Digital Divas Summit 2026: SHIFT!

We’re living through a moment where work, leadership, ambition, identity, health, and technology are all changing at once. AI is reshaping industries in real time. Careers are becoming less linear. Visibility has become both opportunity and pressure. And more women are openly questioning what success should actually look and feel like in an always-on world.

SHIFT is rooted in those conversations.

The programme explores the real shifts women are navigating right now; from burnout, reinvention, and financial power to AI, leadership, visibility, and sustainable ambition.

Across the day, the focus moves beyond surface-level inspiration into more honest, practical, and future-facing conversations about building careers, businesses, communities, and lives in a rapidly changing world.

More than anything, SHIFT is about navigating change intentionally, while remaining human within it.

"Shift Happens!"

Enter Diva Pitch 2026

Have a business idea worth backing? Already building something with momentum?

Diva Pitch returns to Digital Divas 2026, giving women founders the opportunity to pitch their businesses live on stage in front of founders, investors and ecosystem leaders.

We're looking for ambitious, technology-enabled businesses with traction, growth potential and the ability to solve real problems at scale.

Five finalists will be selected to pitch live at Digital Divas on 28 August 2026 at Innovation City in Cape Town.

The winning founder will receive a one-year Innovation City membership, including access to our founder community, events, workspace and startup ecosystem support.

If you're building the future, this is your chance to put your business in front of the people who can help accelerate it.

Applications close on 1 August 2026

Eligibility criteria:

• Applicants must be founders or co-founders of the business.

• Businesses must be technology-enabled or technology-driven.

• Applicants must have an existing product, MVP or service in market.

• Applicants must be available to pitch live at Digital Divas on 28 August 2026 if selected as a finalist.

Only five founders will make it to the Digital Divas stage.