GITEX-grade in experience. African in purpose. Moving from annual declarations to year-round partnerships, investment, and implementation
The summit remains the annual apex — but the platform now creates value before, during and after event week, through three connected engines.
Curated, invitation-led rooms governed by relevance — ministers, regulators, CEOs and DFIs, convened across a Ministerial Roundtable, a CEO & Strategic Technology Forum, and the Digital Economy Investment Forum.
A year-round deal room mapping B2B/B2G pipelines, matching investor-founder conversations and turning DFI project dialogue into structured, trackable pipeline.
A permanent, lean institutional spine that tracks named commitments, owns the operating calendar, and reports progress publicly between summit cycles.
| From | To | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual summit, minimal follow-up | → | Year-round platform anchored by the Secretariat |
| Sponsorship inventory — booths, logos, banners | → | Partner products built on access, intelligence and conversion |
| Inconsistent post-event communiqué | → | Tracked commitments, named owners, annual progress snapshot |
Connected Africa concentrates on 2–3 missions with real gravity — each with a public anchor, mission partners, decision-makers and a defined Nairobi outcome. Tap a mission to see its density and outcome.
Public digital services, GovTech, DPI and responsible AI adoption inside government.
Scale-ups, corporate innovation, fintech infrastructure and growth capital.
AfCFTA-linked market integration, payments interoperability and regional logistics.
A look at the scale and energy Connected Africa is built to match — ministers, founders, investors and innovators inside one room, captured from the wider GITEX-grade convening circuit that sets the bar.
Live progress on the seven commitments made in the Nairobi Declaration — each with a named institutional owner and a public status.
| Commitment ID | Named Institutional Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NBD‑01 | GovTech Delivery Cohort — ICTA | Implemented |
| NBD‑02 | Digital Economy Investment Forum — Treasury | Active |
| NBD‑03 | AfCFTA Payments Interoperability — EAC Secretariat | Implemented |
| NBD‑04 | Regional Hub MOUs — Connected Africa Secretariat | Active |
| NBD‑05 | Data Governance Protocol — ICTA Legal | Stalled |
| NBD‑06 | Mission Partner Prospectus — Momentum Africa | Implemented |
Booths and banners fund a week. Mission partnerships fund the coordination, intelligence and continuity that make Connected Africa valuable all year — built for AU-linked bodies, DFIs, foundations, development banks and strategic corporates.
Executive Forum & curated B2G/B2B meetings.
Mission briefs and ecosystem scans.
Deal rooms, investor forum, marketplace products.
Regional activations, CRM and progress tracking.
Briefings, ecosystem scans and outcomes documentation produced by the digital coordination layer — built for partners, government and the press.
A delivery-readiness scan across DPI, identity and payments infrastructure.
Mapping the corporate buyer cohort feeding the Nairobi Deal Room.
A public accounting of all seven tracked commitments and named owners.