For six years, we built the largest community of young cyber talent in Africa. Now, we are putting them to work. Africa CyberFest 2026 is not just a conference; it is a production house. We are moving from ‘Awareness’ to ‘Engineering’.

Africa CyberFest has served as the premier gathering for the continent’s digital defenders. Every year We have successfully mobilized over 1,500+ physical attendees, engaged 80+ expert speakers, and generated over a 1M+ digital impressions across the continent. We built a community of enthusiasts; now, we are transforming them into engineers.

The 2026 edition represents a decisive shift. As Africa undergoes rapid digital transformation, our threat landscape has evolved. We are no longer just facing financial fraud and malware; the continent now grapples with surveillance, internet shutdowns, and the weaponization of infrastructure.

Our security stack remains 90% dependent on closed-source, foreign tools. This creates a massive sovereignty risk. Africa CyberFest 2026 is the answer to that risk: a convergence of the Next-Gen Builders  and industry leaders to architect a resilient, self-sustaining African cyber ecosystem.

We must transition from being consumers of foreign security products to becoming architects of our own defense, africa cyberfest addresses these critical challenges head-on, focusing on Digital Sovereignty, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and Resilient Engineering.

We are shifting the paradigm from “breaking things” to “building defenses.”