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2026 Africa Product Tour

Bringing together Africa’s most ambitious product builders, founders, and tech leaders in one room across the continent's biggest product cities.

The product tour gives you the tools, perspective, and network to level up in today’s global product economy.

This year's tour kicks off in February and hits 3 cities: Lagos, Nairobi and Cape Town.

If you’re building, scaling or making product decisions in Africa, this is not one to watch from the sidelines.

Who Should Attend?

  • Builders & Innovators
  • Founders & Startup Teams
  • Product Managers & Designers
  • Tech Hubs & Community Leaders
  • Students & Early-Career Technologists

What to Expect

The Product Tour is free to attend but places are limited. Expect:

  • Practical product insights you can apply immediately
  • Real-world use cases from products built for Africa
  • Access to product leaders, founders and ecosystem players
  • High-value networking you won't get online
  • Direct access to Product Leadership Accelerator (PLA), Wicked Innovation Labs and other pillars of the Innovate Africa Foundation ecosystem

Agenda

  • Registration & Networking
  • Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Product Talk with Christian Idiodi
  • Product Leader Accelerator Session: Africa's Product Future: Talent, Teams, Transformation
  • Networking & Refreshments
  • Spark Talk: What's something controversial but true about this ecosystem?
  • Problem Labs: When Ideas Break, Who Pays & What We Still Don't Know
  • Q&A
  • 2026 Tour Dates

    Lagos, Nigeria
    Venue: The Zone
    February 25th
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    Time: 10am – 3pm

    Community Partners

    Nairobi, Kenya
    Venue: iHUB
    March 2nd
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    Time: 3pm – 7pm

    Community Partners

    Venue Partner

    Cape Town, South Africa
    Venue: 22 on Sloane
    March 4th
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    Time: 2pm – 6pm

    Community Partners

    Venue Partner

    If you're interested in partnering on the 2026 Product Tour