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Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
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Leroy Mwasaru
Entrepreneur
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Technology Designer
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Writer
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Uber
Technology Designer
Uber is evolving the way the world moves, seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through smartphone technology.
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Chris Sheldrick
Technology Designer
Chris Sheldrick is the founder of what3words, an addressing app that assigns a sequence of three simple words to any location in the world.
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Luis von Ahn
Technology Designer
Tech entrepreneur and crowdsourcing pioneer Luis von Ahn is best known for creating CAPTCHAs and the language-learning platform Duolingo.
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MIT SENSEable City Laboratory
Architect
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Engineer
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Information Designer
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Speculative Designer
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Technology Designer
Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman teach at the MIT, where they are director and associate director (respectively) of the SENSEable City Laboratory.
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Michael Edwards
Educator
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Technology Designer
His contributions to design have addressed issues including malnutrition, sustainable architecture, malaria, science education and the history of New York.
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Dunne & Raby
Technology Designer
Dunne & Raby is a London-based design studio established in 1994.
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