FrancoTech to Turn Phnom Penh Into Francophone Innovation Hub as Summit Opens

Phnom Penh, November 6, 2026: Phnom Penh will host more than 200 international exhibitors and over 5,000 visitors from more than 90 states next week, as FrancoTech opens alongside the 20th Francophonie Summit from Nov. 14 to 16.

Organisers say the event is designed to mobilise the Francophone community to stimulate economic exchanges, promote technological progress and showcase entrepreneurial excellence, turning the capital into a regional innovation hub for three days.

The centrepiece is the Innovation Village, which alone hosts more than 200 exhibitors. Seven thematic round tables will run across the programme, covering AI opportunities and governance, digital government, FinTech and financial inclusion, AgriTech and food security, digital startups and innovation, women in innovation, and technology at the service of tourism and culture.

A 2026 Innovation Competition will run alongside the exhibition, with prizes in two categories: Best Digital Innovation, for the most innovative technological solutions, and Best Female Technopreneurs, recognising women transforming their sectors through technology.


For Cambodia, the event offers a platform to position itself not only as a summit host but as a Francophone technology player, with the Innovation Village serving as its showcase to investors, central bankers and entrepreneurs from across the French-speaking world.

Reported by The Khmer Daily Network