Institutional Presentation Statement

Topic: Decolonising Futures

Design Indaba has been a champion of the creative sector for the past 23 years through hosting a conference, expo and running the Emerging Creatives programme. But the world is changing and the digital space offers an exciting opportunity to explore new avenues. Decolonising Futures will touch on our work across the continent, meeting these young creatives in their home countries from Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda and finding out how they are using the internet to spread their work and do decolonial work through their art.

• Neo Maditla is the editor-in-chief of Design Indaba’s online platform: designindaba.com. Design Indaba, which was started in 1995, is one of world’s biggest design conferences with a keen focus on creating a better world through creativity. Our online platform is where we showcase our talks as well as profile creatives from across the continent. Neo previously worked as a mentor and editor at Livity Africa, as a journalist at Cape Argus newspaper and scriptwriter on twice Emmy-nominated satirical show, Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola.