Founders
Building global companies — and ready to raise from anyone, anywhere.
Austin, Texas · November 7, 2026
The world's
leading summit
for African talent
in global tech.
700+ founders, engineers, investors, and operators. One day. One room. Where careers, companies, and capital networks compound — at global scale.
700+
Attendees
40+
Speakers
2
Stages
$10B+
In the room
1
Day. One Room.
Who attends
Built for the people building what's next.
700+ of the most ambitious African operators in the world — together for one day in Austin.
Engineers
Operating at the top of FAANG, frontier AI labs, and global infrastructure.
Investors
Looking for differentiated deal flow across the diaspora and the continent.
Operators
Scaling teams, products, and revenue across multiple markets.
Ambitious professionals
Breaking into global markets and the rooms that matter most.
The people who fund them.
Bring your sharpest thinking. Leave with relationships that compound.
Why they come
A room you'll remember.
"The conversations I had in one afternoon would have taken me 18 months of cold outreach. This is the diaspora's most important room."
"I came in as a senior engineer at a big lab. I left with two angel checks written and a co-founder. No other event delivers that."
"The most senior, most ambitious, most generous room of African operators I've been in outside the continent — by a wide margin."
On the agenda
Five themes shaping the next decade.
01
Artificial Intelligence
Frontier research to applied AI businesses.
02Fintech & Wealth Building
Payments, markets, and generational wealth.
03Startups & Venture Capital
Funding, scaling, and selling to global markets.
04Careers & Immigration
O-1, EB-1, and the global mobility playbook.
05Global Business Expansion
Bringing companies, capital, and talent across borders — on your terms.
Speakers
The roster lands soon.
40+ founders, investors, and operators from the most important companies and funds in the world.
Additional experiences
More than a conference.
Night Summit
Where deals are made.
Curated bar takeovers across Austin — founder ↔ investor speed-rooms, no badge politics.
Learn moreVIP Dinner
An invitation-only dinner.
30–50 founders, investors, and select speakers. The night before. The conversation that doesn't happen on stage.
Apply for VIPMasterclasses
Expert-led. Future-focused.
Tactical breakouts on raising, hiring, scaling, and global mobility — led by operators who've done it.
Learn moreBy invitation · November 6, 2026
An exclusive private dinner for builders & decision-makers.
The night before the summit — a room of 30 to 50 founders, investors, and speakers. No stage. No audience. Just the people moving capital, companies, and conversations forward.
- · November 6, 2026 · Austin, TX
- · Limited to 30–50 invited guests
- · Founders, investors, and select speakers
- · Applications reviewed within 5 business days
Tickets
Secure your seat.
Super Early Bird ends March 1, 2026 — or when the room fills.
General Admission
$250
- Full-day summit access
- All keynotes, panels & workshops
- Curated networking sessions
- Attendee directory access
- Night Summit access
Most Valuable
VIP Experience
$750
- Everything in General Admission
- Private VIP dinner — Nov 6
- Priority seating in all sessions
- Direct access to speakers & investors
- Members-only Slack post-event
Group & team rates available — talk to us.
Partners
Partner with the future of African talent.
Position your brand alongside the founders, engineers, and investors shaping the next decade of AI, finance, and global business.
Presenting
Headline
Stage
Community
Location
Austin, Texas. A city built for builders.
A magnet for AI, capital, and the next wave of American technology — and a natural stage for the African operators redefining what global ambition looks like.
- VenueAnnounced to ticket holders
- DateNovember 7, 2026
- VIP DinnerNovember 6, 2026
- Nearest AirportAUS — Austin-Bergstrom
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