Gauteng Education
Procurement Convention and Expo
South Africa’s Education Procurement Marketplace — where buyers, suppliers, and partners meet to do business.
Hosted by Careers Inc · Sandton, Gauteng
1,500+
Decision-Makers
100+
Education Suppliers
1 Day
Focused Opportunity
R Multi-B
Market Represented
We’ve been trying to build this for years.
Talk to any education supplier in South Africa and they’ll tell you the same thing: getting in front of the right people is exhausting. You chase individual schools, book meetings that get cancelled, send emails into voids. The decision-makers exist — they’re just scattered.
GEPCON EXPO fixes that. One day. The Capital Hotel, Sandton. Over 1,500 principals, bursars, IT managers, procurement officers, vice-chancellors — all in the same building, open to conversations, ready to see what’s out there. Hosted by Careers Inc, who’ve spent years building exactly these relationships.
“We’ve created a single, unified platform where decision-makers meet solution-providers. What used to take months of cold calls now happens in one room, in one day.”
The Capital Hotel, Sandton
Sunday, 30 August 2026 · 08:00 – 18:00
Organised and hosted by Careers Inc — South Africa’s trusted education industry partner
One day. No filler.
Just the conversations that matter — structured, purposeful, and built around real procurement outcomes.
Date
30 August 2026
Sunday
Venue
The Capital Hotel
Sandton, Johannesburg
Attendees
1,500+
Institution decision-makers
Exhibitors
100+
Education suppliers
Hours
08:00 – 18:00
South Africa Standard Time
The Capital Hotel, Sandton — one of Johannesburg’s premier conference venues.
Your next big deal is already in the room.
The market is actively spending
Real budgets. Real authority. Real decisions.
South Africa’s education sector isn’t window shopping. Schools are upgrading infrastructure. Universities are modernising student services. TVET colleges are rebuilding whole departments. These are real budgets, signed off by the people attending this expo.
- Budget-holders with actual sign-off authority
- Pre-qualified audience — no tyre-kickers
- Every level: primary → university → TVET
- Shorter sales cycles than cold outreach
Everything, in one place, once
Structured. Purposeful. Efficient.
You know the drill: trade show circuits are expensive, appointment-setting takes months, and most events give you a logo on a banner and call it a day. GEPCON EXPO is different by design — seven concurrent content tracks, structured networking, and a layout built around conversations, not foot traffic.
- 100+ suppliers, one venue — comparison shopping in real time
- Structured content tracks with track-specific audiences
- Formal and informal networking woven throughout the day
- Speakers who are actually worth hearing
Who you’ll be talking to
Not just “attendees.” People who can actually say yes.
We vet our audience. Every institution-level attendee is there because they have procurement responsibility. That’s not marketing copy — it’s how we’ve structured the invite list.
Backed by real government procurement data and funding cycles.
Recent updates from the Gauteng Department of Education confirm critical shifts in how schools will fund and procure goods and services for 2026. These changes directly impact how, when, and from whom schools will buy.
LTSM budgets confirmed — 100% of allocations will be paid
November cash flow window
July–November is the critical supplier engagement window
Orders placed in this period
Decentralised procurement — decisions made by principals & SGBs
Relationships win contracts
Gauteng School Procurement Outlook 2026
Jul – SepSupplier Engagement
Oct – NovOrders Placed + LTSM Released
PEAKDec – JanDelivery & Planning
100%
LTSM Paid
Nov
Cash Flow
Q4 & Q5
Adjusted Funding
GEPCON EXPO — 30 August 2026
Positioned inside the exact decision window. Direct access to funded schools before orders are finalised.
Aligned with Gauteng Department of Education official policy updates