The only event of its kind, Afrika Handmade Symposium offers a unique opportunity for the sharing of ideas and resources among artisans and designers in the handmade sector.

The symposium emerged from Jumpstart Thursday, a much smaller monthly forum that we started in 2012. The reasoning behind this gathering was the need to create a platform for peer to peer exchange. Too often, we found situations where one entity – for example government- knew nothing of what was happening on the ground, and vice versa.

It therefore became apparent that there was the need to create a networking forum that would allow for the exchange of ideas, resources and information, not only among the various organizational entities, but among artisans and designers as well.

The program below is in draft and therefore likely to change. What will not change however, is our consistency in facilitating interactive, meaningful discussions.

You can register for the symposium via this link.

DateOverall topicPresentation titleSpeakerTime
6 OctoberTo be announced9 - 9.15am
To be announced To be announcedTo be announced9.15 - 9.45am
To be announcedTo be announced9.45 - 10.15am
To be announcedTo be announced10.15 - 10.45
Open discussion/Q&A10.45- 11.30am
Tea break11.30 - 12noon
To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced12 - 1pm
Lunch break1 - 2pm
To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced2.00 - 2.30pm
To be announcedTo be announced2.30 - 3.00pm
To be announcedTo be announced3.00 - 3.30pm
Open discussion/Q&A3.30 - 4.30pm
Tea break & depart4.30pm
7 OctoberRecap of previous day9 - 9.15am
To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced9.15 - 9.45am
To be announcedTo be announced9.45 - 10.15am
To be announced10.15 - 11am
Tea break11 - 11.30am
To be announcedTo be announcedTo be announced11.30 - 12.30pm
To be announcedTo be announced12.30 - 1pm
Lunch breakLunch break1 - 2pm
To be announcedTo be announced2 - 3.30pm
To be announced3.30 - 4pm
To be announced4 - 4.30pm