Updated 6 August 2026.
Want to know the which industry events to attend in Africa in 2026?
Then you came to the right place!
In this article, we list what we consider the 2026’s Top Cannabis Events in Africa you wouldn’t want to miss, whether you sit on the medical, hemp, wellness, or commercial side of the industry.
Africa’s 2026 calendar is effectively a South African calendar with pan-African pull, plus two pharma and healthcare adjacencies that European operators shouldn’t ignore. Below, every verified 2026 event grouped by month.
Top Cannabis Events in Africa at a glance
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Map of 2026 Cannabis Events
• African Industrial Hemp Fibre
Processing for Commercialisation
Conference 2026
• MCBC 2026
• SAPHEX 2026
• The Cannabis Expo
(Cape Town)
• NAMPO Harvest Day
• The Cannabis Expo
(Johannesburg)
• Cheeba Cannabis &
Hemp Summit
• WHX Johannesburg
• Pharma West Africa
• WAPHC 2026
MARCH 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Industrial Hemp / Textile-Fibre Conference
• Where: Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa
• When: 19-20 March 2026
• 100% B2B
• Industrial Hemp
The first dedicated African forum for hemp fibre commercialisation, run by Ledile Textile and Fibre Processing. It brought cultivators, decorticator OEMs, textile buyers, and Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) officials into one room to size the KwaZulu-Natal hemp opportunity. For anyone hiring in cultivation ops, processing engineering, or textile supply-chain roles, this is the room where the next wave of South African hemp companies is being built.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Conference
• Where: Johannesburg, South Africa
• When: 25-26 March 2026
• 100% B2B
• 100% Medical
Inaugural edition, organised by SANCAP alongside SAPHEX, Africa’s leading pharmaceutical expo. Positioned as the serious professional forum for South African medicinal cannabis: producers, regulators from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), clinicians, scientists, and investors. Sessions cover EU-GMP compliance, extraction, testing, facility engineering, clinical partnerships, and international market access. The closest African analogue to Cannabis Europa or ICBC in framing, and its co-location with SAPHEX opens the wider pharma buyer base to cannabis operators.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Trade Show & Conference (Pharma, cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
• When: 25-26 March 2026
• 100% B2B
• 100% Pharma (cannabis via MCBC track)
Africa’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturing exhibition, co-located with GP Expo and MCBC. Worth attending on the same trip because it exposes cannabis operators to the wider pharma supply chain: excipients, packaging, analytical labs, and contract manufacturers that medicinal cannabis increasingly plugs into. Relevant to European licence holders exploring African contract manufacturing or import-export partnerships.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Expo & Consumer Lifestyle Show
• Where: Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa
• When: 27-29 March 2026
• 40% B2B – 60% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Kicks off the South African cannabis event calendar. Presented by BudBox, the Cape Town leg combines a large exhibition floor (cultivation gear, genetics, extraction tech, retail brands) with festival programming, food, and mixology. Runs alongside the Cheeba Cannabis Cultivation Summit at the same venue, adding a B2B education layer for cultivators, retailers, and ancillary services. An efficient way for European operators to sample the SA retail landscape and meet potential suppliers in a single trip.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
APRIL 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Pharma Trade Show (cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: Landmark Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
• When: 14-16 April 2026
• 100% B2B
• N/A (Pharma; regulatory framework crossover)
West Africa’s biggest pharma expo. No dedicated cannabis track, but with Ghana’s medical cannabis bill under parliamentary review and Nigerian pharma manufacturers eyeing CBD APIs, it is where the regulatory conversation quietly starts. Worth attending if you are scoping regulatory affairs or QA hires who could pivot into a future medical cannabis vertical.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
MAY 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Agricultural Trade Show (Industrial hemp adjacent)
• Where: NAMPO Park, Bothaville, Free State, South Africa
• When: 12-15 May 2026
• 80% B2B – 20% B2C
• Industrial hemp
The Southern Hemisphere’s largest privately owned agri expo, with roughly 82,000 visitors and 746 exhibitors. Not a cannabis event, but the natural venue for industrial hemp cultivation equipment, seed genetics for fibre and grain, and machinery relevant to Africa’s emerging hemp sector. Relevant to European hemp businesses eyeing SA cultivation partnerships or fibre supply.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
Expo, Conference & Festival
• Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
• When: 29-31 May 2026
• 40% B2B – 60% B2C
• 30% Medical – 70% Recreational
Africa’s largest cannabis event, drawing 25,000+ visitors over three days. 100+ exhibitors span cultivation, extraction, retail brands, and vape (via the co-located Vape Expo), alongside Mixology Fest lifestyle programming. Two serious B2B sub-events sit inside the same venue: the Cheeba Cannabis and Hemp Summit and the International Cannabis Symposium content sessions. The most efficient stop of the year for European operators wanting a single lens on the SA and pan-African market – policy, retail, cultivation, capital, and consumer sentiment in one place.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
B2B Summit (co-located with The Cannabis Expo)
• Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
• When: 29 May 2026 (pre-summit Cultivation Course 26-28 May)
• 100% B2B
• 60% Medical – 40% Recreational
Third edition. The 2026 theme, “Africa’s gateway to the global cannabis economy,” draws 30+ African and international speakers and attracts cultivators, investors, processors, regulators, retailers, and supply-chain leaders from Africa, Europe, and the US. Ticket bundles include SAHPRA-registered facility tours and a Commercial Cannabis Cultivation short course. The most substantive B2B content of Cannabis Expo week and the one European strategy leads and investors should sit in on.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
JUNE 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Pharma / Healthcare Trade Expo (cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: UPSA – Kofi Ohene-Konadu Auditorium, Accra, Ghana
• When: 8-10 June 2026
• 100% B2B
• N/A (Pharma; cannabis via regulatory crossover)
100+ exhibitors and 5,000+ trade visitors from India, Turkey, Egypt, Italy, and across West Africa. Ghana’s legislative work on medical cannabis and industrial hemp puts the country on the radar for European exporters looking for a West African beachhead. Adjacent event, but a useful pulse-check on which manufacturers might licence-in cannabinoid product lines.
🎫 Tickets sold out (event already concluded).
OCTOBER 2026 • CANNABIS EVENTS
Healthcare Trade Show & Conference (cannabis-adjacent)
• Where: Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
• When: 6-8 October 2026
• 100% B2B
• Healthcare-wide, medicinal cannabis relevant
Africa’s largest medical and healthcare expo, returning to Johannesburg after two years in Cape Town under the World Health Expo (WHX, formerly Africa Health) brand. Not cannabis-specific, but the primary meeting place for African hospital groups, clinicians, pharmacy buyers, and health regulators – the exact stakeholders medicinal cannabis producers need in front of. Worth a booth or booked-meeting trip for European operators building direct-to-clinic or hospital-formulary channels in Africa.
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