Events

The 2022 edition of World Travel Market (WTM) Africa, hosted in Cape Town from 11 – 13 April, was a huge success with preliminary numbers indicating that pre-scheduled appointments for 2022 exceeded the number of appointments booked at the show in 2019, organisers have announced. Over 7 000 unique pre-scheduled appointments (both online and in […]

Africa Travel Week, including flagship shows WTM Africa and ILTM Africa, has unveiled an exciting and highly informative content programme for 2022 that will help travel and tourism players hone industry knowledge while gathering new insights. The trade show, which is taking place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre between 11 and 13 April, […]

The Cape Town Pride Festival has returned for a week of physical events after going virtual for the last two years due to the pandemic. The City of Cape Town has been a sponsor and an ally of the festival for the last seven years. The 2022 Cape Town Pride Festival returns with a bold […]

The International Public Arts Festival (IPAF) returns for its sixth edition this week with an improved programme, featuring bespoke street art installations and a new art conference. The City of Cape Town has been a proud sponsor of the urban art festival since its inception in 2017. IPAF is organised by Baz-Art, an organisation dedicated […]

This week is the start of Africa Games Week, the largest gathering of African game developers and content creators in the world. The hybrid event (day one in-person, and days two and three virtually) takes place in Cape Town from 23 – 25  February 2022. Across the world, gaming is big business and Africa Games […]

A flagship conference on Cape Town’s annual events calendar, the SA Innovation Summit takes place from 21 – 23 September 2021. Created to support and promote innovation and facilitate collaboration, the hybrid event brings together corporates, thought leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, academia and policy makers to amplify Africa’s competitive edge and to inspire sustained economic growth across […]

Africa’s top innovators, policymakers and investors will converge in Cape Town this September to witness the very best of African innovation at the 2021 SA Innovation Summit. Taking place from 21 – 23 September 2021, and themed Expanding Horizons, the event will showcase the international success stories and country conditions that make for attractive entrepreneurial growth […]

Cape Town has been announced as one of the host cities of the international Formula E racing tournament in February 2022. As part of the City’s Covid-19 recovery plan, the event will offer a much-needed boost for the events and tourism industries impacted by the global pandemic. “Cape Town is pleased to be chosen as […]

Cape Town Executive Mayor Dan Plato has announced that the Mother City is ready to host Africa’s first Netball World Cup (NWC) in 2023. South Africa won the bid to host the 2023 NWC in Cape Town in 2019. Today, the 2023 NWC Board unveiled the 2023 Netball World Cup logo at an authentic African […]

The City of Cape Town and local NGO Baz-Art have partnered for the annual International Public Arts Festival (IPAF). The 4th edition of the festival kicked off this week and runs until Sunday, 16 February 2020. This year’s festival will see the walls of 21 buildings in Salt River transformed into inspiring giant artworks increasing […]