Design Thinking Matters Now. Relive the 2022 d.confestival.

Succeeding as an entrepreneur in South Africa is trickier now than ever before. Slow economic growth, high inflation and loadshedding create a cocktail of challenges that are especially formidable for small and medium businesses. But Reitumetse Kholumo, award-winning start-up owner and d-school Afrika alumna has found a way to circumvent the obstacles while staying true to the core values driving her, inspiring other entrepreneurs to stay the course during these troubled times.

Jessica Ilunga is a d-school Afrika alumna and a storyteller-urbanist committed to unlocking new narratives in and about our cities.

Serial tech entrepreneurs Matthew Westaway and Lethabo Motsoaledi used a customer-centric approach to build their latest venture Voyc—a speech analytics service—into an award-winning company that currently monitors a million customer interactions a month in the UK and SA and helps clients cut customer complaints and build value.