Solar Africa Expo will be held alongside Africa Energy Indaba 2027 in Cape Town from 2–4 March, creating a dedicated platform for companies developing the technologies and services behind Africa’s expanding solar market. Hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, the expo will bring solar manufacturers, developers, EPC companies and technology providers into the same space as governments, utilities, investors and financiers.
The event is designed to cover the solar value chain, from PV modules and inverters to mounting and tracking systems, balance-of-system components and solar-plus-storage solutions. It will also showcase utility-scale and rooftop solar, building-integrated photovoltaics, as well as project development, engineering, procurement and construction and advisory services.
The timing reflects the rapid expansion of solar across African markets. Africa added about 4.5 GW of new solar PV in 2025, representing a 54% increase from the previous year, while 18 countries were expected to install at least 100 MW each, compared with only two countries in 2024. The growth points to solar becoming part of longer-term power planning across a wider group of African economies.
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But adding solar capacity requires more than panels and inverters. Projects also need grid connections, storage, financing, bankable offtake arrangements and regulatory frameworks capable of supporting investment. Running the expo alongside Africa Energy Indaba, as well as dedicated platforms covering transmission and distribution and electric mobility, places solar within that wider energy infrastructure discussion.
For solar companies, the opportunity is therefore not simply to display equipment but to connect technology with projects and capital. As Africa’s solar pipeline expands, the ability to bring developers, utilities, governments and financiers together around investable projects will increasingly determine how much of the continent’s solar potential becomes actual generating capacity.
