Clear the diary. Book the meetings. Prepare the pitch. From 28–30 October, FAME Week Africa returns to CTICC2 in Cape Town, bringing Africa’s film, television, music, fashion and creator industries together with international markets for three packed days of business, content and connection.
With 211 speakers confirmed, delegates can expect conversations spanning production, distribution, financing, intellectual property, AI, music rights, digital entertainment, global audiences and the future of African storytelling.
But FAME doesn’t only happen in the conference theatres. It happens across the market floor, over coffee, during screenings, at networking events and in the unexpected conversation between meetings that could change what happens next.
And the Host City of Cape Town provides the ideal backdrop.
“Cape Town is proud to once again welcome FAME Week Africa and the creative community it brings together from across the continent and around the world. Our city has a thriving film, television, music, fashion and creative sector, and events like FAME Week Africa give us an opportunity to showcase that talent while bringing producers, buyers, commissioners and investors together to do business. We look forward to welcoming delegates to Cape Town and to seeing the partnerships, projects and opportunities that begin here,” says Alderman JP Smith, Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security: City of Cape Town.
80+ BUYERS AND COMMISSIONING EDITORS ARE COMING
For producers, this is where things get interesting.
More than 80 buyers and commissioning editors will be in Cape Town alongside distributors, broadcasters, platforms, financiers and international producers. Through ConnectMe, delegates can start scheduling meetings before they arrive, with curated networking, pitching opportunities and three days on the market floor creating further opportunities to get projects in front of the right people.
MultiChoice Group, a CANAL+ company, will have a major presence, including a session bringing senior voices from MultiChoice, CANAL+ and STUDIOCANAL together to discuss audiences, commissioning priorities and what producers need to know when pitching to CANAL+ Africa.
EXPECT SOME SERIOUS TALENT
Kim Jayde, Thando Thabethe, Thabo Rametsi, Flavia Motsisi and Mimi Bartels are among the creative voices joining FAME, alongside filmmakers, actors, musicians, creators, producers and entertainment executives from across Africa and around the world.
Women shaping the industry will also take centre stage through conversations around creativity, leadership, representation and building sustainable careers, while Lorcia Cooper will deliver the keynote at the African Women in Entertainment Breakfast powered by RAY Content Hub.
SAY BONJOUR TO FRANCE
France takes centre stage as FAME Week Africa’s 2026 Destination Country.
French producers, buyers and distributors will join African counterparts to explore co-production, distribution and creative exchange, while the French Pavilion provides another meeting point on the market floor.
The programme begins on 27 October with French Night at the Homecoming Centre, featuring the African premiere of ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’.
We are delighted that France is the Destination Focus at FAME Week Africa 2026, and particularly excited to open the programme with the African premiere of Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. Beyond the screenings and events, this focus on France creates valuable opportunities for French and African professionals to meet, exchange ideas and explore new collaborations across film and television, fashion, music and the wider creative industries.” Jean Spiri, Head of Cooperation at the French Embassy in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi and Director of the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS).
CELEBRATING SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES
2026 marks two significant milestones for South Africa’s screen industry: 50 years of SABC television and 10 years of Netflix in South Africa.
“For five decades, the SABC has been part of South African television, bringing local stories, news, entertainment and some of the country’s most recognisable programmes into homes across the nation. As Gold Sponsor of FAME Week Africa, the broadcaster will not only reflect on that legacy, but also look ahead to the changing way audiences watch, discover and engage with content. Fifty years on, SABC continues to bring South Africans together through television, with SABC1 claiming 20 places among the country’s 30 most-watched terrestrial TV programmes among viewers aged 15 and older in the week of 21–27 September 2026. We invite producers, creators and distributors to work with us in shaping the next 50 years of television,” says Maijang Mpherwane, Group Executive: Video Entertainment at the SABC.
Netflix is also celebrating a decade in South Africa. Over the past 10 years, its productions and partnerships have supported more than 8,000 jobs directly and indirectly and worked with more than 30 local production companies, while South African stories have reached audiences around the world.
These milestones will be celebrated at FAME Week Africa, recognising how far South Africa’s screen industry has come while looking ahead to what the next decade could bring.
BIG QUESTIONS. BIG CONVERSATIONS.
What does the future of Africa’s creative industries look like — and how do we build businesses, careers and content that can thrive in a rapidly changing global market?
Across three days, the FAME Week Africa programme will tackle the issues, opportunities and shifts shaping film, television, music, fashion and the creator economy. From AI, IP, micro-drama and new content formats to financing, commissioning, international co-production, distribution, music rights and revenue, delegates will hear from the people working at the forefront of the industry.
THERE’S PLENTY HAPPENING BEYOND THE THEATRES
Step inside special installations inspired by ‘This Is How The World Ends’ and ‘Silas en die Ysbeer op Tafelberg’. Grab lunch or coffee and squeeze in another meeting at the RAY Content Hub Café. Turn up the volume at Muziki Africa, where rights, royalties, sync, AI and monetisation are on the agenda, while FAME’s music footprint extends across Cape Town through Music Week, the Pretty Loud Summit and Music Exchange.
The African Fashion Forum puts the business and future of African fashion in focus, while Tastes + Threads brings fashion, food, music and storytelling together under the theme ‘Threads of Africa: From the Streets to the World’.
The Inclusive Lens Awards, powered by Earcandy and hosted by Siv Ngesi, will celebrate outstanding LGBTQ+, disability and children’s representation on screen.
And when FAME finishes at CTICC2, don’t go home. Follow the penguin. The FAME Shorts Film Festival takes over The Rockefeller Hotel from 30 October–1 November with 36 films across three days, bringing the festival’s four-year total to 129 short films screened.
WILL YOU BE IN THE ROOM?
FAME Week Africa 2026 is supported by MultiChoice as Super Sponsor, MTN as Platinum Sponsor, SABC as Gold Sponsor, IDC and RAY as Silver Sponsors, and TV5MONDE and Earcandy as Bronze Sponsors.
The buyers are coming. The commissioners are coming. The producers are coming. The talent is coming.
Book the meeting. Make the introduction. Pitch the idea. Watch something unexpected. Meet someone new.
Because sometimes one conversation is all it takes.
