Tech Trends 2026
The question is no longer whether AI will change your organisation. The question is whether your organisation will be ready when it does.
Overview
As technology advances rapidly, five key trends show how successful organisations are evolving from simply experimenting to making a real impact. From physical AI and autonomous agents to infrastructure, cybersecurity, and changes in the workplace, these factors are transforming enterprise technology.
We welcome you to explore with us the significance of these trends for African organisations and the Technology leaders guiding the continent’s digital transformation.
The world is still figuring this out. Africa’s moment is now
The global numbers reveal and why the advantage may already be yours.
of organisations globally have no agentic AI strategy – the playing field is more level than you think
of organisations have agentic AI agents in production – there is still everything to play for
AI startups are scaling revenue compared to traditional SaaS companies – the blueprint for Africa’s next wave of growth is being written right now
Africa Tech TrendLine podcast
Africa's tech transformation is being led by people, and some of the most consequential voices in that story are women. Women in Tech is a Deloitte Africa series hosted by Omeshnee Naidoo, CIO Programme Leader at Deloitte Africa. Over the coming months, Omeshnee sits down with the continent's most accomplished female technology leaders - exploring their career journeys, their defining moments, and how the trends reshaping the global tech landscape are playing out in their organisations right now. Real leaders. Real conversations. No filter.
Explore the Trends
As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organisations are moving from experimentation to impact in Africa and beyond.
Thought leadership
Wessel Oosthuizen
Jessica Sonnekus
Rudzani Mulaudzi
