Africa's boldest technology convention.
A multi-day convention in Lagos for the builders, founders, and dangerously ambitious people shaping what comes next on the continent.
Ctrl 2026 is the conference we kept wishing existed. Africa builds enormous things — fintech that moves billions, infrastructure that leapfrogs older economies, creative work that defines global culture — and the conversations about it shouldn't only happen at conferences in San Francisco or Lisbon.
Planned for Lagos in October 2026, Ctrl is three days of talks, demos, workshops, and the kind of unscheduled hallway conversations that actually move careers and companies forward. Builders, founders, investors, policymakers, designers, researchers — together, on home soil.
Note: dates, venue, and lineup are still firming up. Treat this page as a placeholder while we finalize. Watch this space — or get in touch if you want to be involved as a speaker, sponsor, or attendee when applications open.
No fluff keynotes. Builders walking through what they actually built, what broke, and what's next.
Founders, investors, operators, policymakers — curated so the hallway conversations are worth the trip.
Three days of programming in the city that's quietly becoming Africa's tech capital. Tentative — final dates TBC.
Studio tours, side events, and the kind of access you only get when the conference is on home soil.