Open call: 2026 Fak’ugesi African Digital & Innovation Festival in SA

The festival will take place from 13 to 17 October 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa, under the theme African Imaginaries.

The 2026 edition will expand beyond the festival's established focus on gaming, animation and immersive technology to include scientific discovery, applied research and emerging technologies.

The programme will explore how African innovators and creatives imagine and shape their futures across culture, science and technology, with a focus on practical projects, live demonstrations and new ideas.

Areas of interest include:

• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Data science
• Climate technology
• Digital arts
• Gaming
• Animation
• Immersive technology
• Scientific discovery
• Applied research
• Emerging technologies

The festival aims to bring together participants from different sectors to showcase projects, demonstrate new technologies and encourage collaboration and innovation.

Organisers describe African Imaginaries as an exploration of how Africans imagine their worlds, narrate their realities and develop ideas for the future through creative and technological practices.

Interested individuals and organisations can submit an Expression of Interest through the festival's official registration form.

Apply here. You can also view the original call here.

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