---
type: "event"
title: "Finance Indaba 2027, 7 October | accounting.events"
description: "7 October 2027, Sandton Convention Centre. South Africa's largest finance profession expo and conference."
resource: "https://accounting.events/events/finance-indaba/"
tags: ["event", "National professional bodies", "South Africa", "2027"]
timestamp: "2026-09-03"
---

# Finance Indaba 2027

Finance Indaba 2027 runs 7 October 2027 at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, Gauteng, and entry is free.

South Africa's largest finance profession expo and conference, combining a large exhibition floor of finance and accounting technology vendors with a multi-track CPD programme.

- **When:** 7 October 2027 (dates published)
- **Where:** Sandton Convention Centre · Johannesburg, Gauteng · South Africa
- **Organiser:** CFO South Africa
- **Format:** In person
- **Type:** National professional bodies
- **Price:** Free
- **Attendance:** 3,000+ (2026, organiser website)
- **Official site:** https://cfo.co.za/events/

## Why it matters

Finance Indaba is CFO South Africa's annual one-day finance conference and expo at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, running since 2016 and drawing 3,000+ finance professionals per the 2026 site. Delegate entry is free, with 2,500 free tickets for the 2026 edition, which makes it the most accessible large finance gathering in Africa, unlike the invitation-only CFO dinners the same organiser runs. Around 50 finance service providers exhibited at the 2022 edition.

## Who attends

CFOs, finance directors and finance managers from South African corporates and the public sector, plus the vendors of finance software and services who exhibit. Testimonials on the 2026 site include the CFOs of Nedbank and Microsoft South Africa.

## Programme

- Main Ballroom keynote sessions
- Partner-led 45-minute sessions
- Expo floor

## Past editions

- 2026: 22 October 2026; Sandton Convention Centre
- 2025: 16 October 2025; Sandton Convention Centre; Over 3,000 visitors (organiser event page)
- 2024: 10 October 2024; Sandton Convention Centre; Over 3,000 visitors (organiser event page)
- 2022: 20 October 2022; Sandton Convention Centre; More than 1,500 finance professionals (organiser article); First live edition since 2019; the 2020 and 2021 editions ran online during the pandemic. 50 exhibitors; opening keynote by Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke.

Source: https://cfo.co.za/events/2027-finance-indaba/ (checked 2026-09-02)