MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference 2026

The MIT Africa Innovate Conference (AIC) returns for its 15th anniversary edition. This year’s theme, “African Intelligence : Building Systems for Shared Prosperity” explores how African ingenuity, institutional wisdom, and systems thinking converge to create scalable solutions for continental prosperity. We examine the intersection of policy, capital, and innovation to build the infrastructure that will power Africa's next economic leap.

This year, we are elevating the experience through exhibitions from African innovators across the MIT School of Engineering, fireside chats and panels highlighting business and technology advances happening on the continent, a 24-hour hackathon focused on solving real African challenges, and a celebration of African culture, all within a dynamic 48-hour space.

Join us at MIT for curated programming that bridges technology, entrepreneurship, Capital, and African creativity.