Value Chain Forum 1
Energy & Power
Technicians, engineers and planners for the energy transition.
19 to 24 March 2027 · The Canvas Riversands · Johannesburg
Building Africa's green and digital workforce.
Rethinking Skills for a Green & Digital Continent
The African Future Skills Indaba brings ministers, employers, educators, investors and young people into one room to fix how people are prepared for work, in every sector.
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The Indaba Scoreboard
Five days. One continent's skills agenda.
On Day Three the Indaba reveals its own Scoreboard of commitments and pledges. Here is what it takes to get there.
Youth pre-conference
Fri 19 MarchSchools Policy Simulation
Sun 21 MarchDay Zero
The Indaba · 22 to 24 March 2027
Mon 22Diagnosis
Tue 23Design
Wed 24Deployment
1 200+participants across five daysincluding the youth pre-conference
37programme sessionsand 147 timed segments
6rooms running at onceat the busiest point of the programme
110+voices on stagespeakers, chairs, Pathfinders founders and youth presenters
Thirty-seven sessions, seven ways in
Forum and working-group sittings are counted room by room.
Your path through the Indaba
One booking carries you from the evidence to the outcome.
- Day One: choose 1 of 5 Value Chain ForumsYour industry, your room, for the whole day. The forums
- Day Two: join 1 of 3 Design Charrette working groupsDraft the frameworks the Indaba will be judged on. The Charrette
- Day Three: test the commitmentsThe same group stress-tests what was promised, while the Summit goes live.
- The Network is foundedSeven Working Groups and a Youth Council carry the work forward. The Network
1question on trial in the Evidence Hearing, decided by a room vote
5regions in the Continental Curriculum Audit
5films by young African filmmakers, one opening each forum
8governments tabling five-year workforce plans
12ventures pitching for R550 000 in awards
1Investment Compact sealed, and one Founding Charter signed
7Network Working Groups and a Youth Council founded on Day Three
8sessions live-streamed to the public
0institutions speak before young people: learners open the Indaba
What's still open
580 delegate places. 32 exhibition spaces.
Delegate passes
480 places on sale in five categories, plus 100 places by application or invitation.
Youth & Student50 places
R3 800 early bird
Civil Society, Academic & TVET110 places
R8 500 early bird
Government & Public Sector120 places
R18 500 early bird
Industry & Employer150 places
R22 500 early bird
Executive Pass50 places
R27 500 early bird
Exhibition floor
20 stands and 12 Pathfinders tables around the Demo Theatre, open all three days, with 13 showcases.
Civil Society & Academic Stand4 stands
R24 750
Standard Stand8 stands
R27 500
Premium Corner Stand6 stands
R49 500
Pavilion2 stands
R105 000
Pathfinders tables12 places, by application
Sponsorship
Six tiers from R90 000 to R600 000, and named sessions you can put your name on.
- 5 Value Chain Forum partners, one per industry
- Pathfinders Showcase title sponsor
- Green and Digital Innovator of the Year awards
- 3 Design Charrette working-group sponsors
- Leaders' Compact Breakfast and evening hosts
- Youth Programme Suite
Places remaining update through the day. The ticket shop is always the final word.
One story in four movements
Evidence, then design, then money, then an institution.
19 & 21 MARCH
Youth
Schools Policy Simulation and Day Zero: learners and student leaders set the agenda first.
22 MARCH · DAY ONE
Diagnosis
The Evidence Hearing, the Continental Curriculum Audit and five Value Chain Forums.
23 MARCH · DAY TWO
Design
The Design Charrette, both Global Chambers and the Pathfinders Showcase.
24 MARCH · DAY THREE
Deployment
The Investment Compact, the founding of the Network and the Public Session.
Cross-sectoral by design
Five forums, because preservice happens in every sector.
Value Chain Forum 2
Green Industrialisation & E-Mobility
Skills for manufacturing, minerals and clean transport.
Value Chain Forum 3
Digital Fluency & AI
From code and robotics to everyday AI at work.
Value Chain Forum 4
Climate Finance, FinTech & Skills Capitalisation
How skills get paid for, at scale.
Value Chain Forum 5
Creative Economy & Digital Content Skills
Film, design, content and the studios that hire.
Two Global Chambers
Human Capital Chamber and Global Investment Chamber
Closed sessions for ministers, funders and investors, run under the Chatham House Rule.
Next generation
Young people don't just attend. They report, pitch, perform and vote.
Fourteen pre-conference and special programmes, from the Schools Policy Simulation to the Youth Rapporteurs who report to the Public Session.
Speakers
110+ voices on stage: speakers, chairs, Pathfinders founders and youth presenters. First announcements soon.
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Venue
The Canvas Riversands, Johannesburg.
On the northern edge of Johannesburg, with secure parking and Wi-Fi included. Venue and travel
Partners
Join the institutions backing AFSI 2027.
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Inkundla Connect
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Early bird closes 15 December 2026