The Event for Every Designer
The Event for Every Designer
Learn from top creatives through insightful talks, workshops, and masterclasses.
Connect with designers, creative leaders, and industry pioneers across Africa.
Connect with designers, creative leaders, and industry pioneers across Africa.
Explore how AI and innovation are shaping the next era of African design.
Creative Consultant
Product & Service Designer
Founder, Monday Design
Founder, Workspace Global
Creative Consultant
African Writer & TV Producer, TV3
Director of Strategy, WaxPrint Media
Artpreneur, Author & Designer
Creative Director, EchoHouse
Executive Director, Dikan Center
IBCP Coordinator, Al Rayan Int. School
Founder, New Comma
Founder, Basecamp Initiative, Ghana
Creative & Brand Specialist
Principal & Creative Director, Oxygen
Creative Consultant, NKACC
Managing Director, Scribe
Creative Director, Mam’gobozi Design Factory
Brand & Information Designer, Nigeria
Co-Founder & Operations Director, Wyred IN LTD
Associate Creative Director, Insel Communications
brand evolution enthusiast
Founder and Lead Consultant, Quinsera
Creative Producer
communications professional
CEO, iSupreme
Founder + Lead Creative Consultant, Chapter54
Creative Director, Photographer
brand designer and logo curator
Lead at LimeAR
Founding Designer, Mintlify
Maame Adjei is a filmmaker, writer, and creative entrepreneur passionate about telling visual stories that explore and amplify narratives from the African continent and its diaspora. She is the founder of Sweet Roots Media, a women-led media hub producing award-winning documentaries, scripted content, and brand storytelling including An African City, Beneath the Fabric, and The Whites of Our Eyes, which won the Director’s Award at the 2024 Black Star International Film Festival. Maame also runs Duruyeh, a bold jewelry brand celebrating heritage and self-expression, and co-founded Korabea, an archival initiative honoring the stories of Ghanaian women. Her work has been featured in Elle, Marie Claire, BBC, CNN, and more, and she has spoken at institutions such as Stanford, Princeton, and NYU.
Meekah Jagun is a filmmaker, creative director & Executive producer with 4 short but dense years of experience.
Prior to the world of creativity, Meekah Jagun never saw himself as a creative or believed himself to have any creative leanings. However, one day in January 2021, in a stroke of dumb luck he was gifted a camera by his best friend who had initially wanted to throw the camera away.
From that moment on, there was a 180 degree change in Meekah from being an aimless and lazy young adult to being one of the hardest working traiblazers in the Afrobeats visual scene today. Meekah Jagun has worked with brands and artistes like Google, Tiwa Savage, Black Sherif, Sony Music, Mr Eazi, Stonebwoy, King Promise, Shallipopi, KiDi, Camidoh, Kwesi Arthur, Killbeatz, R2Bees, & many more.
Meekah Jagun was recently featured in GQ South Africa as one of the trailblazers visually doing West Africa justice. Becoming the first director to be featured in GQ solely based off of music videos. He also recently was nominated in the TGMA for Music Video Of The Year for his work on the ‘Continental’ Music Video by King Promise & Shallipopi. He also bagged an AFRIMMA nomination for his inter-country video with Joeboy, Joshua Baraka & Kenya’s Bien from Sauti Sol.
Meekah Jagun’s creative direction work also helped King Promise bag the coveted ‘Album Of The Year’ award as Meekah Jagun was in charge of creative directing all visual elements relating the Album — including the ‘run’ King Promise had in the same location Christopher Nolan’s inception was shot. Meekah is also one of the first music video directors to have AI prominently featured in his video.
Meekah Jagun also helps young creatives with an initiative called ‘Shadow Initiative’ where they get to come on set and shadow a seasoned professional and are actively taught and integrated to the process on set. The shadow initiative also proudly donates assets used on our production sets to centers that help at-risk youth through the power of creativity.
Bright Ackwerh (born 1989) is an artist from Ghana. He is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where he earned a BFA and MFA in painting and sculpture. His practice is situated in the fields of painting, illustration, and street art. He was named recipient of the Kuenyehia prize for Ghanaian Contemporary Art in 2016. Ackwerh’s practice has been heavily influenced by Ghanaian artist duo FOKN BOIS and the work of Nigerian activist and musician Fela Kuti in how they have made social commentary and his focus has recently been centered on artistic explorations of pop culture as medium. His work has been shown in group exhibitions in Ghana and abroad including ‘Cornfields in Accra’ in 2016, ‘Orderly Disorderly’ in 2017, and his first solo ‘Where De Cho Dey’ in 2018. He has also been involved in organizing art workshops in the northern region of Ghana, and has collaborated with development agencies based in Tamale.
Sandra Adu is a distinguished creative consultant and digital learning lead, and the inspiring founder o
f Black Girls In Design — a global platform empowering Black girls and women to lead boldly in design, strategy, and innovation worldwide. As a highly respected educator in the UK, Sandra lectures in media and marketing, providing cutting-edge education that seamlessly integrates cultural intelligence, technological fluency, and actionable impact.
Her profound understanding of how culture, identity, and storytelling intersect with modern design is further solidified through strategic collaborations with prestigious bodies such as the Royal College of Art (RCA) and UN Women UK. Notably, Sandra’s commitment to tangible impact is exemplified by programs like the transformative DesignHER Skills Programme with Canva, which directly addresses the role of race and identity in shaping creative careers, fostering new opportunities across the global creative landscape.
Lorraine Eyetsa Ocloo is a multipotentialite design intelligence professional with over 18 years of experience spanning C-suite management, creative entrepreneurship, public administration, education reform, and cultural strategy across Africa, Europe, and global networks. She leads with the conviction that design is not merely aesthetic—it is governance, economics, health, and cultural memory made visible.
She is the Past President of Interior Designers and Decorators Ghana (IDDG), and the Founder of ELO Studios, The Shop Accra, and The Gallery Accra. She currently serves as Head of Auxiliary Arts at the Ghana Culture Forum, where she advances systemic change across the cultural and design sectors. Through these ventures, she has cultivated locally rooted yet globally resonant design ecosystems that merge creative excellence with strategic foresight.
She is currently pursuing dual graduate programs:
A Master in Design Studies (MDes) in Design Ecology at Harvard University, and
An Advanced Master in Architecture, Design & Business Administration at the European University of Valencia.
Lorraine is also the author of the forthcoming book, The Design Chapter of the Orange Economy, which explores design as a catalyst for regeneration, industrial growth, and African economic transformation. Her public service includes senior roles within the Office of the President of Ghana, where she served as Deputy Administrator, Knowledge & Innovation Manager (GoG–World Bank), and Policy Research Coordinator for the State of the Nation Address (SONA). Her work spans community health, national
development policy, and digital governance.
In education and consulting, Lorraine is a curriculum designer for the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), a Lecturer in Professional Practice at Accra Technical University, and an Entrepreneurship Capstone Advisor at Ashesi University. She also consults across design strategy, technology, and innovation for organizations such as Amuse.io, 4dx, Impact Hub, and the University of Ghana School of Law and many more.
As a creative director, policy strategist, and cultural entrepreneur, Lorraine views design as a strategic instrument for justice, transformation, and identity-making. Her portfolio bridges grassroots networks with global institutions, blending aesthetics with climate-centered, healing-based design models rooted in Afrocentric futures.
At dEX 2025, Lorraine speaks on:
“Design is Intelligence Made Visible: Reclaiming African Epistemologies in an AI World.”
P.K. Woode is the Regional Digital Media Lead for Central & West Africa at Publicis Groupe, where he drives digital transformation and media strategy across multiple markets. With over 15 years of experience and a portfolio spanning 100+ brands, P.K. blends data, culture, and creativity to build campaigns that resonate deeply with African audiences. His approach to storytelling is rooted in cultural insight—making him an important voice in the conversation around brand relevance, nostalgia, and emotional connection.
Joshua Cleopas is a multidisciplinary creative entrepreneur, storyteller, and visual strategist with a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and an MSc in International Marketing & Communication.
He believes that design and storytelling can shape economies and shift culture. Driven by a personal mission to tell African stories with beauty, truth, and power, he founded VOME Studio to bring that vision to life.”
Over the years, Joshua has built VOME into one of Ghana’s most respected creative production companies – partnering with brands like Adobe, Sony, Emirates, GIZ and many more. His work blends artistic sensitivity with entrepreneurial savvy, positioning him as a trusted voice in Africa’s creative economy.
Joshua sits at the intersection of creativity, education, and digital transformation. He has spoken and taught on global platforms, mentored emerging talent, and pioneered programs that integrate storytelling, design, and AI – helping African brands and leaders thrive in a fast-changing world.
Eldad is a generalist and thinker helping Africa’s leaders and institutions find clarity in complexity.
He works at the intersection of strategy, design, and emerging technology—guiding bold organizations to make better decisions, tell stronger stories, and build with intention.
As the founder of Oxegene, he partners with companies, governments, and ecosystems to rethink how they grow, organize, and create value. His work spans fintech, govtech, AI, entertainment, healthtech, and SaaS—always anchored by a sharp eye for systems, culture, and long-term relevance.
Eldad has advised institutions like MEST, Ashesi University, and Impact Hub, and has worked with both early-stage startups and large-scale government initiatives. Whether he’s leading a strategy sprint or shaping a national innovation agenda, his approach is grounded in clear thinking, deep curiosity, and a talent for seeing the unseen.
Today, through Oxegene, he’s building a new kind of consulting platform—one that blends creativity with structure, narrative with strategy, and ideas with execution. His work lives where business meets imagination, and where Africa’s future is still being written.
Julian Owusu is the Founder of Build the Company, a transformation company focused on AI and business automation for the future. Through Build, he leads initiatives that empower organizations, entrepreneurs, and governments to adapt to the AI era
with speed and vision.
He is also the driving force behind CACTUS Talent, a platform positioning Ghana as a global hub for AI-ready outsourcing, connecting businesses in the UK and beyond with elite African talent.
As a thought leader on the intersection of AI, soft power, and Africa’s future, Julian introduced the concept of the Collaborative Skills
Economy at the UK Parliament in 2025, reframing Africa’s role in the global workforce. His mission is to upskill Africa’s people, embed AI into institutions, and turn cultural identity into a source of soft power leadership worldwide.
