News Highlights:
- The April 28–30 Lagos event brings together IoT, power, water, cloud, and data infrastructure under one platform.
- The event signals increasing investment momentum and coordinated efforts to scale Africa’s digital infrastructure ecosystem.
From April 28 to 30, 2026, Nigeria’s commercial capital will become the focal point of Africa’s accelerating digital transformation as industry leaders, policymakers, and investors gather at the Landmark Centre for a landmark convergence of technology and infrastructure events.
The fifth edition of IoT West Africa will co-locate with Power & Water Nigeria and Data Centre & Cloud Expo Africa, bringing together critical sectors that underpin the continent’s digital economy.
The three-day gathering comes at a time when Nigeria’s technology story is no longer emerging but scaling at speed, with the building blocks of a digitally enabled economy being laid in real time across multiple sectors.
Hyperscale investments from Microsoft, Google, and Amazon Web Services are extending cloud capacity into Africa, while telecom giants MTN and Airtel continue to deepen connectivity nationwide.
At the same time, the Rural Electrification Agency is reshaping the country’s energy backbone, creating the power stability required for sustained digital growth. Layered on this is a surge in enterprise AI deployment across banking, logistics, and government services, signalling a shift from digital potential to practical implementation.
Organisers say the co-location of the three events reflects the growing interdependence of connectivity, power, and cloud infrastructure in shaping West Africa’s digital future.
As the continent’s longest-running IoT and digital infrastructure platform, IoT West Africa has not only chronicled the region’s technology evolution but has also catalysed collaboration—bringing together the players, policies, and innovations driving the next phase of growth.
The programme spans key verticals including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, telecommunications, IoT, smart infrastructure, fintech, renewable energy, hyperscale data centres, and power generation.
Critical infrastructure is expected to dominate discussions, with sessions focusing on the security and resilience of national power grids, fibre networks, subsea cables, and edge computing systems that underpin Nigeria’s digital economy.
Industry observers note that the event is unique in West Africa for convening a broad spectrum of stakeholders—from hyperscale operators and rural electrification agencies to 5G network providers and sovereign AI policymakers—on a single platform.
In a significant development, organisers have announced a strategic partnership with the Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA), bringing the continent’s leading data centre industry group into the programme to shape conversations around investment, connectivity, and cross-border infrastructure development.
Confirmed speakers include Abba Aliyu, Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency; Emomotimi John Agama, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria; Christopher Ezeafulukwe, Managing Director/CEO of Transcorp Energy; Wole Abu, MD, Equinix; and Ina Alogwu, Chief Digital & Information Officer, T2 Mobile, alongside dozens of global industry leaders.
More than 5,000 decision-makers—including CIOs, CTOs, investors, regulators, and hyperscale operators- are expected to attend, with exhibitors such as Itel Energy, Vertiv, and Jubaili Bros. The event will also feature an exclusive VIP lounge, a startup pitch session, and a live podcast series.
Registration for the events remains open via the official platforms for Power & Water Nigeria and IoT West Africa.