We chat to the organisers of the Hors Pistes project, which pairs European designers with foreign artisans, as they wrap up a workshop in Banfora, Burkina Faso. >

The three winners of the Better Living Challenge design competition each receive R500 000 worth of support services to develop their products for market. >

Matali Crasset's firsthand account of her workshop with weavers in Zimbabwe was the most click-worthy feature on designindaba.com. >

A trip to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana to meet the women who weave A A K S’s sought-after raffia bags. >

A catchy, thought-provoking track by young Stellenbosch-based rapper-producer Sipho The Gift. >

We popped by the newly opened Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town to check out some of the gorgeous local design and craft on sale. >

Code4CT is getting girls to code – while arming them with a technical toolkit to take on leadership roles. >

We round up four of the sustainable, low-cost innovations featured in The Better Living Challenge Showcase, which opened in Cape Town this week. >

Patterns clash and cultures collide in Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj's striking portraits. >

Track of the Week describes the difficulties of a life dedicated to music in insightful rhymes with back-up from an immaculate jazz sample. >