Skills and TVET
Training institutions, regulators and TVET stakeholders.
EXPLORE THE EVENT
ISWA 2026
Industrial Skills Week Africa 2026
ISWA 2026 is a continental platform bringing together governments, industry, training institutions and development partners to align skills systems with current and future workforce needs for Africa's industrial growth.
Two platforms, one opportunity
AFESTACC and ISWA are two complementary platforms and one connected opportunity: together they connect cultural expression, creative enterprise, skills development and industrial opportunity.
Day Two of the Festival places particular emphasis on ISWA 2026, connecting Africa's skills development agenda with industry, entrepreneurship, innovation and employment.
Programme highlights (provisional)
- Opening of ISWA 2026, with messages of support from industry, the human capital development community and strategic partners.
- Dialogue on Skills to Industry, Enterprise and Jobs.
- Launch of Africa's Beauty and Textile Industry Landscape Study.
- TVET Excellence Awards and the Continental TVET Forum.
- Parallel sessions on industry-led skills, youth and women enterprise, digital skills inclusion, heritage and the creative economy, and Africa's rise in tourism and aviation.
- Sports and recreation activations, and an evening of African music and entertainment.
Who should take part
Industry and employers
Companies shaping current and future workforce needs.
Young people and women entrepreneurs
Enterprise, innovation and jobs.
Development partners and the private sector are also invited to connect skills, enterprise and industrial opportunity.