Creativity for Development

17/01/2018

Jean Bosco Nzeyimana is the Founder and CEO of Habona Ltd., a company that produces affordable and environmentally friendly biofuels from waste. By transforming waste in his community to briquettes, a greener alternative to wood charcoal, Nzeyimana provides jobs and a cleaner environment.

Learn more: http://www.habona.rw/index.php

10/01/2018

Bilikiss Adebiyi is an inspiring Nigerian social entrepreneur and founder of WeCyclers. Her company offers waste collection and recycling services to the Lagos informal settlements, where an estimated 66% of Lagosians live.

Read more: http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/lioness-bilikiss-adebiyi-abiola/

20/12/2017

Taipei is a center of the creative industries. Between traditional crafts such as leatherworking and ceramics to avant garde projects like street performance and modern sculpture, you can find it all within the Universiade 2017 showcase event.

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Taipei is a mecca for the creative industries. Between traditional crafts such as leatherworking and ceramics to newer more avant garde projects like street ...

13/12/2017

Africa’s fashion design industry has enormous potential with talent and creativity abounding across the continent. Effective use of the intellectual properties can contribute to sustainable development of the industry.

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Africa’s fashion design industry has enormous potential with talent and creativity abounding across the continent. Effective use of the intellectual property...

06/12/2017

The Pier 2 Arts Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is a center of the blossoming creative economy, bringing together old and new ideas. Not only it acts as a cultural hub, but also a business space for creative entrepreneurs.

Learn more about the center and the creative economy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT-RZNCAjUo!

Once a ferry pier, The Pier 2 Arts Center in Kaohsiung is now a center for the blossoming creative economy in southern Taiwan. Bringing together old and new,...

30/11/2017

The Ghana Fashion & Design Week is a creative event held multiple times in Accra in the last few years. It brings together African talent and showcases culture, creativity, and business successes.

Learn more about Fashion & Design in Ghana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyswHgKTabo

Creative Entrepreneurs Dialogue | GFDW2016* Montage Creatives talk fashion, their experience and industry outlook in Ghana.

23/11/2017

Mokgadi Itsweng is a South African chef and the owner of Lotsha Home Foods, which specializes in making traditional African food using local ingredients. Culinary arts not only promote African culture abroad, but also provides jobs and economic growth.

For more information, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57U2SOUD6yA

16/11/2017

Adenike 'Nike' Ogunlesi is the founder of Ruff 'n' Tumble, a Nigerian manufacturer and retailer of designer clothing for children. Nike started out modestly in 1996, but today Ruff 'n' Tumble is an instantly recognizable brand throughout West Africa, happily mixing indigenous lifestyle trends with an international appeal to develop an unique fashion sense.

More about her entrepreneurial story here: http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/lioness-adenike-ogunlesi/

01/11/2017

Ousmane Mbaye, a Senegalese, for 15 years repaired fridges. Until one day he made a chair with recycle steel. Today he exports recycled furniture designs around the world.

More about Ousmane Mbaye: https://travelafricamag.com/junk-furniture-makers-senegal/

25/10/2017

Founded by Mukundi Lambani, Kutlwano Makgalemele and Chule Gobodo, Brainbow Conscious Creatives crafts loving, emotive and memorable bonds between brands and African women using storytelling through film.

More about Brainbow Conscious Creatives: http://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2017/6/21/startup-story-of-chule-gobodo?rq=film

18/10/2017

Sarina Condello is an arts-educator, scholar and lifelong artist. She founded an initiative based in Swaziland called Big Little Caravan of Joy (BLCJ), whose mission is to provide programs that focus on empowering children through creative and artistic teachings while remaining relevant to their respective cultures and regions.

More about Sarina Condello:

Sarina Condello has integrated her love for life as a stage/film director, choreographer/ dancer, educator, motivational speaker, television host and founder of Learning By Heart Performing Arts Studio based out of Toronto, Canada. For over twenty years she has traveled the planet, studying how huma...

11/10/2017

Ebele Okoye Weber is an animation film-maker, from Nigeria. Most of her animation works are based on poetry dealing with the abstract connection between spoken words and moving images. Her short animation film "The Legacy of Rubies (2015)" is the winner of numerous Animation prizes including the 2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and the Silicon Valley African Festival (SVAFF).

Ebele Okoye's Statement on the film: http://africultures.com/films/?no=17993