Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival

Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival Stay tuned for information. BRAVE TECH HEARTS BEAT AS ONE!

- An African celebration of digital technology, art, and culture in the creative hub of Braamfontein, Johannesburg.

DALA KHONA 2026OPEN CALLPowered by Jiwe IODala Khona is looking for multiplayer and socially engaging titles from across...
12/09/2026

DALA KHONA 2026
OPEN CALL
Powered by Jiwe IO

Dala Khona is looking for multiplayer and socially engaging titles from across Africa.

Local and online multiplayer. Competitive and cooperative. Party games. Experimental multiplayer. Prototypes. Vertical slices. Stable works in progress.

11 titles will be selected for the physical Dala Khona at Fak’ugesi 2026.

Bring what you’re building into the room.

Deadline: 2 October 2026
Showcase: 14–17 October 2026

SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT.
SUBMIT NOW: jiwe.io

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Tshimologong Precinct Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Wits Digital Arts Decorex International British Council South Africa University of Johannesburg Origins France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Austrian Embassy Pretoria The Bioscope Global Film Festival Jiwe IO

The award is a moment. The impact comes afterwards.Meet Violet Maila, a cultural strategist who’s spent 15+ years buildi...
11/09/2026

The award is a moment. The impact comes afterwards.

Meet Violet Maila, a cultural strategist who’s spent 15+ years building partnerships and programmes across African arts, music and culture, and adjudicating for the Prince Claus Seed Awards and Fête de la Musique South Africa, among others, with a deep appreciation for what work makes possible after the applause.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Wits Digital Arts University of Johannesburg France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Tshimologong Precinct British Council South Africa Decorex International The Bioscope Global Film Festival Austrian Embassy Pretoria

Meet Limpho Moeti, the first person from the Global South to chair the International Game Developers Association. A busi...
10/09/2026

Meet Limpho Moeti, the first person from the Global South to chair the International Game Developers Association. A business developer and community organiser at heart, she’s helped build the community around African games, from working with studios like Free Lives and Nyamakop to co-running Cape Town’s Playtopia festival.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Tshimologong Precinct Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University British Council South Africa Decorex International France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi The Bioscope Global Film Festival Wits Digital Arts Austrian Embassy Pretoria University of Johannesburg

Meet Nkululeko Reginald Sedibe, founder of iNKULU Creative & Technology, who blends AR, XR and strategic communication t...
09/09/2026

Meet Nkululeko Reginald Sedibe, founder of iNKULU Creative & Technology, who blends AR, XR and strategic communication to build ideas people can actually hold. His platform WonderBooks mixes physical books with augmented reality, making culturally relevant learning something kids can explore hands-on.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Digital Arts Decorex International British Council South Africa Austrian Embassy Pretoria in South Africa, Lestho & Malawi, University of Johannesburg The Bioscope Global Film Festival Alby Michaels Ashraf Johaardien

Meet Lazi Mathebula, an illustrator and designer whose work is instantly recognisable for its colour and detail. Named a...
08/09/2026

Meet Lazi Mathebula, an illustrator and designer whose work is instantly recognisable for its colour and detail. Named a Design Indaba Emerging Creative, his art blends post-digital and street influences to capture Johannesburg exactly as it is: loud, layered, and alive, exhibited from gallery walls to sculptural form.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Wits Digital Arts Wits - University of the Witwatersrand British Council South Africa Tshimologong Precinct Austrian Embassy Pretoria University of Johannesburg Decorex International in South Africa, Lesotho & Malawi Michaels

Meet Renzo Filinich Orozco, a media artist and researcher at Wits University’s Origins Centre, who uses AI, sound and sp...
07/09/2026

Meet Renzo Filinich Orozco, a media artist and researcher at Wits University’s Origins Centre, who uses AI, sound and speculative tech to ask questions about being human. His projects Quantum Echoes of Humanity and Echoes of the Machine treat technology as something to think with, not just a tool to use.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University British Council South Africa Decorex International Austrian Embassy Pretoria Wits Digital Arts France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi University of Johannesburg Tshimologong Precinct

A visual language can travel without losing where it came from.Meet Ronaldo Cameron, a Jamaican illustrator and art dire...
07/09/2026

A visual language can travel without losing where it came from.

Meet Ronaldo Cameron, a Jamaican illustrator and art director who’s worked with Warner Bros. Animation and Afrotoons, bringing Caribbean colour and style into animation seen around the world, from entertainment branding to full productions.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Tshimologong Precinct Decorex International Austrian Embassy Pretoria British Council South Africa University of Johannesburg Alby Michaels France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi Wits Digital Arts

Njogu wa Macharia has done just about every job a story can ask of you: writing it, developing it, producing it. He’s be...
05/09/2026

Njogu wa Macharia has done just about every job a story can ask of you: writing it, developing it, producing it. He’s behind Uli and Tata’s African Nursery Rhymes, Showmax’s first original animated series Twende, and the award-winning short The Legend of Lwanda Magere moving fluidly between writing, developing and producing.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Digital Arts University of Johannesburg British Council South Africa Decorex International in South Africa, Lesotho & Malawi, Ashraf Johaardien Alby Michaels Austrian Embassy Pretoria

The audience is no longer just watching.Meet Telmo dos Reis, founder of VR Capture, who’s spent over a decade putting pe...
04/09/2026

The audience is no longer just watching.

Meet Telmo dos Reis, founder of VR Capture, who’s spent over a decade putting people inside the story instead of in front of it, through 360°, VR and fulldome films for clients like South African Tourism. His award-winning Close Encounters leads a slate that includes Umfula and Kings of Lesotho.

https://fakugesi.co.za/tickets.html

Wits - University of the Witwatersrand Wits Digital Arts Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, WITS University Tshimologong Precinct British Council South Africa Decorex International Austrian Embassy Pretoria in South Africa Michaels

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