The CDI is a craft and design sector development agency with a mission to develop capable people and build responsible creative and innovative enterprises trading within local and international markets.
The CDI is a non-profit company with over 24 years of success in developing creative people, small businesses and the craft and design sector at large in South Africa. The CDI is a catalytic agent of change, and passionate about developing appropriately skilled, resourced and digitally proficient practitioners who can successfully leverage opportunities for growth and development.
The CDI currently supports over 7 000 creative and innovative businesses and individual craft artisans in South Africa. Those supported by the CDI range from start-ups to exporting enterprises and are based all over South Africa – from rural towns to urban centres. CDI’s services help these businesses develop the right product/service for the right market using appropriate business and production systems; and facilitates national and international market opportunities to help them grow.
