Covers one student seat for all three days
National Theatre of Ghana, Accra
A student track running alongside the main programme
Every year thousands of Ghanaian students discover they want to build careers in design. Getting into the rooms where those careers actually start is the hard part.
Conferences, mentors and industry gatherings carry a cost. For young people in public schools, community programmes and lower income households, DDC26 sits out of reach on their own.
The Student Fund is a community backed fund that underwrites Student Passes to DDC26, so that cost is not the reason a student designer misses the event.
Public schools and community programmes where design careers are not yet visible as an option.
University design departments, polytechnics and creative training programmes across the country.
Emerging designers from community schools, informal training and grassroots creative collectives.
A dedicated student track runs alongside the main programme across all three days.
People
Design foundations: creative thinking
Communicating ideas visually
Design, identity and representation
Planet
Introduction to sustainable design
Creative reuse and upcycling lab
Sustainability as a creative advantage
Profit
Introduction to creative entrepreneurship
Building your first creative portfolio
Creative careers: what no one tells you
Every talk, workshop and session across People, Planet and Profit.
Nine dedicated sessions on design foundations, sustainability and creative careers.
Short one to one sessions with working designers and industry professionals.
Studio introductions, internship connections and agency meet ups on site.
A curated student community for mentorship and opportunities after the conference closes.
One seat costs GHS 150. Choose how many you want to underwrite.
Named across the Student Fund microsite and the post event impact report.
Meet the students you sponsored during a curated on site moment across the three days.
Introductions to a curated cohort of emerging designers through the Career Hub.
A full post event report with school breakdown, student stories and outcome data.
The Fund publishes a public impact report within 30 days of DDC26 closing. Contributors receive a named version with their allocation, student stories and outcomes.
Students sponsored, schools represented, regions covered.
Session attendance, workshop completions, mentoring hours delivered.
Named student testimonials, portfolio highlights and career next steps.
Six month follow up on community engagement and opportunities after the event.
Every seat you underwrite is a young designer’s first professional room.
That door opens once and stays open for a career.
Questions, or sponsoring as an organisation? Write to hello@dexghana.org or visit conference.dexghana.org/fund
