ICSA · Executive summits across Africa, the Middle East and Asia
7th Connected Africa Summit 2026
Driving Africa's Telecom Shift to Digital Platforms and Next-Gen Infrastructure
- 15 October 2026
- NH Johannesburg Sandton, Johannesburg
4
summit series
19
confirmed speakers
3
sponsors and partners
10
published sessions
Upcoming summits
Summit OS
One operating system for everyone in the room
Every person at an ICSA summit has a portal built for their job, and every portal talks to the others. A room change reaches every phone in seconds; a delegate’s meeting request lands with the sponsor; the door knows a minister is arriving.
Delegates
Executives and decision makers
- Apply in two minutes; badge on your phone once confirmed
- Plan your agenda and add it to your calendar
- Request B2B meetings and get a time and table
- Live alerts and a direct line to the organisers
Speakers
Keynotes, panellists, moderators
- Your sessions, rooms and times in one place
- Speaker profile on the public summit page
- Updates from the programme team in your inbox
- The same badge and help desk as every delegate
Sponsors and exhibitors
Partners at every tier
- Answer meeting requests and see your B2B schedule
- Name your pass holders and manage your profile
- Scan delegate badges at the stand for leads
- Leads, meetings and exposure after the summit
Door and on-site team
Registration desk
- Scan or search to check in, even offline
- VIP arrivals alert protocol instantly
- Print a badge on the spot for walk-ins
- Urgent questions reach the team in minutes
ICSA team
Organisers and leadership
- A command centre that ranks what to do next
- Run three to five summits side by side
- Analytics, branded reports and a full audit trail
- One CRM across every summit and year
Media
Press and partners
- Accreditation as a media role per summit
- Agenda, speakers and sponsors at a glance
- Targeted briefings from the ICSA team
- Badge and check-in like every guest
The whole summit life
Before, during and after, on one platform
Before
Fill the room with the right people
- Applications with POPIA consent
- Confirm in bulk; badges go out by link
- B2B requests scheduled at scale
- Run sheet with owners and due dates
During
Run the day without surprises
- Offline door check-in and badge printing
- VIP and protocol alerts at the door
- Live alerts on every attendee’s screen
- Help desk with a 15-minute urgent target
After
Prove the value, plan the next one
- Branded summit report for leadership
- Sponsor return: leads, meetings, exposure
- Attendance and no-show analytics
- Every contact kept for the next summit
- Door check-in works offline and syncs when the signal returns
- POPIA consent, purpose-limited special information, full audit trail
- Every time shown in the summit’s own time zone, 24-hour clock
- Runs on any phone in the browser; nothing to install
The summit series
Four series, one standard
ICSA brings together banking, telecom, fintech and security leaders for executive summits and structured B2B meetings.
- Connected Banking
- Connected Africa
- Global Stablecoin
- DigiSec
Who attends
- C-suite and senior executives at banks, telcos and fintechs
- Regulators and government
- Technology vendors and solution providers
What you leave with
- Pre-arranged B2B meetings with decision makers
- Market insight from regional leaders
- New partnerships across the ecosystem
Be in the room
Apply as a delegate, speaker or media, or talk to ICSA about sponsoring. Already registered? Sign in for your badge, agenda and meetings.