On 06 July 2026, the Trade, Industry and Competition Minister issued a media statement announcing that South Africa, in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community SADC Business Council and the SADC Secretariat, would host the 2026 Annual SADC Industrialisation Week from 27 to 31 July 2026 at the Durban International Convention Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.
Hosted under the theme Resilient, Sustainable and Inclusive Industrialisation through Infrastructure Development, Agricultural and Critical Minerals Transformation in Pursuit of a Just World , the event serves as a high-level precursor to the 46 th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government. It is widely regarded as the largest public-private platform for advancing industrial development in the SADC region.
The SADC Industrialisation Week SIW is a week-long programme that brings together policymakers, business leaders, investors, academia, researchers and development finance institutions from across the SADC region and beyond to advance regional industrial development. It is the premier regional platform dedicated to advancing industrialisation, regional integration, investment promotion and economic transformation within the SADC region.
