Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival (October 2025)

Name: Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival (October 2025)
Start: 2025-10-09
End: 2025-10-12
Location: Tshimologong: Digital Innovation Precinct

Thursday Oct 9 - Sunday Oct 12 45/47 Juta St, Braamfontein

Experience a world of virtual reality at Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2025. Photo: Supplied.

Party like a rockstar at Fak'ugesi Festival this October. Photo: Supplied.

Level up and learn from clever, interesting people at Fak'ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2025. Photo: Supplied.

The annual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival returns to Braamfontein from Thu, Oct 9 – Sun, Oct 12, 2025, for its 12th edition, charging the city with the theme #PowerSurge. More than just a festival, Fak’ugesi is a rallying call for Africa’s digital creators to take charge of their narratives, spark new connections, and showcase innovation powered and inspired by our own stories. Book your tickets here.

Across four days, Fak’ugesi transforms Braamfontein into a living circuit of ideas and play, where art, technology, and ancestral knowledge fuse to create incredible immersive experiences. Happening at venues across the Braamfontein precinct, expect immersive exhibitions, video games, both virtual and extended realities, films, masterclasses, performances, and talks.

Highlights for the 2025 edition of Fak'ugesi

Fri, Oct 10 – Experience boundary-breaking works from Africa, Europe, and South America, with electrifying experiences extending into the cosmos as part of Immersive Africa – Bridging Continents Through Digital Creativity.
Fri, Oct 10 – Sun, Oct 12 – The Surge Experience is a three-stop immersive journey through the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, the Wits Origins Centre, and Tshimologong Precinct.
Fri, Oct 10 – The annual Fak’ugesi Awards celebrate Africa’s digital creators and disruptors in animation, gaming, XR, and design.

View the full programme here.

The future, seen from Joburg

With its mix of game pitch sessions, playful experimentation, and future-shaping conversations, Fak’ugesi 2025 promises to electrify Joburg’s creative circuit and remind the world that Africa is not catching up, Africa is forging our own path. Fak’ugesi is where that path is made visible. Book now.