02 — Tracks

Six tracks. Strictly infrastructure.

03 — Programme

1 day · 3 parallel tracks · 2 keynotes

All times in WAT (West Africa Time, UTC+1) — 21 November 2026. Convert to your local timezone via worldtimebuddy.com ↗
10:00 – 10:45 WAT
Opening Keynote
All attendees · Main stage
The state of infrastructure engineering in Africa. Setting the stage for the day.
Parallel sessions begin
Track A — Platform & Cloud (inc. African scale) Track B — SRE & Security (inc. African scale) Track C — AI & ML Infrastructure (inc. African scale)
10:45 – 12:30 WAT
Morning Sessions
6 talks across 3 parallel tracks
30-min practitioner talks. No vendor pitches. Each talk includes 5 min live Q&A.
12:30 – 13:00 WAT
Sponsor Spotlight
5-min lightning slots · All attendees
Community sponsors introduce their tools. Engineers, not sales reps.
13:00 – 14:00 WAT
Lunch Break
1 hour · Community networking
Open Discord voice rooms by track. Hallway track in text channels. Optional lunch AMA with a speaker.
14:00 – 15:45 WAT
Afternoon Sessions
6 talks across 3 parallel tracks
Deep dives and case studies. Includes the Africa infrastructure panel.
16:00 – 17:00 WAT
Closing Keynote + Q&A
All attendees · Main stage
Closing talk + live community Q&A. Awards for best talk, best first-time speaker.
Talk format
25 min + 5 min Q&A
Platform
Fully virtual
Recordings
All talks will be published after the event
Captions
Live captions on all sessions

↑ Full programme with speakers and talk titles will be published after speaker notifications.

04 — CFP

Call for papers

We want
practitioners.

People who have done the work, hit the walls, found the solutions, and can share those lessons in a concrete, actionable way. You do not need to be famous. You need to have something real to say.

CFP opens July 1, 2026
CFP closes August 15, 2026
Notifications September 15, 2026
Submit via Website Form
We especially want
  • First-time speakers — we actively support you
  • Africa-based engineers with local infra stories
  • Engineers at African fintechs, telcos, startups
  • Diaspora engineers with global-scale experience
  • Open-source contributors and maintainers
We will decline
  • Vendor sales pitches disguised as talks
  • Talks with no concrete takeaways
  • General intro content without depth
Submit your talk
05 — Partners

Community investment, not advertising

Supported by

Community Partner
Visibility & reach

Put your brand in front of Africa's infrastructure engineers.

  • Logo on website, event page & stream overlays
  • Social mention at announcement & post-event wrap-up
  • Named in opening keynote acknowledgements
  • 1 complimentary pass to the paid physical edition
  • Featured slot in the pre-event community newsletter
Tool Partner
In-kind support

Donate licenses or credits — engineers who use your tool become its best advocates.

  • Tool licenses or platform credits gifted directly to attendees
  • Logo on website & featured in our "Tools We Love" spotlight
  • Dedicated social post introducing your tool to the community
  • Authentic grassroots advocacy from practitioners
  • 1 complimentary pass to the paid physical edition

sponsorships@infraconf.africa · Anchor Partner spots are limited

06 — Blog

From the community

Visa Rejections and the African Tech Engineer

Every year, African engineers submit visa applications to attend the world's biggest tech conferences. Every year, a significant share are rejected. Here's what that actually looks like — and why InfraConf Africa is virtual by design, not by compromise.

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InfraConf Africa is Live — CFP Now Open

We're thrilled to announce that InfraConf Africa 2026 is official. Africa's first dedicated infrastructure engineering conference. Virtual. Free. 21 November 2026.

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