African Tech Events To Check Out in 2025

By Joseph-Albert Kuuire 3 Min Read

Mark your calendars, because in 2025, these tech gatherings promise to ignite ideas, forge connections, and propel the continent’s tech revolution forward.

Below are a list of selected events to check out in Africa for 2025.

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Lagos Tech Fest

Date: February 19, 2025

Location: Lagos, 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


Fintech Festival Tanzania

Date: February 20, 2025

Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The FinTech Festival Tanzania is a leading Financial Technology event in East Africa, it is the largest gathering of Financial Technology professionals, investors, and innovators in East Africa providing a platform for the FinTech community to connect, collaborate, and co-create.


Global AI Summit on Africa

Date: April 3, 2025

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ministry of ICT & Innovation, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, will host the inaugural Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda under the theme: “AI and Africa’s Demographic Dividend: Reimagining Economic Opportunities for Africa’s Workforce.”


GITEX Africa 2025

Date: April 14, 2025

Location: Marrakesh, Morrocco

GITEX AFRICA is the entryway into the heart of this tech-driven metamorphosis, promising immediate ROI and unmatched economic prospects. 

This unifying event presents an unprecedented chance to align with policymakers, shape tech-forward governmental strategies, and play a pivotal role in the public-private partnerships propelling Africa’s tech readiness.


TechCabal Moonshot 2025

Date: October 15, 2025

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Moonshot is the conference that brings together Africa’s tech ecosystem in person to network, collaborate, share insights, and celebrate innovation on the continent.


MWC Kigali 2025

Date: October 15, 2025

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

The MWC Kigali event explores how mobile technology and digital solutions can address challenges and create opportunities in Africa, covering topics like 5G, FinTech, the digital economy, and health tech.


Tech In Ghana Conference 2025

Date: November, 2025

Location: Kumasi, Ghana

Tech in Ghana is a prominent UK-Ghana platform dedicated to strengthening and showcasing Ghana’s thriving tech ecosystem both locally and to the world. Since launching in 2017, it has garnered the active involvement of several multinational corporations, decision-makers, investors, fast-growing scale-ups, and founders from the region.

Organised twice annually, in London and Accra, Tech in Ghana provides a valuable avenue for its burgeoning tech industry to come together, engage in global knowledge exchange, network with industry peers, and showcase innovation.



The Africa Tech Festival

Date: 11th November, 2025

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Africa Tech Festival is the perfect place to learn about the latest trends in technology, network with industry leaders, and find new opportunities


Joseph-Albert Kuuire is the creator, editor, and journalist at Tech Labari. Email: joseph@techlabari.com Twitter: @jakuuire