About SAATE '24
Find Better AT Solutions & Build Better AT Products
The Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD) will organize the Southern Africa Assistive Technology EXPO (SAATE) jointly with its partners in November 2024.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR FIRST ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY WEBINAR IN SEPTEMBER 2021
With the main theme focused on "Assistive Technology Business Innovations," SAFOD and Loughborough University organized this webinar from 28th to 29th September 2021 as a prelude to the Southern Africa Assistive Technology Expo (SAATE) in November 2022. Learn more about the webinar here.
HOW TO JOIN SAATE '24
Are you an AT manufacturer, supplier, or service provider interested to showcase you AT? Do you want to demonstrate how AT can enhance the independent living for persons with disabilities – especially in a Southern African environment – to a wide audience consisting of persons with disabilities and their families, Governments, AT procurement personnel, NGOs, etc.? Here is a rare opportunity to do so!
All you are required to do is to ensure that your AT(s) fall in any of the six Thematic Areas. ATs designed for the Southern African environment will be given higher priority. Locally designed or manufactured ATs will be given the highest priority.
The dates for registering for SAATE '24 will be announced.
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SAATE '24 THEMATIC AREAS
- Right to AT for inclusive education, including in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE).
- Right to AT for Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk and Reduction (DiDRR) and other humanitarian settings.
- Right to AT for inclusive employment (formal and informal).
- Right to AT for arts, crafts, and other creative expressions.
- Right to AT for home (daily living aids, adaptive environments) and community living (moving about, accessible buildings, transportation, voting, recreation).
Exhibitions
BRING YOUR AT PRODUCTS TO LIGHT AT SAATE '24
Assistive Technology (AT) includes a wide range of technology products that are used to support persons with disabilities as they work, learn, play and live in their communities.
Some examples of AT include crutches, wheelchairs, ramps, hearing aids, Braille printers, adaptive software, and communication devices, just to mention a few.
SAATE '24 seeks to showcase different types of AT and become a platform on which different stakeholders - including Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), suppliers, and manufacturers - can explore the best AT product delivery models for Southern Africa. Most importantly, the Expo seeks to advance local innovations of appropriate AT solutions, products, and services.
Volunteer
SAFOD is calling for inspired online volunteers to help with managing the SAATE '24. Volunteers can choose to work for the entire preparatory period, or for a specific period before, during, or post SAATE '24. Volunteer assignments can be accomplished both online and physically (during the SAATE '24).
We are also looking for volunteers who can help with fundraising, video marketing of the events, and many more roles.
Partner With Us
We welcome NGOs, academia, Governments, companies, etc, willing to become our strategic partners.
