Hyperscalers Convergence Africa 2026
Africa's Great Digital Buildout
Building the infrastructure for the world’s next growth economy.
DATE
4 September 2026
LOCATION
Lagos, Nigeria
FOCUS
Infrastructure. Capital. Intelligence.
The moment we are in
Africa is not waiting for the digital future. It is constructing it.
Demand for cloud, artificial intelligence, digital payments and data-intensive services is accelerating. The systems required to sustain that growth remain fragmented across borders, constrained by power and underfunded by capital.
HCA 2026 brings the institutions capable of changing that trajectory into one working room: governments, operators, investors, data-centre developers, cloud platforms, energy providers and major enterprises.
1
Continental Infrastructure Agenda
5
Decision-focused panels
1
Delivery document after the Summit
90
days
The 2026 theme
Africa's Great Digital Buildout
Connectivity, data centres, cloud, power, capital and AI cannot be planned as separate markets. They are one construction programme for Africa's next economy.
The conference asks what Africa must build, who must finance it and which institutions must act together to deliver continental scale.
Why this gathering matters
The opportunity is continental. The constraints are connected.
01
Capacity without demand
New facilities need bankable government and enterprise workloads.
02
Bandwidth without reach
Landing cables do not solve costly middle-mile and cross-border transport.
03
Sovereignty without scale
Fifty-four isolated markets cannot support every layer of digital infrastructure.
04
Projects without patient capital
Long-life assets remain exposed to short tenors and currency mismatch.
05
AI ambition without infrastructure
Compute, power, data and skills must move from policy to production.
01
Programme preview
Five conversations built for decisions.
01
Executive panel · Morning
Data Centres Without Demand
Can Africa convert new capacity into a functioning cloud economy?Demand acceleration framework
02
Closing panel · Afternoon
From AI Consumer to AI Producer
Building Africa's Intelligence Infrastructure.AI infrastructure roadmap
03
Policy panel · Afternoon
Governing the Digital Continent
Sovereignty, scale and shared infrastructure across African markets.Integration agenda
04
Capital panel · Afternoon
Patient Capital for Digital Infrastructure
Financing assets built for 15- to 25-year horizons.Capital mobilisation compact
05
Infrastructure panel · Morning
Beyond Cable Landings
Solving Africa's middle-mile, interconnection and routing deficit.Connectivity action agenda
01
Executive panel · Morning
Data Centres Without Demand
Can Africa convert new capacity into a functioning cloud economy?Demand acceleration framework
05
Infrastructure panel · Morning
Beyond Cable Landings
Solving Africa's middle-mile, interconnection and routing deficit.Connectivity action agenda
02
Closing panel · Afternoon
From AI Consumer to AI Producer
Building Africa's Intelligence Infrastructure.AI infrastructure roadmap
03
Policy panel · Afternoon
Governing the Digital Continent
Sovereignty, scale and shared infrastructure across African markets.Integration agenda
04
Capital panel · Afternoon
Patient Capital for Digital Infrastructure
Financing assets built for 15- to 25-year horizons.Capital mobilisation compact
The summit deliverable
The Africa Digital Infrastructure Delivery Agenda 2026
HCA will document no more than three priority actions from each panel, identify the institution responsible, record commitments made and establish a 90-day progress review.
- Principal finding from every session
- Named actions and responsible institutions
- Implementation periods and commitments
- Implementation periods and commitments
Speakers
Confirmed speakers. More to be announced soon.
Dr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi
Director General/Chief Executive Officer, National Information Technology Development Agency
Amine Idriss Adoum
Director, Infrastructure, Energy, Industrialisation, Trade & Regional Integration, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)
Dr. Ayotunde Coker
Chief Executive Officer, Open Access Data Centres
Gary Chomse
Regional Director, Central & Southern Africa, Vertiv
Dotun Adekunle
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Technical Officer, oPay
Hon Chukwuemeka Ujam mni
Managing Partner, Nina Jojer
Dr. Fiona Asonga
Chief Executive Officer, Technology Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) / Operator of the Kenya Internet Exchange Point
Begna Gebreyes
Senior Vice President, Investments, Africa Finance Corporation
Muhammed Rudman
Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
Guy Zibi
Managing Partner, Xalam Analytics
Chiderah Ike-Okonkwo
Africa Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Nina Jojer Africa
Kanwulia Okafor
Director, Industry Services (Africa), GSMA
Bill Kleyman
Chief Executive Officer, Apolo.US / Executive Chair, Data Center Programs, Informa
Josephine Awetefe Sarouk
Managing Director, Bayobab
Tony Izuagbe Emoekpere
President, Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON)
Dr. Talkmore Chidede
Senior Digital Trade Expert, Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
Who will be in the room
Builders. Regulators. Capital. Demand.
Government & regulation
Ministers, regulators, regional institutions and digital-policy leaders.
Infrastructure operators
Telecoms, fibre, IXPs, data centres, cloud, power and engineering platforms.
Capital institutions
Banks, DFIs, pension funds, sovereign investors and infrastructure funds.
Enterprise demand
Banks, industry, public services and digital platforms buying infrastructure at scale.
Technology & AI
Hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, AI builders and research institutions.
Media & intelligence
Business press, analysts and organisations shaping the infrastructure narrative.
HCA 2026 · Lagos
Be in the room where Africa's buildout moves forward.
Submit your interest to attend, speak, exhibit or partner. The HCA team will follow up with the appropriate participation route.
- Principal finding from every session
- Named actions and responsible institutions
- Implementation periods and commitments
- Implementation periods and commitments
Register Interest
Meet The Team
Institutional Partner
NITDA
National Information Technology Development Agency
Knowledge Partner
Nina Jojer Africa
Research Partner
Xalam Analytics
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