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About Us
AFRIAccess is building the infrastructure for African production. We map producers, document regenerative materials, and create the data systems that connect African artisans, farmers, and innovators to fair markets and real opportunity.
We operate at the intersection of production, culture, and systems design working to ensure African labour, materials, and knowledge are valued accurately in global supply chains.
Kazi & Kin, our marketplace and storytelling hub, is where this work becomes tangible: every product sold is linked to a producer, a material, and a story
we’ve documented.
Our vision is to create A world where African producers are recognized as essential contributors to global production supported by transparent data, regenerative systems, and fair exchange.
What we do
AFRIAccess focuses on three core areas:
1. Producer & Material Mapping
We document African producers and regenerative material ecosystems, capturing:
- Who produces
- What materials are used
- How value is created
- Where gaps and opportunities exist
2. Field Research & Storytelling
We conduct on-the-ground research and publish:
- Producer profiles
- Material case studies
- Field notes, reports, and short documentaries
- Our storytelling prioritizes accuracy, dignity, and systems level
3. Market & Infrastructure Prototyping
Through pilot projects and collaborations, we test:
- Fair value chains
- Product concepts
- Data and identity frameworks for producers
Seven principles guiding our work
LYDIA
MANGENI
About the founder
Lydia Mangeni is a Kenyan-born systems engineer and founder of AFRIAccess, a company building market access for African artists, makers, and farmers.
It started with a trip to Kibera. She met artists and artisans building extraordinary work with almost no resources, no visibility, and no clear path to market. What she saw wasn't a talent problem; it was an infrastructure problem. The producers were there. The systems to support them were not.
AFRIAccess is her response.
The company works with artists, craftspeople, and farmers across Kenya, documenting what they make, how they make it, and what they need to keep going. From a first cohort of three self-taught painters in Kibera, AFRIAccess has grown into a producer mapping and material documentation operation that stretches from artisan craft to agriculture.
Lydia thinks in systems. Her background is in engineering, but her work is rooted in the question she keeps coming back to: why does African production feed global supply chains while African producers remain invisible? AFRIAccess is building the data, the documentation, and the market pathways to change that.
African producers contribute significantly to global supply chains, yet often lack:
- Visibility
- Infrastructure
- Fair pricing
- Representation in data and policy
AFRIAccess exists to shift this imbalance by building producer-first systems that prioritize dignity, equity, and long-term sustainability
