Fak'ugesi Festival

Fakugesi #PowerSurge 7-12 October 2025
A Festival showcase & celebration of African Digital Creativity
brought to you by @TshimologongIT

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SWITCH ON

The signal is now transmitting.
African Imaginaries is now transmitting.

See https://t.co/EnCa0toRiO
13–17 October 2026

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#Fakugesi2026 #AfricanImaginaries

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Monika Bielskyte makes the case for constructive imagination: what do you build when you design for the world as it actually is?

Disobedient Edges, the Future Engines keynote. Fri 16 Oct, 10:20, Chris Seabrooke Music Hall.

https://t.co/lZPNe78lpd

#Fakugesi2026

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The Art in Artificial Intelligence: Dimitri Martinis leads an interactive panel on AI across film, digital art and journalism. Thu 15 Oct, 11:30, Chris Seabrooke.

Imagination Engines, Thursday. Fak’ugesi 2026, 13–17 October.

https://t.co/lZPNe78TeL

#Fakugesi2026

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20 artists. One minute. No revision.

Random theme. A clock. Your hand. Whatever it makes.

Sketch Wars: Tournament of Power. 16 October, Mollo Academy, Tshimologong.

R10,000 in prizes. Close 9 October.

Draw faster than you think.

https://t.co/GQH2Q8H1MJ

#Fakugesi2026

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The question is no longer what technology can do. It is what it has already done. The Last Kalahari Protocol has reached the edge of the map, where corrupted signals and machines that know more than they should wait.

The hunt is still live.

https://t.co/GjQkjvD9mK

#Fakugesi

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Fak’ugesi is back and Johannesburg is about to become a playground for Africa’s digital imagination. ⚡

From 13–17 October, #Fakugesi2026 brings together talks, films, performances, gaming, XR, installations, hackathons and immersive experiences across Wits and Braamfontein under the theme African Imaginaries.

Five days. Multiple venues. One festival exploring how Africa remembers, imagines and builds its futures.

📅 13–17 October 2026
🔗 Full programme & registration: https://t.co/BOGkKF8xG6
📰 Read More: https://t.co/0QcswB0YmD

#Fakugesi #AfricanImaginaries #DigitalInnovation #WitsForGood

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Daytime talks. Night screenings. Wed 14: Digital Dome at 17:30, The Bioscope at 20:00. Thu 15: The Bioscope at 20:00.

Filter by strand, time and venue, and plan the whole day in PROMPT. Fak’ugesi 2026, 13–17 October.

https://t.co/nCZi4IndN8

#Fakugesi2026 #AfricanImaginaries

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Watch again. Look closer. The signal is still live: the Last Kalahari Protocol, a Fak’ugesi scavenger hunt, has hidden fragments around Braamfontein.

Find one, submit it, unlock the next clue.

The trail starts with what you already saw.

https://t.co/GjQkjvDHci

#Fakugesi2026

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Get inside the festival.

Fak’ugesi 2026 Brand Ambassadors help bring people into the room, spotlight African creators & share what they discover.

Interested? Reply with your name, phone, social handles, T-shirt size and availability.

https://t.co/zWmRtTLCxx

#Fakugesi2026

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🔔SAVE THE DATE!

Witsies, mark your calendars for 13–17 October 2026! Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival brings five days of African creativity, technology and innovation to the Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct.

Expect exhibitions, talks, games and immersive experiences showcasing African digital creativity.

🎟️ Wits staff and students can request a complimentary festival pass: https://t.co/JbJuSwRD3Z

#Fakugesi2026 #WitsForGood #AfricanImaginaries #DigitalInnovation

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Found one?

Keep going.

3 fragments.
1 code.
The next signal is still moving.

Share here: https://t.co/cF9wFmjdaA

#KalahariSignalHunt #Fakugesi2026

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SIGNAL INTERRUPTED.

Something is inside it.

Watch closely.

Share ideas here: https://t.co/cF9wFmjdaA

#Fakugesi2026 #LastKalahariProtocol

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The Protocol is hiding in Braam.

3 fragments.
1 code.
Clues drop it here: https://t.co/cF9wFmiFl2.

#KalahariSignalHunt #Fakugesi2026

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The museum is the mark.

Relooted, an Africanfuturist heist game by Ben Myres: recruit the crew, plan the escape, liberate the artifacts. Open all festival at the Gaming Hub, Tshimologong, 13–17 Oct. Who is on your crew?

https://t.co/lZPNe78TeL

#Fakugesi2026

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Immersive Lab 2026: explore VR/XR & immersive storytelling with Electric South. Four online sessions + three days at Fak’ugesi, 14–16 Oct, Braamfontein.

Funding available for selected projects.

Apply by 4 Oct

Apply Now: https://t.co/eeoLVnIMJZ

#Fakugesi2026 #ImmersiveLab

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The programme is live. Five days, three frequencies, one argument about who makes the future. Kampala joined us for Frame by Frame. Prompt and TRANSMISSIONS launched alongside it. Your move.

13–17 October · Passes on Webtickets

Watch Here: https://t.co/ouyupG0IaJ

#Fakugesi2026

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Full programme. Then Frame by Frame, live from Kampala.

Fak'ugesi 2026 · 2pm · Facebook

WATCH
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YouTube: https://t.co/BG5k9wLtY7
Facebook Live on Fak’ugesi Digital Innoivation Festival Page

#Fakugesi2026

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Who owns African music when AI can make it?

AI & Music Business Hackathon
13–15 Oct · Johannesburg
Applications close 3 Oct.

Rights. Licensing. Audiences. Revenue.
Own the Music. Own the Machine.

🔗https://t.co/MFpJvLWNpp

#Fakugesi2026

[Free]. Apply as [individual/team].

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What did the machine never get to see?

Prof. Sennay Ghebreab

Thu 15 Oct · 10:00–10:20
Chris Seabrooke Music Hall

Pull up a chair.
https://t.co/lZPNe78TeL

#Fakugesi2026

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Volunteer at Fak’ugesi, 13–17 Oct, Johannesburg.

Run tech for screenings, help manage workshops, set up exhibitions.

Meals provided.

Apply by Wed 07 Oct

https://t.co/3HE8pLs7HP

#Fakugesi2026