Fak’ugesi 2026 flips the switch with African Imaginaries
Fak’ugesi African Digital & Innovation Festival 2026 launch: African Imaginaries. Your presence in the room is what turned a programme on paper into a signal.
Below is everything from the evening, plus your invitation to the two nights that bookend the festival: the Official Festival Opening and the 4th Fak’ugesi Awards. We would also love you to request your complimentary Festival Passfor all five days.
➡️ 01 / Frame by frame
The launch recording. Watch it back or share it
Link: Watch Frame by Frame
➡️ 02 / The zine
African imaginaries in print. Read, download, pass it on
Link: Read The Zine
➡️ 03 / The signal guide
The live festival programme. Every session, venue and time built for your phone.
Link: Open The Signal Guide
➡️ 04 / Festival opening
Tuesday 13.10.2026 . 18:00 for 18:30. Origins centre, Wits
RSVP. by Thursday, 08.10.2026
Link: RSVP for the Opening
➡️ 05 / 4th Fak’ugesi awards
Saturday 17.10.2026 18:00 For 18:30. Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
RSVP. by Monday, 12.10.2026
Link: RSVP for the awards
➡️ 06 / Full Festival Pass
Tuesday 13- Saturday 17.10.2026. All Days All venues
Select “Festival Pass, All Days” On the form
Link: Request my Festival Pass
➡️ Your VIP CODE
The Opening and Awards are not open to general booking. Enter this code in the “Invite code” field on the ticket request form. Both evenings will unlock, alongside the Festival Pass and the rest of the festival days. One form covers everything.
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FAKUGESI-VIP-2026
RSVP & REQUEST YOUR PASS
Choose VIP/invited guest as your guest catagory, then tick the opening, the Awards and the Festival Pass
Opening: Tuesday, 13 October 2026
18:00 for 18:30
Origins Centre, Wits University
RSVP by Thursday, 8 October
Awards: Saturday, 17 October 2026
18:00 for 18:30
Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
Powered by the British Council
RSVP by Monday, 12 October
Festival Pass: Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 October 2026
Tshimologong Precinct, Wits Chris Seabrooke Music Hall, Origins Centre, Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, Wits Art Museum & Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts
VIP Code: FAKUGESI-VIP-2026