Cape Town

Converge Africa is proud to announce that Amazon South Africa has confirmed its role as a Diamond Partner of Converge Africa 2026, reinforcing its commitment to accelerating digital commerce adoption, marketplace growth, and seller enablement across South Africa.

Converge Africa has become South Africa's leading digital commerce and retail technology conference, bringing together decision makers from eCommerce, fintech, fulfilment, digital marketing, cybersecurity, and customer experience under one roof.

At Converge Africa 2026, Amazon.co.za will deliver a series of seller masterclasses, hands-on workshops, and platform demonstrations aimed at both existing sellers and businesses exploring selling on Amazon for the first time.

These sessions will focus on helping South African entrepreneurs understand how to launch, operate, and scale successful marketplace businesses, from onboarding and compliance, to optimising product listings, leveraging fulfilment options, using advertising and analytics tools, and building operational excellence at scale.

"Our Diamond Partnership with Converge Africa reflects Amazon South Africa's commitment to empowering small businesses through practical execution, seller capability building, and collaboration," said Suzelle Abe, Head of Marketplace at Amazon South Africa. "By empowering local entrepreneurs to reach customers nationwide through our marketplace, we're contributing to small business growth, innovation, and job creation across South Africa. This seller-first philosophy underpins our decision to align with Converge Africa as an industry platform that prioritises execution, and skills transfer, enabling South African businesses to deliver the high standards of service and reliability our customers expect."

Marketplace success depends not only on access to customers, but on the availability of payments infrastructure, fulfilment and last-mile delivery, advertising technology, data insights, and customer experience capabilities, all of which form core components of Converge Africa's agenda.

The event's multi-track structure, spanning fintech and payments, eCommerce, fulfilment, digital marketing, security, and CX, closely aligns with Amazon's marketplace enablement strategy and its focus on building a resilient, scalable seller ecosystem that can meet the expectations of South African consumers.

“This approach reflects Amazon's broader commitment to supporting local businesses and fostering innovation, while ensuring customers benefit from a seamless, reliable shopping experience. By investing in seller education and operational readiness, Amazon aims to lower barriers to entry and enable sustainable growth across its marketplace,” adds Abe

Converge Africa 2026 will take place from 4–6 May 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, welcoming commerce leaders, sellers, technology providers, and industry stakeholders from across South Africa and the continent.

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Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 (AGES 2026) (https://apo-opa.co/3ZUnhI7) opens next week at a pivotal moment for South Africa's economy – following President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), which renewed focus on climate action, infrastructure investment and industrial reform, and ahead of the National Budget Speech. With infrastructure reform, energy expansion and water security firmly back in focus, the Summit aims to turn policy momentum into investable green projects.

In SONA, delivery took centre stage. Reform across energy, water and logistics was presented as essential to restoring growth and competitiveness, with expanding generation capacity, stabilising water systems and enabling greater private-sector participation identified as urgent priorities. For leaders gathering at AGES 2026, that shift from ambition to implementation creates both urgency and opportunity, particularly in accelerating green, resilient infrastructure investment.

“Africa's Green Economy Summit coincides with a critical moment on our continent as we look to meet the fast-growing energy demands of our young population while simultaneously addressing the challenges brought about by climate change,” said Alderman James Vos, the City of Cape Town's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth.

With the National Budget Speech scheduled for 25 February, the timing of Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 is significant. The gathering offers an opportunity to assess how fiscal priorities may reinforce infrastructure delivery, crowd in private capital and strengthen South Africa's green growth pathway.

AGES 2026 is focused on practical progress. Discussions will centre on turning commitments into investable projects – unlocking bankable opportunities, supporting green entrepreneurs and mobilising capital for clean energy, sustainable infrastructure and green industrialisation across the continent.

Shameela Soobramoney, CEO of the National Business Initiative, emphasises: “Environmental sustainability and economic progress are not mutually exclusive; they are interdependent.”

Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 is built on that belief. The transition to a greener economy is not only about environmental responsibility –  it is about economic resilience, competitiveness and inclusive growth.

As public policy aligns more closely with private-sector ambition, South Africa's role as a gateway for green investment in Africa becomes clearer. The opportunity is substantial,  but it will depend on sustained collaboration and effective execution.

That broader focus on growth and competitiveness is shared across the Western Cape.

“At Wesgro, our strategy is to attract and facilitate investment into export-priority sectors such as green energy and green manufacturing. Through this focus, we are driving export-led growth and positioning the Western Cape as a globally competitive hub for innovation and green economy leadership,” highlights Wrenelle Stander, CEO of Wesgro.

Reinforcing its continental mandate, AGES 2026 is hosted by the African Union, with Global Affairs Canada and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) supporting the implementation of the AU–Green Recovery Action Plan (AU-GRAP). This partnership underscores the Summit's alignment with Africa-wide efforts to accelerate climate, carbon and nature finance across the continent.

Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 proudly recognises its Title Sponsor, Sanlam Investments, and Gold Sponsor, Standard Bank, whose leadership in sustainable finance reflects the growing role of capital in driving Africa's green transition.

The Summit also announces its final partners: the Coega Development Corporation, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), and the Gauteng Economic Development Department (GEDD). Their collaboration signals a shared commitment to advancing infrastructure investment, industrial development and inclusive growth through the green economy.

“The 2026 AGES represents exactly the kind of platform Africa needs. One that brings together policy, finance and industry to turn climate ambition into bankable reality,” said Soneni Phiri Head Marketing and Communications, DBSA.

Hosted by VUKA Group, Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 brings together policymakers, investors and innovators — not simply to discuss change, but to help shape it.

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