Africa’s largest Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Automation event, AI Expo Africa, will be running its highly acclaimed conference & trade show at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 29-31 October 2025.
Now entering its 8th year, the annual AI Expo Africa event unites regional and international AI thought leaders, suppliers, investors and start-ups to discuss and showcase the latest AI & Smart Tech innovations from the biggest global brands to newest Startups.
The core focus of the show is real world applications you can deploy today with an audience comprised of Enterprise and Government buyers, deployment & service providers, start-ups, educators, NGOs, investors and AI ecosystem builders.
Dr Nick Bradshaw, Founder of AI Expo Africa & Chairperson of the South African AI Association stated, “This 8th Anniversary Edition is our biggest show to-date, with over 100 AI companies in the expo hall, many of which are local and regional AI Startups.”
Big themes for this year range from Agentic AI and the autonomous Enterprise, Security in the Age of AI, Responsible AI, Data Centre investment, National AI strategies and a new, dedicated third day devoted to AI for Good via the hosting of the first International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Impact Africa gathering at the show.
Delegates will hear from 60+ speakers, panels and AI thought leaders from the likes of Coca Cola, First National Bank, Google, Huawei, Open Access Data Centres, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Pinnacle, Dell, Supermicro, Rectron, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Standard Bank Group, Takealot, Verint, VAST Data, UN ITU, French Embassy in South Africa, Cisco, OpenTeams and many more.
With a community of 50k+ practitioners, the show format is built upon the phenomenal success of the previous seven events that have cemented AI Expo Africa and Johannesburg as the largest AI and Intelligent Automation business gathering of its kind in Africa.
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