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The summit, in pictures

Africa SME Summit · 15 October 2026 · Ole Sereni

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On the way to the summit

Everything building up to October 15

New partners, speakers, deadlines and milestones — in photos and video as they happen. Nothing here is embargoed, so quote or share whatever's useful.

Speakers

Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak, Principal Secretary, Science, Research & Innovation, Ministry of Education

Seven keynote speakers took the stage before the tracks opened

Two Vice-Chancellors, the summit’s own convener, the CEO of the Teachers Service Commission, Nairobi County’s CECM for Business and Hustler Opportunities, and two Principal Secretaries — Basic Education, and Science, Research & Innovation: the keynote lineup that set the tone for everything that followed.

Meet the full keynote lineup

Tickets

Africa SME Summit 2026 flyer: the early bird ticket pass is sold out, with standard tickets available at africasmesummit.com for KES 6,800.

Early bird sold out. The room is filling fast.

The first release is gone — thank you for showing up for this the way you did. Standard tickets are live now at KES 6,800, and if the early bird's pace is anything to go by, this batch won't last long either. 7.4 million Kenyan SMEs are represented in that room on October 15 — don't be the one still deciding when it sells out again.

Grab a ticket — KES 6,800

Partners

Eng. Mike Mutungi and Prof. Njenga Munene shake hands while holding the signed memorandum of understanding between I Choose Life – Africa and Zetech University.

From partnership to action: Zetech University signs on

Eng. Mike Mutungi, CEO of I Choose Life – Africa, and Prof. Njenga Munene, Vice Chancellor of Zetech University, have signed an MoU bringing academia and industry together on the road to the summit. It opens the door to student internships and placements, collaborative research and innovation, and two-way knowledge and resource sharing — starting with a joint research focus on artificial intelligence in education technology, alongside Victor Sila, founder of JuaPath, an AI tutor piloting in Kenya with a reach of 12.6 million learners.

See partnership packages

Papers

The call for papers is open again

Submissions reopened and now run until 30 September, with every submitter hearing back by 2 October. If you already sent an abstract before the original deadline, it's still in — no need to resend.

Read the call for papers

The venue

Inside Ole Sereni, Mombasa Road

Where the summit actually happens on Thursday 15 October 2026 — the building, the hall, and the spaces around it.

Aerial view of the Ole Sereni hotel on Mombasa Road, its red entrance tower rising above open grassland
Ole Sereni's red-and-cream entrance tower and covered driveway
Ole Sereni's reception desk beneath woven pendant lights
Ole Sereni's Pride Hall laid out banquet-style with round tables for a conference
Ole Sereni's rooftop terrace, dining tables looking out over the plains
A seating area overlooking Ole Sereni's double-height lobby, lit by a chandelier
A long boardroom table set for a meeting, overlooking Ole Sereni's gardens
A buffet spread at Ole Sereni, chafing dishes of roasted vegetables
A buffet spread at Ole Sereni, rice and vegetable dishes

Press and media contact

Ian Muiga Wangari

I Choose Life – Africa

ian.wangari@ichooselife.or.ke

(+254) 717 605 151

Nine Planets Apartments HSE No. S3, Nairobi

Don't want to miss the next one?

Ole Sereni, Mombasa Road, Thursday 15 October 2026.

Grab a ticket — KES 6,800See the speakers