THE OFFICE OF SAYO FOLAWIYO

Design for small business in Africa.

An innovation studio commissioned by purpose driven organisations.
BUILD tools / platforms / market access
ORCHESTRATE programmes / partnerships
ADVANCE CONSENSUS THROUGH research / content / convening

In an ever-changing world, entrepreneurship is resilience. Yet institutional support remains disjointed and distrusting. New technologies are creating new sectors and opportunities. We need to be more comfortable building in uncertainty.

The Office operates as middleware: a group of designers, thinkers, and builders who connect the dots not just theoretically but in the field.

We take on a small number of commissions each year — for institutional partners serious about challenging the status quo through emerging technologies, sectors and methods. And building things that matter.