Programme

Three days,
one conversation.

The full ARCCA 2026 schedule. All sessions are live-streamed to virtual delegates and archived post-event.

Event
28–30 October 2026
Accra, Ghana

3

Days

15

Sessions

3

Keynotes

3

Venues

Day 01

Wed 28 Oct

5 sessions

Ceremony
09:00

Opening Ceremony

Dr Emmanuel Frimpong · Dean, SADe Central University

Trinity Hall
Keynote
10:30

Earth as Infrastructure

Lesley Lokko · African Futures Institute

Trinity Hall
Workshop
13:00

Rammed Earth Construction

Hands-on material practice — limited to 24 participants

Architecture Block
Panel
15:30

Vernacular Modernism

Mariam Issoufou, Joe Osae-Addo + contributors

Trinity Hall
Social
19:00

Welcome Reception

Trinity Hall
Day 02

Thu 29 Oct

5 sessions

Keynote
09:30

Continental Urbanism

Kunlé Adeyemi · NLÉ

Trinity Hall
Panel
11:30

Schools Roundtable

Open to registered institutional partners

Senate Room
Workshop
13:30

Rethinking the Kiln

Diébédo Francis Kéré · Kéré Architecture

Architecture Block
Exhibition
16:00

Exhibition Opening

ARCCA Challenge student works on display

Architecture Block
Awards
20:00

Awards Dinner

Trinity Hall
Day 03

Fri 30 Oct

5 sessions

Competition
09:00

ARCCA Challenge Presentations

Shortlisted student teams present to the jury

Trinity Hall
Panel
12:00

Continental Futures

David Adjaye, Tosin Oshinowo + contributors

Trinity Hall
Tour
14:30

City Tour — Jamestown

Guided architectural tour of Accra's historic Jamestown district

Off-site · Accra
Awards
17:00

Winners Announced

Trinity Hall
Social
19:30

Closing Party

Architecture Block