Announcing BeyondAfrica Conference 2026

By the BeyondAfrica Team · · 4 min read
BeyondAfrica Conference 2026 branded card: Where African talent meets global opportunity. Austin, TX, November 7, 2026.

On November 7, 2026, in Austin, Texas, we're bringing 1,000+ African founders, operators, engineers, investors and executives into one room for one day. This is BeyondAfrica Conference 2026.

Why this conference, and why now

Africans are building at the highest levels of global technology: leading teams at frontier AI labs, running venture funds, scaling companies across three continents, and shipping products used by hundreds of millions of people. What has been missing is a single, high-signal room where those people actually meet.

BeyondAfrica is that room. Not a festival, not an expo with ten thousand badge scans. One day, deliberately curated, where the conversations you'd normally need eighteen months of cold outreach to have can happen over coffee.

What to expect

  • 1,000+ attendees — founders, engineers, investors, operators and ambitious professionals from across Africa and the diaspora.
  • 50+ speakers across two stages. The first confirmed speakers span MIT research, venture capital and AI strategy at global scale.
  • Five themes: Artificial Intelligence, Fintech & Wealth Building, Startups & Venture Capital, Careers & Immigration, and Global Business Expansion.
  • A private VIP dinner on November 6, the night before, for VIP ticket holders.
  • Workshops with hands-on sessions and take-home playbooks for GA + Workshop ticket holders.

Tickets are live, 30% off through July 31

Every tier is 30% off until July 31, 2026:

  • Student — $105 (with valid student ID, via our student ticket page)
  • General Admission — $175 (list $250)
  • GA + Workshop — $280 (list $400)
  • VIP Experience — $525 (list $750, includes the Nov 6 dinner)

Checkout is handled securely by Eventbrite (and Stripe for student tickets). No card details ever touch our servers.

Built by operators

BeyondAfrica is convened by Adewale Yusuf (founder of Techpoint Africa, AltSchool Africa and TalentQL) and Stanley Agu (founder of Luftsocial and Anproba), as a program of Bluework.io. We've spent a decade building media, education and talent infrastructure for Africans. This conference is the room where all of it meets.

Austin in November. One day. One room. We'll see you there.

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