President Ramaphosa to officiate Google Cloud Summit and investment announcement

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday, 01 July 2026, officiate the first Google Cloud Summit in Africa at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

The Google Cloud Summit brings together global technology innovators, African policymakers, and industry captains.

The event is designed to showcase the transformative potential of Cloud Computing and Artificial Intelligence.

The Summit is convened under the theme "Google Cloud is building for Africa", which will encompass launching new investment announcements in South Africa.

In March this year, President Ramaphosa convened the 6th South Africa Investment Conference under the 3 D's framework, namely; Decarbonisation, Digitisation and Diversification, with the Ease of Doing Business being a cross-cutting theme.

The President also launched the second Presidential investment mobilisation drive with a target of R2 trillion in new investment from 2026 to 2030.

Google's investment announcements are designed to directly support South Africa's investment drive, advance The Presidency's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) agenda, and reinforce collaborative public-private efforts around AI skilling and national policy development across Sub-Saharan Africa.

President Ramaphosa will officiate and deliver keynote address to the Google Cloud Summit and investment announcement as follows:

Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2026
Time: 09h00
Venue: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

Media enquiries: Vincent Magwenya, Spokesperson to the President - [email protected]

Issued by: The Presidency
Pretoria