We were honoured to have @dell as our platinum sponsor, contributing to conversations and engagements focused on advancing Africa’s digital economy.
We extend our sincere appreciation to DELL for their partnership and support in making TeXcellence a success.
We asked our guests to describe TeXcellence 5.0 in one word, and the answers are in.
If you were in the room with us on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, we want to hear yours.
Share your one word in the comments. 👇
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For a founder, the question may be how to scale. For a policymaker, how to make public systems work. For a financial services leader, how to earn trust. For a creator, who owns the value their work generates.
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At TeXcellence 5.0, these questions shared the same room.
Different industries came with different realities but the decisions being discussed have implications for the same digital future.
A digital future is shaped by the decisions we make consistently, long after the excitement of a new idea has passed.
At Texcellence 5.0, Mr. Adewale Adeyipo, Group MD/CEO of CWG Plc, called attention to two essentials for Africa’s progress: direction and sustained effort.
The distinction matters. Technology can open new possibilities, but real progress depends on how well we align investment, infrastructure, leadership and execution with a clear set of priorities. It takes commitment to keep those priorities in focus, make the necessary…
Africa has the ideas. The challenge is turning those ideas into solutions that reach more people, serve more businesses and create impact across entire sectors.
At Texcellence 5.0, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, challenged us to examine what happens after…
innovation. How do promising ideas move beyond isolated successes to become solutions that can scale, compete and deliver value at a wider level?
Accelerating Africa’s Digital Future will require the systems, infrastructure, investment and collaboration that allow innovation…
To everyone who attended and made this edition special, thank you for being part of the experience. We look forward to welcoming you again at TeXcellence Conference 6.0.
Until then, keep accelerating Africa’s digital future!
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We’re still taking in all that was TeXcellence 5.0!
The sessions, the people, the innovation showcases, the exchanges across the room and the energy that carried through the day. Our fifth edition brought together so much of what makes the future of technology in Africa…
worth paying attention to.
And there’s still so much more to unpack from TeXcellence 5.0! We’ll be sharing more moments and highlights from the day, so stay with us.
Digital ambition is easy to declare. Delivering on it takes ownership, sound execution, and timeless decisions.
That was the core of TeXcellence 5.0: building dependable systems, scaling solutions, and leading with courage to Accelerate Africa’s Digital Future.
Who gets the opportunity to shape Africa’s future? And what happens when that opportunity reaches people whose potential has too often gone untapped?
For @tunde_onakoya , Founder of Chess in Slums Africa, the question of talent is inseparable from the question of opportunity.
will have a lasting influence on the continent’s progress: the public systems that govern how we live and work, and the creative industries shaping how African ideas reach the world.