Tech Events in South Africa 2026

South Africa hosts major events like AfricaCom (now Africa Tech Festival), SingularityU South Africa Summit, DevConf, and numerous fintech and cybersecurity conferences. Cape Town and Johannesburg alternate as primary venues for the continent's largest tech gatherings.

Yes, South Africa has many free tech events. DevConf Johannesburg, community meetups through ZA Tech Slack, PyConZA, and numerous Jozi and Cape Town developer meetups are free or donation-based. University-hosted hackathons and workshops are also commonly free.

Cape Town and Johannesburg are South Africa's main tech event cities. Cape Town has a strong startup and VC scene with events at Workshop17 and the V&A Waterfront precinct. Johannesburg's Sandton and Braamfontein areas host enterprise-focused conferences and developer meetups. Durban and Pretoria also have growing tech communities.

Browse our South Africa events page for the latest listings. The ZA Tech Slack community is an excellent resource, along with Offerzen's developer events, Silicon Cape initiative updates, and the WeThinkCode calendar of events.

South Africa has a strong women-in-tech movement. Women in Tech ZA, GirlCode, and WomEng host regular events. Cape Town's SheSays and Johannesburg's Women Techmakers chapters run workshops and conferences focused on closing the gender gap in technology.

South African tech conferences tend to be well-organised and internationally attended. Expect a mix of local and global speakers, enterprise and startup tracks, and strong content on fintech, AI, and cloud infrastructure. Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town regularly draws over 10,000 attendees.