Alicia Wallace cofounded Kazi to employ African artisans and combat poverty by creating jobs.
Kazi
Alicia Wallace is the cofounder and COO of Kazi, a social business working to create thousands of jobs by training artisans from rural parts of Africa to design products made from local, natural materials for export to the rest of the world. Her aim is to use profitable enterprise as a change agent for poverty in the developing world. In order to make this happen, she travels regularly to East Africa to scale handmade production and increase impact. Affecting more than 21,000 people, Kazi is currently the largest artisan employer in Africa. It is also one of five companies with a Nest Seal, which assures conscious consumers that items have been ethically handcrafted in a home or small workshop.
In March, Kazi is launching See Kazi in Your Space . The new app is designed to help shoppers visualize how Kazi products will look in their homes….