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Design communities in Africa worth checking out

The journey towards becoming a designer or growing as a designer is one that takes a village. It’s akin to the famous African proverb that says: “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.”
Whether you’re new to product design or you’re an experienced designer, interacting with a community of other designers provides an opportunity to learn from a wide pool of fellow designers, while expanding your network of fellow practitioners to reach out to whenever you have a question or need some sort of design guidance.
The only thing more important than finding a community is finding the right community for you. In choosing which community to join, think about the communities that allow you to bring your whole self to the table and are keen to support people of the same background as you. Such communities often prove to be the most useful in the short- and long-term.
To help you find these communities where you can form valuable relationships with other designers, we’ve curated this list of design communities scattered across Africa that we think you’ll find useful.
She Designs Africa
📍 Lagos, Nigeria
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