Program 2026

The Agenda

A curated flow designed to move from high-level policy frameworks to concrete engineering implementation.

09:00 - 12:30keynote
Main Stage

Plenary: The Systems We Inherit

Keynote & Industrialization Panel

Re-engineering our Foundations: Industrialization Through Engineering.

13:30 - 15:30
Breakout Sessions
Track 01

Infrastructure

Maintenance, renewal, and resilience.

Track 02

Energy

Renewable energy and adaptation.

Track 03

Food Systems

Agricultural innovation and grassroots tech.

16:00 - 17:00panel

Fireside: Skills for the Future

How Africa Equips Engineers for a Rapidly Evolving World.

The Engine Room

Not a Talk Shop.
A Working Lab.

Most conferences end with a declaration. Ours begins with a problem statement.

Our Engineering Labs are 120-minute, closed-door technical sessions where policymakers and engineers work through specific infrastructure bottlenecks.

Rules of Engagement

Chatham House Rule applies. No press coverage permitted.

Required Output

Signed technical roadmap delivered to Secretariat.

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

Sequence ProtocolLive Tracking
T+00:00

Ignition

Provocation & Framing

T+00:15

Diagnosis

Bottlenecks & Failures

T+00:45

Redesign

Architecture & Proto

T+01:25

Commitment

Pledges & Resourcing

T+01:45

Synthesis

Policy Brief Output

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Strict Output Protocol

No Panels. No Speeches. Just 120 minutes of engineered problem solving producing one (1) executable Policy Brief.

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