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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 social entrepreneur. By day, she works in engineering at GitHub; in parallel, she’s building AFRIAccess to address the infrastructure and data gaps she identified in African production systems.
Her journey started with a trip to Kibera, where she met artisans building businesses with almost no resources, visibility, or market access. That experience revealed a systemic problem: African producers contribute significantly to global supply chains, but the infrastructure to support them — data, documentation, fair market access — barely exists.AFRIAccess is her response.
Lydia brings a systems-thinking lens to African production, combining engineering rigour with deep cultural connection to her roots. Her focus areas include producer and material mapping, agricultural data infrastructure, and generative engine optimisation (GEO) for African production visibility.
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
