African Conferences, October 11th - 17th

Africa Creative Economy Lens 2026

12th - 13th October 2026 - Gaborone, Botswana

​Africa Creatives Alliance (ACA) is built on a Pan-African network of partners and members dedicated to empowering and advancing the creative economy across the continent. Through strategic collaboration, ACA connects, equips, and supports Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) to unlock their full potential. Our work is anchored in four strategic pillars, each reinforcing a mission to build a dynamic and well-financed creative ecosystem that improves access to capital, scales creative enterprises, and drives long-term sustainability and economic transformation.

The Alliance recognizes creative intermediaries such as hubs, accelerators, incubators, and makerspaces as critical cornerstones and scalable enablers of Africa’s creative economy, serving as vital conduits for nurturing talent, facilitating production, enabling commercialization, and connecting creatives to markets, mentorship, and investment opportunities. Through these intermediaries, we seek to activate support at scale, strengthening their business models, promoting best practices, and cultivating enabling environments underpinned by favorable regulation and sustained investment.

African Futures Conference 2026

13th - 14th October 2026 - Pretoria/Online

Africa is experiencing profound and accelerating change — demographic growth, technological transformation, climate pressures, shifting geopolitics and evolving development pathways are reshaping the continent's future in complex, interconnected ways.

Convened by the African Futures and Innovation (AFI) programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the conference brings together policymakers, researchers, development practitioners, private-sector leaders and civil-society actors to explore how foresight can support better decisions for Africa's future.

Now in its third year, the conference connects research, foresight and policy engagement — with the practical application of long-term thinking at its centre.

Carbon Markets Africa Summit 2026

13th - 15th October 2026 - Kigali, Rwanda

Africa’s carbon market: a $50-100bn+ opportunity by 2030 driven by high-integrity credits, sovereign trading, and rapidly scaling global demand. 

Overview of CMAS 2026:

• 500+ delegates shaping Africa’s carbon market landscape
• 40+ carbon projects and programmes, including
  8+ investment-ready opportunities seeking capital and offtake partnerships 
• 150+ confirmed organisations and government institutions 
  representing project developers, investors, buyers, and ministries from across Africa

Africa Mining Week

14th - 16th October 2026 - Cape Town, South Africa

African Mining Week unites key stakeholders across the full mining value chain, with an agenda built around access, focus, and impact — particularly beneficiation and value addition.

Held under the theme "Mining the Future: Unearthing Africa's Full Mineral Value," the 2026 program addresses the most pressing challenges facing global and African mining, delivering tangible outcomes for investors, operators, and local stakeholders alike.