

Selection Events

At AfricArena, we host numerous digital events throughout the year facilitating interactive and insightful African tech ecosystem discussions and other hot topics in real-time and they are all streamed on our Digital Platforms like the AfricArena Wired, YouTube and LinkedIn channels etc. African tech ecosystem Accelerator.
The AfricArena Southern Africa Selection Events are part of our selection process for our AfricArena Regional Summits.
There are 3 Selection Events before the Regional Summit. One Selection Event is dedicated to a specific stage (Seed, Series A or Growth).
All countries from the Region are welcome. The Selection Event includes 8 startups which pitch during 3 minutes, followed by 3 minutes of Q&As from 3 judges. After the Selection Event, at least one startup will be selected to come and pitch at our hybrid Regional Summit


This selection Event is dedicated to Seed/Series A startups
What to expect?
A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Southern Africa Summit Selection Event
Seed/Series a

This selection Event is dedicated to seed-stage startups
What to expect?
A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Southern Africa Summit Selection Event
Seed Stage
This selection Event is dedicated to Growth stage startups
What to expect?
A 3-min pitch from the amazing Southern Africa startups, followed by a 3-min Q&As from our judges and the audience.
The winning selection will be invited to pitch at our
Southern Africa Regional Summit in Joburg between
the 23 -24 March
Southern Africa Summit Selection Event
Growth Stage
