Expo and conference · Sandton, South Africa

Retail World Africa

Advertising, Marketing · Consumer Goods Fairs · E-Business, E-Commerce

Official website
Next editionMarch 2027Expected — not announced yet
Last venueSandton Convention CentreSandton, South Africa
RunningSince 2011Annual · 6 editions on record
Last checked12 Nov 2026Organiser website checked
Expected around March 2027 — not announced yet. Retail World Africa runs annual; the last edition in our records was in March 2016. We'll show the dates as soon as the organiser publishes them.

Key numbers

Floor space
NULLin 2014, organiser's figure
Editions on record
6first in 2011

About Retail World Africa

Retailers are having to innovate fast or die. The priority is to gain and maintain a competitive advantage.

With so much constant change, retailers are looking for new solutions and strategies to implement, to ensure an overall customer satisfactory experience.

Retail World Africa is the exhibition where innovation hungry retailers come to find solutions.Download the brochure here if you can assist retailers in gaining that competitive advantage

From our listing of this edition. Details may have changed since.

Editions

YearDatesWhereExhibitorsVisitors
20161–2 Mar 2016Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa
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201418–19 Mar 2014Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa
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201311–13 Mar 2013Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa
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201212–15 Mar 2012Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa
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20113–6 Oct 2011The Bay Hotel
Cape Town, South Africa
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201123–26 Aug 2011Sandton Convention Centre
Sandton, South Africa
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Past editions from the bvents archive (2008–2019) and organiser figures where they were published.

Questions

When is Retail World Africa?

The next edition is expected around March 2027, based on its annual cycle. The organiser hasn't announced the dates yet.

Where is it held?

The last edition we have was at Sandton Convention Centre, Sandton, South Africa.

How often does it take place?

Annual, judging by the 6 editions on record since 2011.

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