IFAT Africa 2025 Johannesburg, South Africa
July 8th – 10th, 2025

IFAT Africa Johannesburg

Africa’s Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling

Venue: Gallagher Convention Center, Johannesburg

IFAT Africa is the leading trade fair for water, sewage, refuse and recycling in Southern Africa, featuring solutions from around the world and a high-class forum program addressing trends, challenges and solutions from the water, sewage, refuse and recycling sectors.

Southern Africa has a unique set of environmental challenges and IFAT Africa provides the perfect platform for these challenges to be addressed, making it the not to be missed event for the industry.

Our growing success in industry has welcomed back the co-location of IFAT Africa and analytica Lab Africa, bringing together the full cycle of water treatment, waste management, recycling and laboratory technology.

Key facts about IFAT Africa:

  • 172 exhibitors from 19 countries
  • Country pavilions from Austria, China, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands
  • 6,000+ square meters of exhibition space
  • 3,302+ visitors from 34 countries
  • High-class supporting program and panel discussions

Exhibition sectors

Water extraction and treatment

  • Drilling Equipment
  • Well construction and repair
  • Well monitoring
  • Process-water and rain-water harvesting
  • Sea-water desalination
  • Rainwater collection
  • Machinery and equipment for irrigation and drainage

Water and sewage treatment

  • Mechanical-physical processes
  • Separator systems
  • Rakes, screens, filters
  • Sewage treatment plants
  • Chemical-physical processes
  • Biochemical processes
  • Treatment of sludge and residues

Water distribution and sewers

  • Pipes / pipelines
  • Shafts / special structures / techniques
  • Sewer construction and rehabilitation
  • Sewer inspection, cleaning and maintenance
  • Pumps, lifting tackle
  • Outlets and fittings
  • Fitting / valves
  • Water pipeline cleansing

Refuse disposal and recycling

  • Refuse sorting, collection and transport
  • Vehicles and superstructures
  • Road cleaning and maintenance machines
  • Refuse treatment (mechanical, biological, and thermal treatment) and recycling
  • Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
  • Treatment and disposal of infectious medical waste
  • Treatment and recycling of electronic waste
  • Landfills
  • Plants and equipment for the recycling and utilization of raw materials
  • General purpose equipment, devices and accessories
  • Transmission engineering, fluid technology and power generation units
  • Accessories and wear parts
  • Waste suppliers, distributors and traders

Generating energy from waste materials

  • Biogas plants/fermentation, components
  • Utilization of landfill gas
  • Substrate processing transport and feed systems
  • Gas transport, treatment and utilization
  • Treatment of fermentation waste materials
  • Biomass Logistics
  • Heat recovery from waste water
  • Waste heat and waste pressure utilization

Energy efficiency technologies, services and products within the range of water, sewage, refuse and recycling

  • Energy saving and emission reduction result display
  • Industry energy saving technologies and equipment (primary and secondary processes)
  • Energy saving services and energy management contracts
  • Other energy saving technologies and products

Decontamination of old sites/soil treatment

  • Registration, evaluating and monitoring contaminated soil, groundwater and buildings
  • Treatment of contaminated soil
  • Treatment of contaminated groundwater

Air pollution control and noise reduction

  • Flue-gas scrubbing and air extraction
  • Noise reduction / Sound insulation

Measuring, control and laboratory technology

  • Measuring technology
  • Analysis/laboratory technology
  • Control technology
  • Process technology for water, sewage, refuse and air

Environment management and services

  • Disposal services
  • Water-supply and sewage-disposal services
  • Engineering services, environmental management, eco auditing
  • Financing and PPP (Public Private Partnership)
  • Computer hardware and software
  • Analysis laboratories
  • Aid organizations

Science, research, technology transfer

  • Trade associations and institutions
  • Research institutes / universities
  • Specialty publishers, trade literature, databases