JOHANNESBURG WELCOMED 2300+ DELEGATES TO AFRICA'S LARGEST GATHERING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXPERTS

Africa’s largest Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Automation event, AI Expo Africa 2024, was run at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa 30-31 October 2024.

Now in its 7th year, the annual AI Expo Africa event united regional and international thought leaders, suppliers and start-ups to discuss and showcase the latest AI & Smart Tech innovations, from the biggest global brands to the smallest and newest local SMMEs.

The core focus of the show is real world applications you can deploy today with an audience comprised of Enterprise and Government buyers, deployment & service providers, start-ups, educators, NGOs and ecosystem builders.

Nonnie Kubeka, Executive Director of the Gauteng Convention & Event Bureau stated, “We were happy to welcome again the growing AI tech ecosystem to the Gauteng Region. As per last year AI Expo Africa 2024 hosted 48 SMMEs at the event. The gathering helped connect buyers and suppliers around one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. AI is impacting all industries and certain aspects of society so its key we as a region, and a nation, have a focus on this sector as it’s a key pillar of our ICT activities and we want to showcase the local ecosystem to a regional and international audience.”

With a community of 50k+ practitioners, the show format is built upon the phenomenal success of the previous seven annual events that have cemented AI Expo Africa as the largest AI business gathering of its kind, attended by Enterprise buyers, Governments, practitioners, decision makers, international trade missions, vendors and SMMEs.

Dr Nick Bradshaw, Founder of AI Expo Africa & Chairperson of the South African AI Association stated, “This was our 7th Anniversary Edition and biggest show to-date, with over 1000 companies in the expo hall, many of which are local and regional SMMEs. The current buzz around generative AI, data centres, national strategies, security and AI4Good were just some of the many themes our 60+ speakers and delegates were discussing. We were extremely happy to welcome the likes of Dr Simon See from Nvidia as a keynote speaker this year and a visiting delegation from the UN ITU AI4Good community who ran a pitching session at the show."

The show was attended by some 2300+ delegates this year, and included new features like our CPD certified AI Skills workshop sessions and the SA AI Association Pavilion that showcased 10x local AI start-ups from South Africa. As with previous years, multiple VCs will be attending and identifying candidate investments from the new AI start-ups exhibiting at the event.

We are already working on the 8th Edition of AI Expo Africa, that will be held in Johannesburg 29-31 October 2025. Learn more: www.aiexpoafrica.com.

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