The 8th Edition of AI Expo Africa, Africa’s largest Artificial Intelligence (AI) event will again be held in Johannesburg, South Africa 29-31 October. This year we will be joined by the UN ITU AI4Good Impact Africa Summit for a 3 day show bringing a focus to the growing use of AI for impact / SDGs and research to solve some of mankind’s largest challenges. Africa’s largest gathering of Artificial Intelligence buyers and practitioners will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre.

Now entering its 8th year, the annual AI Expo Africa event unites regional and international thought leaders, suppliers and start-ups to discuss and showcase the latest AI & Smart Tech innovations, from the biggest global brands to the smallest and newest local SMMEs. The core focus of the show are real world applications you can deploy today with an audience comprised of Enterprise and Government buyers, deployment & service providers, start-ups, educators, NGOs and ecosystem builders.

AI Expo Africa 2025 format at a glance…..

10,000 Sq Foot Expo Hall
Expected footfall ~3000+ delegates over 3 days
Day 1 will be a dedicated Enterprise, Gov & NGO buyer day
100x vendors on the show floor
4x Track speaking programme (70 talks & keynotes)
24x Private Board Room Sessions (32 seat CxO round table style)
12x AI Skills workshops (200 seat classroom style deep dives)
Women in AI Pavilion
Startup Zone
University R&D Poster Zone
Industrial Robot & Drone showcase
10x networking sessions
Fully catered VIP Lounge
Meetup Bar
Event Networking App
VIP Private opening event
VIP Gala AI4Good networking event

Vendor brands that joined us in 2024 included; SuperMicro, Nvidia, Huawei, Africa Data Centres, ARM, KID Group, Teraco, Verint, Women in AI, Salesforce, UN ITU, UNDP, Zindi, Fortinet, DTIC, DCDT, Google, MoData, Druid AI, Mavin Powercube, NITheCS, Sentinel One, OLSPS, Ecosystem AI, Advanced Guidance, Vertiv, Pinnacle, LARC AI, Tarsus on Demand, Helm, Nkgwete IT Solutions, MANCOSA, CSIR, Rysun Labs, Analytics Vidhya, Interface Systems, Yooz, Aptus Data Labs, Mettus, DocFusion, UIPath, Boxfusion plus 48 other brands and AI Startups.

Key technologies & themes of interest to buyers at the show

Machine / Deep Learning Business Solutions
RPA / Intelligent Process Automation
CX / UX / Chatbots / Conversational AI
Avatars / Agents / Autonomous Enterprise
Platform AI / NLP / LLMs / SLMs
Creative Media / Generative AI
Big Data / Data Ops / Analytics
Cloud / Data Centre / AI Compute / Super Computing
ML Ops / Frameworks
AI in Security & DevSecOps
IoT / Mobile / Edge AI
Smart Devices / Hardware
Autonomous Systems / Industrial Robots
AR VR / Mixed Reality / Metaverse / Web3
Training / Education & Skills
Women in AI
Applied University R&D
AI4Good / Ethics / Privacy / Standards
Regulation / Policy / Responsible AI
Smart Cities / Smart Society & Smart Citizen
National AI Strategies / Community Building / Investing

Dr Nick Bradshaw, Founder of AI Expo Africa & Chairperson of the South African AI Association stated, “This is our 8th Anniversary Edition and biggest show to-date, with over 100 companies in the expo hall, many of which are local and regional SMMEs. The current buzz around generative AI from 2024 is carried forward into 2025 with Agentic AI / Agents, data centres, national strategies and AI4Good just some of the many current themes our 70+ speakers and delegates will be discussing.”

The show will be attended by some 3000+ delegates this year with the expansion of our CPD certified AI Skills workshop sessions and the SA AI Association Pavilion that will be showcasing 10x local AI start-ups from South Africa. As with previous years, multiple VCs will be attending and identifying candidate investments from the new AI start-ups exhibiting at the event.

About the AI Media Group

The AI Media Group is a South African based industry analysis, publishing & advisory consultancy focused on the AI and smart tech sector in Africa. The group runs the South African AI Association and are the organisers of AI Expo Africa, the continent’s largest Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) trade show. They also publish The State of AI in Africa Report and Synapse Magazine, Africa’s only AI trade magazine charting Africa’s 4.0 innovation journey. The group also runs AI TV which hosts discussions on trends in AI / deep tech technologies with local, regional and global thought leaders.

Want to learn more about AI Expo Africa & Join 100+ Vendors & Starts Ups at AI Expo Africa 2025?