July 29th – 31st, 2025.
ADD 2025/ Design Ghana Conference is focused on Education Touring and Conference Activities, aimed at fostering collaboration, innovation, and knowledge exchange within the Afrikan design community. It seeks to bring together designers, educators, researchers, and industry professionals from across the continent to share insights, best practices, and emerging trends in design education and practice.
For details such as conference activities, accomodation and more, kindly visit the Design Ghana website for more detail. Registration link below.
Sept. 23rd – 24th, 2024.
Oct. 3rd – 6th, 2023.
The 2023 edition of the Afrika Design Day (ADD) under the theme: “Weaving an Afrikan Design Mat” was held in Uganda in collaboration with Kyambogo University School of Art and Industrial Design on October 3rd – 6th, 2023. Speakers included, Lt Gen Mugira, of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, delivering a keynote address on “Demystifying the old perception that soldiers are for war: Innovations and creatives of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces for Sustainable Development” and highlighted how UPDF has engaged the creative and innovative industries for national growth and development. Other speakers included….
April 27th – 29th, 2022.
Afrika Design Day (ADD) 2022 theme: “Theory Underpins Practice as Practice Supports Theory” was a hybrid event held in Ghanafrom the 27th-29 April, 2022.
Feb. 21st – 22nd 2021.
Held in collaboration with the Design Kenya Society, Afrika Design Day (ADD) 2021 theme: “Pamba Zuka” was a series of hybrid event held in Kenya.
Feb. 17th – 21st, 2021.