Enzi shoes are responsibly made in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and aim to raise the profile of East African products.

Indian fashion designer Anuj Sharma helps others construct their own clothing with little resources.

Mercedes-Benz is widely acknowledged as the “inventor of the automobile”, their technical features and design were both well ahead of their time.

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade.

Social design used to build community awareness around garbage-collecting professionals.

Christoph Zellweger, a Design Indaba speaker in 2008, has released his latest body of work entitled Domesticated, exploring our notions of beauty.

Rural communities are constantly under the threat of diseases and social ills due to a lack of sanitation.

Digital artist Folasade Adeoso juxtaposes ethnographic photos of the colonial era with drawn lines, gif animations and flashing flowers of present-day Tumblr.

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology.