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Sponsors

Main sponsors of the annual Design Indaba Conference and Expo.

  • Business Insider South Africa
    Business Insider South Africa
    Media Company
    Business Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. >
  • Uber logo
    Uber
    Technology Designer
    Uber is evolving the way the world moves, seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through smartphone technology. >
  • IKEA
    IKEA
    Furniture Designer • Retailer
    IKEA is a proud supplier of Design Indaba Festival 2017 and are working in collaboration on a new Africa design collection due to launch in 2019. >
  • Liberty logo
    Liberty
    Liberty was a sponsor for Design Indaba Festival 2017 and is also sponsoring the Knowledge Exchange series with Design Indaba. >
  • Chivas Regal
    Chivas Regal
    Chivas Regal is a proud supplier of Design Indaba. >
  • Mercedes-Benz logo
    Mercedes-Benz
    Automotive Designer
    Mercedes-Benz is a proud sponsor of Design Indaba Festival 2018. >
  • CocreateSA
    CocreateSA
    #cocreateSA is a platform for South African and Dutch counterparts to exchange innovations for a sustainable future. Together, we can #cocreateSA. >
  • Nedbank
    Nedbank
    Nedbank is a proud sponsor of Design Indaba. >
  • Museum of African Design
    Africa's first museum dedicated to design, and Johannesburg's cultural hub in Maboneng. >
  • Converse
    Converse
    Fashion Designer
    Converse sneaker company has been making sneakers, lifestyle fashion and athletic apparel since the 20th century. >
  • Nando's
    Nando's
    Restaurateur
    Why does Nando's, a global success story for its South African roots and delicious flame-grilled PERi-PERi chicken, support SA creativity and Design Indaba? >
  • Grolsch
    Embracing craftsmanship, artistry and good design to give consumers a more interesting and original choice. >
  • Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Holland: pioneers in international business. >
  • PowerPlay Energy Drink
    PowerPlay Energy Drink
    PowerPlay Energy Drink is a proud supplier of Design Indaba Festival 2016. >
  • National Film and Video Foundation
    The NFVF is a statutory body mandated by parliament to spearhead the development of the South African film and video industry. >
  • Sunday Times
    Sunday Times
    Publisher
    The Sunday Times is a proud media sponsor of Design Indaba Festival 2017. >
  • MTN
    MTN
    MTN is pleased to partner with the prestigious Design Indaba Conference and Expo for the third year in succession. >
  • Foodcorp
    Foodcorp, the third largest food company in South Africa, is a leading manufacturer of branded food products, and an official supplier of Design Indaba. >
  • MINI
    MINI
    Driving you to new creative heights. >
  • DSAC Logo
    Department of Sports, Arts and Culture
    Proud supporters of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives programme. >
  • DStv
    Bringing magic to the Design Indaba experience, to make it so much more than a Conference and an Expo. >
  • Interactive Africa
    Interactive Africa
    Entrepreneurs with a socio-political conscience, these commercial activists are behind Design Indaba. >
  • Absa
    Absa
    Make think become did. >
  • Woolworths
    Woolworths
    Retailer
    Celebrating quality and design for 85 years. >
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