Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum

The annual Africa Women Innovation Entrepreneurship Form is Africa’s premier platform for women entrepreneurship, leadership, and innovation.

It convenes startups and small growing businesses with the continent’s most influential entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, policymakers, and ecosystem builders.

Under the theme “Beyond Access: Owning Capital, Markets & Power,” AWIEF2026 shifts the conversation from participation to ownership, exploring how women can move beyond access to resources toward greater control of capital, stronger market positioning, and influence in economic decision-making.

The 2-day event features conference keynotes, interactive panel discussions, exhibition, workshops & masterclasses designed to equip entrepreneurs with actionable skills and strategies, a business pitching competition and B2B meetings and matchmakings.