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Sven Huberts (left) has been appointed LePub global president, with (right) Bruno Bertelli, CEO and CCO, LePub Worldwide (Image supplied)

Sven Huberts’ appointed LePub global president

19 Feb 2026

France is the Cannes Lions 2026 Creative Country of the Year Award (Image source: © 123rf )

#CannesLions2026: Creative Country 2026 awarded to France

18 Feb 2026

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Maditla is relishing her new role as Design Indaba editor-in-chief.

#DesignIndaba2018: Telling stories about purpose-led design

Leigh Andrews 15 Dec 2017

Design Indaba 2016.

Design Indaba Conference, a multi-sensory event

23 Nov 2017

One Source by Khuli Chana/Directed by Egg Films' Sunu Gonera/Produced by Native VML for Absolut.

Sunu Gonera announced as speaker at Design Indaba 2018

14 Nov 2017

Trevor Stuurman was a speaker at WGSN's Futures Cape Town.

#EntrepreneurMonth: Talking African inspiration with Trevor Stuurman

Leigh Andrews 10 Nov 2017

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First speaker for Design Indaba Festival 2018 announced

1 Nov 2017

Design Market in Ghana launches

Design Market in Ghana launches

1 Nov 2017

Kigali, Rwanda. © Dereje Belachew via

Africa needs coordinated strategies for urbanisation

25 Oct 2017

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

Gilbert Saggia 19 Oct 2017

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

Lauren Hartzenberg 18 Oct 2017

Morris and Mtongana.

#BODCT: Redesigning the world one business at a time, to surprise and delight customers

Leigh Andrews 16 Oct 2017

Simelane and Cooper.

#BODCT: Surprise! THIS is today's African consumer

Leigh Andrews 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Jonathan Deeb

Jessica Tennant 11 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Jessica Tennant 10 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Yehuda Raff

Jessica Tennant 6 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Mduduzi Simelane

Jessica Tennant 4 Oct 2017

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Business of Design speaker Q&A: Nicola Cooper

Jessica Tennant 3 Oct 2017

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

Pentawards 2017 - best of global packaging

27 Sep 2017

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Advertising in the age of mobile, social and AI

Lisa Steingold 26 Sep 2017

The anatomy of a creative concept

The anatomy of a creative concept

Peter Barnard 15 Sep 2017

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

#CEMAfrica2017: Empowered customer experiences lie in multi-focused design

Lauren Hartzenberg 21 Aug 2017

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Egypt's Mosawer launches online photography platform

Tom Jackson 11 Aug 2017

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Why decisions on emoji design should be made more inclusive

Selina Sutton 17 Jul 2017

Prints by Moletsane, Nyoni and Kisua Africa.

Turning retail space into art space: Elevating the SA narrative at store level

Leigh Andrews 20 Jun 2017

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

The #REDexperiment: Bringing art to life

Robin Fredericks 6 Jun 2017

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

New Design Market for Côte d'Ivoire

2 Jun 2017

Why you need design systems for social media

Why you need design systems for social media

Ernst Lass 26 May 2017

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

#Indaba2017: Indaba rebranded to Africa's Travel Indaba

Danette Breitenbach 18 May 2017

WGSN press event in Cape Town

Four key trends of African design in 2017/18

25 Apr 2017

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski wins pitch to develop new Nigerian bank identity

Hitchcock Michalski 3 Apr 2017

(L-R): Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz, Medical Director, Department of Applied Tumor Biology, Institute of Pathology,Heidelberg University Hospital; Elkanah Omenge Orang'o of Moi University, Nairobi; and Hermann Bussmann, Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

How design thinking can save lives

30 Mar 2017

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