06 · Events
Tech and AI events with a Harare venue
Only events physically held in Harare, each with a date, a venue and a source. National and online calendars belong to the ZimAI community; this page is the city's own list.
Upcoming (from 14 September 2026)
| Date | Event | Venue | Why it matters for automation buyers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24–25 Sep 2026 | National Agriculture Conference and Expo (NACE) | Diamond Conference Centre, University of Zimbabwe | Agritech and fintech vendors; hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture. | nace.co.zw |
| 24 Oct 2026 | DevFest Harare 2026 (GDG Harare) | Listed for Harare; 2025 edition was HIT Multipurpose Hall | The city's largest developer gathering; AI and cloud tracks; where to meet builders. | dev.events, Techzim (2025) |
| 27 Nov 2026 | Computer Society of Zimbabwe Annual ICT Cocktail | Harare | The professional body's year-end networking event. | csz.org.zw |
The Harare cycle
Annual and recurring events with a track record, in calendar order.
| Month | Event | Venue | Last verified edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | BuildwithAI Harare (GDG Harare) | HIT, Ganges Road | 2 May 2026: pitches, agriculture-AI demo with Gemini, governance and production workshops, hackathon awards. | gdg.community.dev |
| June | Evolve ICT Summit | Harare International Conference Centre | 11–12 June 2026, organised by Evolve Africa; ICT Minister Tatenda Mavetera; Econet AI services executive on the programme. | evolveictsummit.com |
| July | CSZ Innovation Challenge | Harare | 28 July 2026. | csz.org.zw |
| August | Zimbabwe Agricultural Show | Exhibition Park (Showgrounds) | 24–29 August 2026; the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society dates from 1895. | zas.co.zw |
| September | STEAMON / TEXPO hackathon | HIT Innovation Hub | 22–26 September 2025, a five-day hackathon on music-industry problems. | Techzim events |
| October | DevFest Harare | HIT Multipurpose Hall (2025) | 25 October 2025; GDG Harare membership 248 → 1,000+ between early 2024 and 2025. | Techzim |
| Year-round | GDG Harare meetups; GDG on Campus HIT and UZ | Various | Workshops, codelabs, I/O Extended. | gdg.community.dev |
How this list is kept honest
An event appears here only with a dated public source and a named Harare venue. Academic "international conference" listings with no organiser, and events whose sites do not resolve, are excluded (a Zimbabwe Conference on ICT is advertised for November 2026 on aggregator sites, but its domain did not resolve when we checked, so it is not listed). We review the page after each edition.
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