Africa Blockchain Festival (ABF), Africa's premier blockchain and digital economy conference, has announced AMBCrypto as an official media partner for ABF2026. According to reports from AMBCrypto, this partnership strengthens the festival's media presence as it prepares for its second edition in Nairobi, Kenya. The collaboration brings together one of the industry's leading blockchain media platforms with Africa's most significant blockchain gathering.
ABF2026 takes place October 15-17, 2026, at the Sarit Expo Center, Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme "Capital, Code, and Continuity: Building Africa's Permanent Digital Economy." As reported by AMBCrypto, the festival targets 3,000+ registered conference delegates across Days 1 and 2, with 10,000+ total exhibition footfall as the event opens its floor to Nairobi's broader tech and business community. The event features delegates including blockchain builders, institutional investors, enterprise leaders, regulators, founders, and developers from across Africa and beyond.
The inaugural Africa Blockchain Festival in Kigali, Rwanda, drew 2,000+ attendees from 20+ countries with Binance as Title Sponsor. According to reports from AMBCrypto, the event featured 60+ speakers, 30+ exhibitors, 50+ companies, and 20+ regulators, and contributed directly to Rwanda passing its virtual assets bill — a landmark piece of legislation shaped in part by the policy conversations that took place on the ABF stage. Nairobi is positioned as East Africa's most connected tech ecosystem, home to the VASP Act, M-Pesa, and the highest VC concentration per capita on the continent.
The three-day program is structured around the event's three core pillars. As reported by AMBCrypto, Day 1 focuses on Capital with investors, founders, fintech leaders, and policymakers in one room, featuring keynotes, investor panels, startup pitch qualifying rounds, and 35+ exhibition booths. Day 2 concentrates on Code with developers, protocol builders, students, and regulators, including technical keynotes on blockchain infrastructure, AI, and digital identity, four parallel hands-on workshop tracks, and the Startup Pitch Competition finals. Day 3 emphasizes Continuity with an invite-only format featuring the ABF2026 x 5Stars Premier League 7-a-Side Football Tournament, curated small-group tours of select Nairobi landmark sites, and the Closing Ceremony Dinner with keynote remarks from the Founder and the ABF2027 city announcement.
Ahead of the main event, ABF runs the Block & Chill Pan-African Roadshow across seven cities — Nairobi, Lagos, Abuja, Accra, Kampala, Cairo and Cape Town — starting in July 2026. According to AMBCrypto, the roadshow builds community momentum and gives sponsors and partners early activation in key African markets. Confirmed media and institutional partners supporting ABF2026 include Bitcoin.com, Business Insider Africa, TechCabal, Blockwisely, and DAW Empire. Sponsors have provided positive feedback, with Hyperbridge stating they exceeded expectations and crossed all their KPIs for the event, while Binance praised the strong digital footprint across the continent.
