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As the creativity season kicks off in Nigeria, we highlight the women making things happen in the art and design sector. >

The 2017 Design Indaba Emerging Creative talks to us about her textile and fashion design business that she started after being retrenched. >

For three weeks, the island of São Tomé e Príncipe was taken over by artists from across the continent. >

“I wanted every aspect of the project to be Proudly South African, to invest in South African resources and simultaneously contribute to growing the economy.” >

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creatives reflect on their journeys since leaving the incubator programme. >

Art platform, Limbo Accra, explores the urban structures of the city of Accra >

Nkanyezi Masango, founder of Blackboard, believes exposing kids to creative careers can unlock a world of opportunities. >

The N'GOLA Biennale, in collaboration with Design Indaba, presents a series of talks that shine a light on some of Africa's phenomenal creatives. >

The N'GOLA Biennial, in collaboration with Design Indaba, is hosting a series of talks featuring some of Africa's most exciting creatives. >

Ghanaian game developers, Enter Africa, are creating a game that focuses on the issues of safety and sanitation surrounding e-waste dumps. >

Hivos is looking for content proposals from artists, entrepreneurs, chefs, designers, researchers, to imagine the future of African cities. >

A small island off the coast of West Africa is about to host a truly representative African arts and fashion festival. >

Called Stitches From The Ocean, the Accra-based creative says he wanted to let the audience into the other side of his creative process. >

“The modern furniture industry treats African furniture as something of a novelty,” says the Ethiopian-American furniture designer. >

Africa’s embrace of the technology could put it in a position to take a developmental detour. >

"By creating positive works of art using black women we can begin to deconstruct our power structure." >

Mawande Ka Zenzile explains how his reliance on intuition has made his work a lot more honest over the years. >

Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. >

As Design Indaba 2019 kicks off, voting for the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa is still open! Make your choice now. >

The initiative was founded to help fight stereotypes among the youth, especially girls and women using ICT. >

Two years after the project started, the designers return to the Design Indaba stage to showcase their final project. >

There is no need to book, and entry to Nightscape is absolutely free – come enjoy the design exhibitions, film, installations, curated retail and live music. >

Meet the young creatives taking on the world through Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives programme in 2019. >