South Africa

Indigenous Arts and Crafts (Economic Empowerment)

Bloemfontein, South Africa; exports to Australia
Build a registered textile enterprise exporting hand-knitted goods, grounded in skills development, Africanised patterns, and pathways for women to assume leadership roles and ownership in production quality and design
Business idea: 2020
registered: January 2024
- Production of blankets, beanies, and garments
- skills development and quality assurance
- fulfillment of export orders
- gradual strengthening of local ownership over standards and design decisions
- Anneen Maree serves as Founder/Facilitator, with a focus on skills development and securing orders
- Four export orders to Australia fulfilled
- strengthened local ownership of quality assurance and design
- Connects cultural enterprise to dignity and capability building
- future vision explicitly links the enterprise to regenerative supply chains through local sheep wool and natural dyes (e.g., beetroot, marigold) grown in community gardens