lagos has grown into West Africa’s most influential contemporary art fair.

Africa Blockchain Festival
2025-11-07
Africa Blockchain Festival 2025 is more than just a conference—it’s a movement. A gathering of Africa’s brightest minds, innovators, investors, and government leaders, all focused on unlocking blockchain’s transformative power for the continent.

Ghana Digital & Innovation Week (GDIW)
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-14
GDIW is a nationwide series of events, jointly led by government, academia, and private sector stakeholders to showcase Ghana’s digital transformation journey and celebrate milestones in Ghana’s Digital Innovation Ecosystem.

Africa Tech Festival 2025
2025-11-13
This massive gathering, encompassing both AfricaCom (connectivity and telecoms) and AfricaTech (enterprise technology and digital services), is one of the continent’s most enduring and impactful tech events. It offers a global forum to address challenges and showcase solutions that deliver real-world impact for African businesses and consumers, drawing major players from the telco, media, and digital services sectors.

Women In Festival
2025-11-13 - 2025-11-14 | Women In Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
The WomenIN Festival is the flagship gathering of the WomenIN (WiN) movement, hosted by VUKA Group. In 2025, the theme is “LIMITLESS: NO LABELS. NO LIMITS. NO APOLOGIES”, a bold call for women to defy conventions, lead with authenticity, and expand what’s possible.

West Africa Dreamin’ 2025
2025-11-15 | Movenpick, Ridge, Pmb Ct 343, Independence Ave, Accra, Accra, Ghana
West Africa Dreamin’ is the premier community conference for the Salesforce Trailblazer Community. It focuses on how Salesforce tools and platform innovations can be uniquely leveraged in West African contexts.

Lagos Fringe
2025-11-18 - 2025-11-23
Lagos Fringe is a platform for experimental and independent performance arts, born out of the city’s vibrant but often underrepresented creative edges. Though smaller and edgier than mainstream arts events, Fringe events consistently incubate new talent in theatre, multimedia, spoken word, and cross-genre expression.

Entertainment Week Africa
2025-11-18 - 2025-11-23
This November, Lagos becomes the stage where Africa’s most dynamic storytellers, creators, and cultural pioneers meet. Entertainment Week Africa, the continent’s flagship gathering for the creative economy, returns with a bold mission: to “Close the Gap.”

Aké Arts & Book Festival 2025
2025-11-20 - 2025-11-22
Organised by the Book Buzz Foundation, Aké’s mission is to promote African creativity through literature, art, and critical dialogue, with its own publication, the Aké Review, amplifying new writing and voices. The theme for 2025, its 13th edition, is “Reclaiming Truth,” a call to confront misinformation, reclaim narrative agency, and champion the integrity of storytelling

Global Entrepreneurship Festival World
2025-11-21 - 2025-11-23
The Global Entrepreneurship Festival (#GEF), the world’s largest and one of the most transformative entrepreneurship events, is a global platform dedicated to celebrating and catalyzing entrepreneurship across different levels and sectors while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovation, enterprise, creativity, technology and collaboration
Location: Accra, Ghana

Accra Lawtech Hangout 2025
2025-11-27
The Accra Lawtech Hangout is a networking event dedicated to exploring the intersection of law and technology in Ghana. Hosted by Legaltech Lounge, the annual event brings together lawyers, tech entrepreneurs, investors, and students.

Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS)
2025-11-27 - 2025-11-28
Co-hosted by the African Business Angels Network (ABAN) and Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A), AESIS is the premier event specifically designed to connect early-stage investors with Africa’s most promising startup founders.
This is a high-density, high-impact summit if your goal is to raise or deploy capital in the seed and pre-Series A space.

Digital Marketers' Conference 2025
2025-11-28
The Conference will feature an engaging lineup of panel discussions, keynotes, and interactive breakout sessions, focusing on the future of marketing in an AI-driven world.
Attendees will gain insights into data-driven marketing, SME growth strategies, and influencer engagement, alongside real-world case studies and peer learning experiences.
Location: Ghana, Accra

Africa Startup Festival 2025
2025-11-28
Recognized as Africa’s top deal-making and networking event, the Africa Startup Festival brings together investors, founders, builders, and operators in one powerful end-of-year gathering.
It’s the definitive platform to explore how emerging technologies are transforming industries and to finalize the partnerships and deals that will define the strategic direction of 2026. In its most recent edition, it drew over 3,000 participants from 15+ countries, founders, investors, and operators converging in Lagos.

2025 Data Protection Africa Summit
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-04
Organized by the Africa Digital Rights Hub and the Data Protection Commission of Ghana, this is described as Africa’s largest gathering on the topic. It will include masterclasses, conference days, and high-level meetings for data controllers, regulators, and tech companies
Location: Accra, Ghana

AfricArena Grand Summit
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-03
The climax of AfricArena’s year-long scouting program, the Grand Summit showcases the top startups from across the continent in front of an audience of global investors and corporates. It’s an energetic platform for witnessing pitch competitions and understanding the emerging themes and companies set to dominate the African tech landscape.

SuperReturn Africa
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-04
SuperReturn Africa is a top-tier private capital event, bringing together leading global and local private equity and venture capital investors. Past editions have generated over 13,000 one-on-one meetings, featured closed-door LP/GP forums, workshops on alternative fund structures, and spotlight sessions on IP & creative sectors.

Africa Bitcoin Conference
2025-12-03 - 2025-12-05
Every year, the Africa Bitcoin Conference brings together activists, innovators, and decision-makers to explore how Bitcoin safeguards fundamental freedoms, strengthens economic autonomy, and paves the way for lasting sovereignty.
Location: Caudan Arts Centre, Port Louis, Mauritius

Tech in Ghana 2025
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-05
This unique edition of the highly respected Tech in Ghana conference shifts focus to the Ashanti Region, spotlighting the growing tech and innovation happening beyond the capital, Accra.
It’s an essential event for connecting with regional tech players, understanding grassroots innovation, and exploring opportunities in secondary cities.

Nigerian Student Fashion and Design Week (NSFDW) – 9th Edition
2025-12-20
The 9th edition of NSFDW returns to Lagos, bringing together fashion, culture, and youth innovation in a vibrant year-end showcase. This edition features runway presentations from top emerging designers, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. Past NSFDW winners have gone on to showcase at Dallas Fashion Week, affirming its role as a leading launchpad for African creativity.
Location: Lagos. Nigeria

The Amala & Palmwine Festival 1.0
2025-12-21
A cultural food-heritage festival celebrating authentic Yoruba cuisine and lifestyle. Guests will enjoy traditional Amala and fresh Palmwine served in Ibadan/Abeokuta styles, Yoruba fashion, indigenous games, language classes, and special cultural showcases inspired by the Oonirisa of Ile-Ife.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Afrofuture 2025
2025-12-28 - 2025-12-29
This December, the world’s biggest celebration of African culture is back in Ghana. Get your fits ready, tell your people, and prepare for an unforgettable experience at AfroFuture Ghana.
Location: Accra, Ghana

Talking Drums
2025-12-29 - 2025-12-30
The Talking Drums Festival, positioned as an afro-diasporic celebration of hip-hop culture, will take place on December 29th and 30th, 2025. This 48-hour non-stop celebration will spotlight rhythm, culture, and unity, featuring performances from over 40 artists representing the U.S., U.K., and various countries throughout the African continent.
Location: Accra, Ghana

The Blackout: Amaarae Homecoming Concert
2026-01-06 | Underbridge Annex, Underbridge Annex, East Legon, Accra, Ghana
Amaarae returns to Accra for an electrifying year-end homecoming show at The Underbridge Annex. This special edition blends her groundbreaking sound with a unique creative collaboration with music powered by iMullar Sound System. Expect high intensity, unforgettable performances, and a cultural moment that brings together music lovers, creatives, and fans of Amaarae’s new era.
Location: Accra, Ghana

World Advanced Manufacturing & Future Mobility 2026
2026-01-20 - 2026-01-22
The World Advanced Manufacturing & Future Mobility Exhibition (WAM Morocco) makes its debut in Casablanca from 20 to 22 January, positioning itself as the region’s first Industry 4.0–focused platform dedicated to advanced and intelligent manufacturing, future mobility, industrial innovation and supply-chain transformation.
Location: Casablanca, Morocco

Tech Revolution Africa 2026
2026-01-30 - 2026-01-31
Tech Revolution Africa Conference connects the full value chain of technology in Africa. It gathers together thousands of talents, players, and leaders in the African tech ecosystem to network, collaborate, and discuss the growth of technological innovation on the continent.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Africa Money and DeFi Summit West Africa 2026
2026-02-11
Africa Tech Summit Nairobi connects tech leaders from the African ecosystem and international players under one roof. Network with key stakeholders, including tech corporates, mobile operators, fintechs, DeFi & crypto ventures, investors, leading start-ups, regulators, and industry stakeholders, driving business and investment forward.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Lagos Tech Fest 2026
2026-02-17 - 2026-02-18 | Landmark Event Centre, Plot 2 & 3, Water Corporation Dr, Victoria Island, Annex 106104, Nigeria
Lagos Tech Fest gathers startups, innovators, investors, and government representatives to shape Nigeria’s tech future through conferences, exhibitions, networking, and driving ecosystem investment
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

The Omniverse Summit 2026
2026-02-24
The Omniverse serves as a hub for diverse stakeholders, including development partners, public sector entities, regulatory agencies, academia, startups, finance and investment professionals, media, entertainment, arts, culture, and the creative industries.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Sankalp Africa Summit 2026
2026-02-25
The Sankalp Africa Summit has emerged as a pivotal event in impact investing and social entrepreneurship across Africa. Originating from the Sankalp initiative founded by Intellecap in India in 2009, the summit was extended to Africa in 2014, recognizing the unique opportunities and challenges on the continent.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
