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  • Triggerfish Animation Studios: Adventures in Zambezia Standard
    Triggerfish Animation Studios
    Filmmaker / Animator
    Triggerfish is a global media and entertainment company passionate about storytelling.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Made by Hand
    Filmmaker
    Made by Hand is a short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand – sustainably, locally and with a love for their craft.
    New York, USA
  • Gone Rural Standard
    Gone Rural
    Social Entrepreneur
    Gone Rural is an organisation that provides home-based incomes to over 750 rural African women through craft.
    Swaziland
  • People of the Sun. Standard
    People of the Sun
    Social Entrepreneur
    People of the Sun is a non-profit social enterprise based in Malawi.
    Malawi
  • Designers without Borders Standard
    Designers without Borders
    Non-Profit Organisation
    Designers without Borders is a non-profit organisation that donates books, equipment and software to African countries.
    Mozambique
  • Fashion Rising. Standard
    Fashion Rising
    Social Entrepreneur
    Studio One Eighty Nine launched Fashion Rising to empower women by building sustainable fashion and artisanal businesses.
    Ghana
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    Editions in Craft
    Social Entrepreneur
    Editions in Craft is an international platform for artists and designers to explore the technical and artistic possibilities of traditional crafts.
    South Africa
  • Elbé Coetsee Standard
    Elbé Coetsee
    Social Entrepreneur
    Elbé Coetsee, a proponent of craft and social entrepreneurship, is a curator for the Handmade sector at Design Indaba 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Yenza Standard
    Yenza
    Social Entrepreneur
    Every day millions of South Africans come home to structures they have designed and built for themselves filled with items, found and adapted to their needs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • George Jardine Standard
    George Jardine
    Chef
    George Jardine is the executive chef at Jordan Restaurant.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Honest Chocolate
    Food Designer
    Honest Chocolate is a small artisanal chocolate company based in Cape Town, run by Michael de Klerk and Anthony Gird.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Bertus Basson Standard
    Bertus Basson
    Chef
    South African Bertus Basson is the chef and owner of Overture Restaurant.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Luke Dale-Roberts
    Chef
    Luke Dale-Roberts is a name synonymous with the finest, most creative and innovative food in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    cowgirlblues
    Fashion Designer
    cowgirlblues is a design studio and dye-house specialising in the hand-crafting of merino wool and mohair.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Susan Didcott Standard
    Susan Didcott
    Fashion Designer
    Susan Didcott is a Cape Town-based designer best known for her handbag label Trip Handbags & Accessories.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Verna Jooste Standard
    Verna Jooste
    Jewellery Designer
    Verna Jooste is a jewellery designer, lecturer at the Stellenbosch University’s Department of Visual Arts and curator for Design Indaba Expo.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Loin Cloth & Ashes. Standard
    Loin Cloth & Ashes
    Fashion Designer
    Anisa Mpungwe, founder of Loin Cloth & Ashes is a fashion designer and part of Design Indaba Expo's "Africa is Now" exhibition.
    South Africa
  • Beloved Beadwork Standard
    Beloved Beadwork
    Jewellery Designer
    Beloved Beadwork is a small company producing intricately designed pieces of wearable beadwork using complex weaving techniques and high quality glass.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cheick Diallo Standard
    Cheick Diallo
    Architect
    Cheick Diallo is an architect and designer born in Bamako, Mali.
    Mali
  • Ilze Wolff Standard
    Ilze Wolff
    Architect
    Architect Ilze Wolff is the curator for Architecture and Built Environment Curator at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Robyn Cooke Standard
    Robyn Cooke
    Fashion Curator
    Fashion editor and blogger, Robyn Cooke is the curator for the Fashion sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tarryn Oppel Standard
    Tarryn Oppel
    Fashion Curator
    Tarryn Oppel is the curator of the Fashion and Accessories sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nanette Veldsman Standard
    Nanette Veldsman
    Jewellery Designer
    Nanette Veldsman is a jewellery designer and lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the jewellery curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Flagship Handbags Standard
    Flagship Handbags
    Accessory Designer
    Sue Passmore's bespoke Flagship Handbags is apart of the First Editions range, using neutral colours and metallic detailing to create intriguing designs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Triggerfish Animation Studios: Adventures in Zambezia Standard
    Triggerfish Animation Studios
    Filmmaker / Animator
    Triggerfish is a global media and entertainment company passionate about storytelling.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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