AFROTECH 2026 · NOV 2-7 · HOUSTON, TX
40,000 Potential Customers and Partners. One Weekend.
AfroTech is where 40,000+ professionals, decision-makers, and entrepreneurs across every industry (finance, healthcare, government, media, energy, consulting) gather in one place for 5 days. Whether you're selling a service, launching a product, chasing your next contract, or looking for the partners who'll help you scale, this is where business gets done.
Want to pitch on the expo floor? Reserve a boothTHE REAL PROBLEM
You're Growing a Business in a Silo. And It's Costing You Money.
You're doing the work. Serving clients, building your product, figuring out operations, doing your own marketing. But you're doing it alone or with a tiny team, and every decision feels like a guess. You don't have a room full of other business owners who get it, who've solved the exact problem you're stuck on, or who could become your next client, partner, or referral source. AfroTech puts 40,000+ professionals, including thousands of entrepreneurs, in the same building for 5 days. The connections you make in this building will generate more revenue than any online course, mastermind, or networking happy hour ever could.
WHAT AFROTECH PROVIDES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
6 Reasons Founders Keep Coming Back
New Customers + Clients
40,000 professionals across every industry with spending power, purchasing authority, and a bias toward supporting Black-owned businesses. B2B or B2C, your next customer is in this building.
Sell on the Expo Floor
Reserve a booth and put your product or service directly in front of thousands of attendees. The expo floor is the highest-traffic area of the entire conference.
Enterprise + Corporate Contracts
Fortune 500 companies send procurement and supplier diversity teams to AfroTech specifically to find new vendors and partners. Your first corporate contract could start with a conversation here.
Workshops You'll Actually Use
Pricing, operations, scaling a service business, digital marketing, sales systems, using AI to run leaner. No fluff. Tactics you can implement the week you get home.
A Network of Entrepreneurs Who Get It
Thousands of business owners at every stage, across industries you'd never expect to overlap with yours. Find your accountability partner, your next referral source, or the founder who already solved the exact problem you're stuck on right now.
Entrepreneur Workshops & Programming
Dedicated programming tracks for entrepreneurs within AfroTech, open to every industry. Practical workshops on growth strategy, operations, AI tools, landing corporate contracts, and real peer-to-peer sessions.
WHO'S AT AFROTECH
The People Who Can Change Your Business Are in This Building
Directors, VPs, managers, and executives from finance, healthcare, government, media, energy, consulting, and more. These are professionals with budgets, authority, and purchasing power. If you sell B2B, this is your trade show.
Companies with open procurement. Fortune 500 companies actively looking for diverse vendors and partners. Supplier diversity teams attend specifically to find new vendors.
A decade of founders who came to AfroTech, built connections, and scaled. From solo freelancers to funded startups to established agencies across every industry. Businesses built here.
Companies whose teams attend AfroTech - your potential clients
SELL WHERE YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE
Put Your Business in Front of 40,000 People
The expo floor is the busiest part of the whole conference. Thousands of attendees walk it daily, and they come ready to discover, buy, and build relationships. Last year, vendors reported making their entire booth investment back in on-site sales on day one.
Standard Booth
Product demos, service showcases, lead collection. Everything you need to put your business in front of thousands of attendees.
Reserve a Standard BoothPremium Booth
Higher visibility, corner placement, larger footprint. For businesses that want maximum exposure on the expo floor.
Reserve a Premium BoothPop-Up Shop
Physical product sales, e-commerce brands, merch. Sell directly to attendees on the expo floor.
Apply for a Pop-UpENTREPRENEUR SUCCESS STORIES
They Showed Up With a Business. They Left With Revenue.
"I set up a standard booth to demo our project management tool. A VP of Operations from a Fortune 500 stopped by, and we had a 20-minute conversation. Six weeks later, we closed a $48K annual contract. That one conversation paid for the booth, the ticket, the hotel, and the flight."
"I sell custom accessories and lifestyle products. I applied for a pop-up shop, brought inventory, and did $12,400 in sales over three days. The foot traffic on the expo floor is unreal. People come ready to buy, and they want to support Black-owned brands."
"I went to a workshop on operations and sat next to someone who had scaled the exact type of agency I was building. We started talking, and she became my operations advisor. She saved me six months of mistakes I was about to make."
"I run a financial literacy platform. I set up a booth with a free resource as a lead magnet and collected 2,300 email signups in three days. My list was at 800 before AfroTech. That single conference tripled my audience and directly led to $9K in course sales the following month."
AFROTECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRACK
Programming Built for People Who Are Actually Running Something
Not theory. Not motivational talks. Workshops on the stuff that actually grows a company: pricing strategy, operations, hiring your first team, landing corporate contracts, using AI to run leaner, and building systems that let you scale without burning out. Plus structured peer sessions where entrepreneurs share what's actually working.
Pricing + Revenue Strategy
How to price for real profit and sustainable growth. Raising your rates without losing clients, productizing services, and building recurring revenue that doesn't depend on you hustling 24/7.
Operations + Systems
The systems that let you grow without doing everything yourself. Hiring, delegating, automating, and building an actual business - not a job.
Landing Corporate Contracts
How to get on vendor lists, navigate procurement, and close B2B deals with companies 100x your size.
AI for Small Business
Practical AI tools that replace the team you can't afford yet. Content, customer service, operations, and marketing on autopilot.
Founder-to-Founder Sessions
Closed-door peer workshops. No audience, no panels, no performance. Just entrepreneurs being real about exactly how they solved the problem you're stuck on.
YOUR AFROTECH BUSINESS GAMEPLAN
5 Steps to Make AfroTech Your Highest-ROI Week of the Year
Before You Arrive
Get clear on your goal: new clients? A corporate contract? A specific partnership? Know what a win looks like before you land in Houston. Update your materials. Print cards. Tighten your pitch.
Day 1: Scout + Connect
Walk the expo floor. Attend the opening meetup sessions. Identify the people you need to meet. Start conversations. Get the lay of the land.
Day 2: Go Deep
Attend workshops on the specific topics your business needs. If you're exhibiting, this is your highest-traffic day. If you're not, use the expo floor to find vendors and partners you need.
Day 3: Close the Loop
Follow up on every conversation. Attend founder-to-founder sessions. Collect contact info. Set meetings for the week after. The conference ends but the relationships don't.
After AfroTech
Send personalized follow-ups within 48 hours. Propose the next step for every warm lead: a call, a proposal, a sample. The founders who win at AfroTech are the ones who follow up fast.
CHOOSE YOUR TICKET
Pick Your Ticket
One week. The customers, contracts, and connections that change your business.
Full access to everything entrepreneurs need
- Full access to all entrepreneur programming
- Expo floor access (all 5 days)
- All entrepreneur workshops
- All keynote sessions
- Networking events
- Best bang for your buck if you're coming to do business
Priority access + executive networking
- Everything in Premier
- Executive networking sessions
- Priority access to corporate decision-makers
- Exclusive evening events
- Worth it if you're going after enterprise deals
The full experience, every room, every event
- Everything in Executive
- Every session, every event, every room
- VIP networking and closed-door sessions
- For founders who came to leave nothing on the table
Expo Booth: Want to sell on the floor? Booths are available separately and include your ticket. Visit /vendor-booths to reserve your spot.
THE 10-YEAR REUNION
10 Years of AfroTech. Thousands of Businesses Built.
AfroTech 2026 is the 10-year reunion. A decade of entrepreneurs who showed up with a business card and a pitch and left with clients, contracts, and a community that had their back. Some of those businesses now employ dozens of people. Some now serve Fortune 500 clients. All of them point back to a conversation that happened at AfroTech. This is year ten. Pull up.
FAQ
Entrepreneur questions, answered
Your Next Client, Contract, or Partner Is in This Room.
November 2-7, 2026. Houston, TX. 40,000+ professionals across every industry. 200+ companies. The expo floor is open. The workshops are running. The only question is whether you're going to be in the room.