SMCon throughthe years.

Every edition of the Silicon Mountain Conference, its theme and its moments. The archive grows every year.

SMCON26: the next edition

2026
Next edition
SMCON26
Theme: “What can tech do for you?”. November 12–14, Buea. Free with registration, main day at Mountain Hotel on Saturday 14 November. Three competitions with XAF 3M in prizes: the Startup Pitch Contest, the Code Battle & Hackathon and the AI Movie Contest.
Register free Competitions
2023
SMCON23 · It Takes a Village
Organised by Jongo Hub. Connect. Collaborate. Thrive: Cameroon's largest community tech, innovation and entrepreneurship gathering came back to Buea, 13–18 November 2023, with talks, demos, exhibitions and a full house of builders, founders and students.
2022
SMCON22 · Local Solutions for a Sustainable Digital Economy
Organised by Mountain Hub. Panels, workshops and roundtables across Buea, and a community walk through the city. Partners included Orange, Kuelap Africa, Voyance, Maviance, Njangi, Mountain Hub, Karawa Media and Iknite Studio.
2021
SMConf 2021 · The Showcase
Organised by ActivSpaces. At Chariot Hotel, Buea: bootcamps, keynotes, panel discussions, demos, exhibitions and networking, billed as the largest community-driven tech event in Cameroon.
2017
SMCON 2017 · Building Profitable & Scalable Ventures
More than 900 participants, making it the largest community-driven technology, innovation and entrepreneurship event in Cameroon: talks, workshops, panels, demos and networking with the builders of Silicon Mountain.
900+participants
2016
SMCON 2016 · Build Local, Think Global
The Silicon Mountain community put its technologies, products and services in the spotlight, built in Buea for markets anywhere in the world.