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Africa Design Center: Training New Generation of Creative Leaders

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- 30 September 2015
- Mass Design Group
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As Africa’s cities experience explosive growth, the continent will need designers to build critical infrastructure in a sustainable way. Otherwise, health and environmental crises will undermine the continent’s potential. MASS is creating the African Design Center to train the next generation of human-centered designers. Watch Christian Benimana, MASS' Rwanda Programs director present his vision for the African Design Center.

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African Design Center; “Bauhaus of Africa”
MASS Design Group’s Rwanda Program Director, Christian Benimana, will announce his vision for a major new initiative to train Africa’s next generation of creative design talent at the UN Solutions Summit in New York City on Sunday September 27th. Benimana, who oversees the nonprofit design stu...

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