Africa

Shonaquip

Social Entrepreneur

Shonaquip is a Cape Town-based social enterprise that provide mobility and seating solutions for people with disabilities. >
Lisa Firer Design

Ceramicist

Lisa Firer Design is a Cape Town-based ceramicist. >
Goodbye Malaria

Social Entrepreneur

Goodbye Malaria is an initiative by African entrepreneurs with global partners who believe it’s time for malaria elimination. >
Sideshow

DJ

Dancefloor Instigator. Booty Bass Facilitator. Mind Space Infiltrator. >
Museum of African Design

Africa's first museum dedicated to design, and Johannesburg's cultural hub in Maboneng. >
The Native Drums

DJ

Separately, Loyiso Mzamane and Ahmed Dahab are artists the South African, and greater African music industries need to be watching closely. >
Lesiba Mabitsela

Fashion Designer

Designer Lesiba Mabitsela creates modern clothing made and inspired by African aesthetics. >
Thabo Makhetha Designs

Fashion Designer

Thabo Makhetha Designs is a Port Elizabeth-based fashion design and manufacturing company. >
Maneki

Retailer

In the last five years Maneki has grown from strength to strength, opening three outlets in South Africa. >
Isabel de Villiers Clothing

Fashion Designer

Isabel de Villiers designs clothing for strong, independent South African women. >
MilQ and Honey

Fashion Designer

MilQ and Honey, House of Fashion and Health and Beauty Spa is a one stop oasis where one can indulge the soul, body and mind. >
Hannah Collection

Fashion Designer

Hannah Collection produces high quality clothing with unique and subtle designs for women. >
Louis Designs

Fashion Designer

Louis Designs produces exclusive couture and ready-to-wear garments for men and women of all ages. >
Morphé

Fashion Designer

Morphé means "to transform outwardly" – something fashion designer Marize Malan aims to do with her line. >
spree

Retailer

spree is South Africa’s first online shop to offer a "shoppable magazine" experience. >
Lara Klawikowski

Fashion Designer

Lara Klawikowski designs are imaginative, purpose-driven, eclectic and best described as wearable art. >
Haroon Gunn-Salie

Artist

Cape Town-born artist Haroon Gunn-Salie translates community oral histories into artistic interventions and experiential installations. >
Victoria Verbaan

Accessory Designer • Artist • Textile Designer

Victoria Verbaan is a design studio embarking on all facets of creativity, from fabrics and prints, to ceramics and beyond. >
Coral Stephens Handweaving

Textile Designer

Coral Stephens produce handmade decor from the finest mohair, raffia, cotton and silk. >
Barbara Hudson Ceramics

Ceramicist

Barbara Hudson's ceramics are inspired by South Africa's rich archaeological history. >
stefni

Jewellery Designer

Stefni is a Knysna-based jewellery brand inspired by all things African, ancient and unconventional techniques, textures and colour. >
Bodhisattva

Fashion Designer

Bodhisattva creates luxurious and timeless fashion that has been made with the greatest of ethical and organic care. >
eLABS

Industrial Designer

eLABS are a small start-up incubator focussed on promoting inner city commuting. >
Just J

Artist

Just J was established in 2011 by Cape Town-based Juanita Oosthuizen. >

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