Welcome

Supported by the European Commission (EC) and African Union Commission (AUC), IST-Africa 2026 (May) is the twenty first in an annual series of Ministerial Level Technology Research Conferences.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, IST-Africa 2026 will take place as a virtual event during May.

IST-Africa Week 2026 will provide a world-class international forum to showcase existing technology-enabled Research, Innovation and ICT4D activities and capacity in Africa, Europe and other parts of the world. The Conference Programme combines strategic keynote presentations, a High-Level Roundtable, technical and policy papers, case studies and workshops. It also provides an opportunity to identify potential partners for future research cooperation under Horizon Europe.

The goals of the IST-Africa Conference Series are to

- Support Development of the Information Society and Knowledge Economy in Africa

- Promote International Research Innovation, and Policy Cooperation and Coordination

- Showcase African Research and Innovation Capacity

- Stimulate exploitation of research results by the public and private sectors

2026 Final Programme

The IST-Africa 2026 Final Programme incorporated 23 thematically focused sessions featuring over 100 presenters from the public, private, education, research and societal organisations from 20 countries. Click here to view presentations within sessions and click here to download the Final Programme

Thematic areas included:

- Monday 25 May - eHealth, ICT-enabled Entrepreneurship, Technology-enhanced Learning

- Tuesday 26 May - Technology-enhanced Learning

- Wednesday 27 May - CyberSecurity, eGovernment

- Thursday 28 May - Content Technologies, Next Generation Computing

- Friday 29 May - eAgriculture and Environmental Sustainability

We wish to congratulate the presenters who prepared high quality presentations and provided comprehensive responses to live questions during the sessions.

We wish to thank the technical reviewers who double blind peer reviewed papers and provided authors with actionable constructive feedback. We wish to thank the thematic experts who chaired sessions during the programme.

The Call for Papers for IST-Africa 2027 will be available in due course.