Empowering

AFRICAN
CREATIVES

With over 300,000 members from across 40 countries in Africa, we are creating huge impact via different programs tailored to empower the African Creative in partnership with global brands.

About our community

Graphic Designers Africa is a safe and creative space where young Africans who are exploring Graphic Design as a career or hobby can connect and collaborate with colleagues, learn new skills and tools, share their growth process, be recognized and rewarded, meet new clients, earn income from community engagement, and ultimately be empowered to participate in the global value chain.
We are proud Alumnus of the Facebook Community Accelerator (FCA) Program 2022 and the creators of the Key Visual for the FCA Demo Day Lookbook.

OUR VISIOn

We are becoming Africa's largest brain capital development and exportation hub in the Graphic Design sector of the Technology Industry.

OUR MISSION

We are empowering millions of Africans to successfully participate in the global value chain via the art and business of graphic design.

our core values

We value Integrity, Creativity, Excellence, Diversity, and Growth and reflect this in all our community activities as part of our culture.

What we can do for YOU as a creative

Wherever you are in the world, you can connect with our amazing community and take advantage of all the powerful resources we keep developing for members of our community. Here are some of the exciting and engaging activities to look out for once you've joined our community:

learn graphic design

Enrol and complete the self-paced level 1 and level 2 graphic design courses available in the Guides section of our Facebook community. These courses titled GDAIT Level 1 and 2 are for newbie designers or anyone looking to refresh their design skills at the basic level.

Gain WORK EXPERIENCE

Sign up on our 6-months internship program to gain real time experience working with our brand partners across the globe via remote employment. You can also sign up on the Terawork freelance marketplace and sell your skills as a freelancer.

develop your brand

Grow your personal brand and learn essential soft skills in real-time by participating in other interesting community activities including design competitions, outreaches, hangouts, affiliate sales, awards, leadership responsibilities, and so much more.

Our talented team

Meet the amazing team of young and bright minds that work behind the scenes to keep our community engaged and expanding:

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pakis d. briggs

founder/chief admin

Onuh Emmanuel adikwu

admin/team lead

jones oibe favour

admin/team lead

Ibrahim d. smith

admin/team lead

mary festus dania

admin/team lead

kelechi n. ugochukwu

legal consult

read interesting reviews from our partners

Here's just a few of the thousands of amazing rewiews from members of our community and current brand partners:

Thank you for embodying what it means to lead with courage and empathy, and demonstrating how to positively enact change in our world. Thanks to Pakis Briggs of Graphic Design Africa, we were able to capture the incredible scope of this year’s class within an aesthetic that is uniquely their own.
The GDAIT training is an online training but doesn't feel like any online training I have experienced before. From the facilitators to the training materials are all well detailed like learning how to read and write from nursery to primary with every class preparing you for the next class. This is a top notch premium training for freeeee!!! I am glad to have found GDA. Thanks
“We're impressed with the quality of the Yabacon Hype Week and the opportunity to collaborate with such a driven and impacting community like Graphic Designers Africa. We enthusiastically look forward to more collaborations with your brand in the near future.”​​
JESSE ESSANG - YABACON AFRICA
I love the initiative of the just concluded GDA leadership training, it was phenomenal. The setting, the resource persons and the process was insightful, empowering, enlightening and very helpful. I learnt the process of building, communicating and maximizing digital space. I had a first hand knowledge on how to handle difficult issues and stay up to date. It was amazing!
I'm currently happy with both interns and very grateful."
"The guys assigned to us are polite, cooperating, and doing their best.
internship partners

Get in touch

We would like to hear from you. Please contact us via the following channels:

Contact Us:

Graphic Designers Africa (GDA) community on Facebook.

contact Address:

Lagos, Nigeria.

Phone/whatsapp:

+(234) 818-1919-281

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