OTT Content Streaming · Southern Africa 2027 · 23–24 February · Cape Town, South Africa
Why attend
Attend to meet and hold pre-scheduled meetings with the decision-makers across Africa’s streaming value chain (over 50% are C-suite, founders, directors or VPs) while gaining practical insight into the business models, partnerships and regulation shaping profitable streaming growth.
The Content Streaming Summit – Africa 2027 offers a direct line to the people shaping the continent’s streaming industry. With over 50% of participants at C-suite, founder, director or VP level, and pre-scheduled face-to-face meetings built into the format, you can connect with key decision-makers across the whole value chain, from platforms, producers and distributors to telcos, fintechs, ad-tech firms and investors, all in one room. You will hear from the platform heads, broadcasters and telco executives running the business about what has and has not worked in African streaming, and gain practical insight into the new money models, including FAST, advertising, hybrid tiers, bundling and micropayments. The summit also gives you the chance to engage directly with regulators on content quotas, licensing and digital taxation, so you can help shape the policy conversation while building the partnerships that put streaming in front of the next 100 million African viewers.
Who will attend
Who is in the room
The Content Streaming Summit – Africa 2027 will bring together a senior, cross-industry audience, with 40% of attendees being CEOs, MDs or founders, and the remainder split evenly at 15% each between heads of content, programming and acquisitions, CTOs and heads of product and technology, heads of commercial, advertising and partnerships, and senior department executives. Across the whole event, over 50% of participants are C-suite, founders, directors or VPs. The industry mix spans OTT, SVOD, AVOD and FAST platforms, broadcasters and pay-TV operators, telecoms operators and ISPs, content producers, studios and distributors, ad-tech, data and measurement companies, cloud, CDN and streaming tech providers, fintechs and payment providers, and regulators, policymakers and investors. Regionally, delegates will come from Southern Africa (35%), West Africa (20%), East and Central Africa (20%) and the rest of the world (25%), making it a truly pan-African and international gathering.
- 40% CEOs / MDs / Founders
- 15% Heads of Content / Programming / Acquisitions
- 15% CTOs / Heads of Product & Technology
- 15% Heads of Commercial / Advertising / Partnerships
- 15% Senior Department Executives
Countries represented
- Southern Africa: 35%
- West Africa: 20%
- East / Central Africa: 20%
- Rest of the World: 25%
Reasons to take part
What you will take home
Learn
- Learn what is actually working in African streaming, from hybrid subscription and ad-supported models to FAST, telco and mobile money partnerships, local content that travels, and the regulation shaping profitable growth.
Hear
- Hear from platform heads, broadcasters, telco executives and regulators on what has and has not worked in African streaming, from profitability metrics and FAST launches to content investment, mobile money payments and the rules shaping the market.
Meet
- Meet the CEOs, founders, heads of content, technology and commercial teams from streaming platforms, broadcasters, telcos, content producers, ad-tech firms, fintechs and investors, through pre-scheduled face-to-face meetings, with over 50% of participants at C-suite, founder, director or VP level.
Topics
What the programme covers
Select a topic to see its sessions in the programme.
Board of advisors
Guided by the industry
Senior leaders from across the region shape the programme and the questions it asks.
- HRHelliate RushwayaBoard ChairpersonZimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Join us in Cape Town
23–24 February 2027 · Orange On 15 Hotel, South Africa
