he partnership comes as organisations increasingly rely on digital content
Global design platform Canva has appointed Learning Curve as its first locally based Canva Partner in Africa, aiming to help businesses, enterprises, and universities across the continent adopt and manage visual communication tools more effectively.
The partnership comes as organisations increasingly rely on digital content, visual communication, and AI-powered design tools, while facing growing pressure to ensure employees have the skills and support to use them productively.
Technology
Learning Curve, which already works with organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve productivity, communication and learning through technology, will now provide implementation, training and support for Canva’s offerings across the continent.
According to Learning Curve CEO Glen Lumley, technology investments deliver value only when integrated into daily operations and supported by proper training.
“The real value comes from selecting the right solution for the problem, integrating it into the way people work and giving teams the confidence and skills to use it properly,” said Lumley.
“Canva gives businesses and educational institutions another powerful way to create, communicate and collaborate. Our role is to help organisations turn the platform into a productive and properly managed part of their operations.”
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Content creation
Under the partnership, Learning Curve will support Canva Business, Canva Enterprise and Canva Campus, helping organisations manage content creation, collaboration, governance and brand consistency.
Lumley said the appointment reflects a broader shift in how organisations produce content, with employees across departments increasingly creating presentations, reports, training materials, videos and social media content rather than dedicated design teams.
“That creates new opportunities for organisations to communicate faster and more effectively, but it can also lead to duplicated work, inconsistent branding and fragmented processes when technology, skills and workflows are not properly aligned,” he said.
AI
The growing adoption of AI-powered tools is also reshaping workplace communication, making governance and training increasingly important, he added.
Bianca Sibiya, Canva Africa Lead, said access to technology alone was not enough to guarantee successful adoption.
“Visual communication is now core to how organisations work, not an add-on,” said Sibiya.
“Access to Canva is only the first step. The real value comes from helping teams use it with confidence and supporting adoption across the organisation.”
Canva
Sibiya said the partnership would give African businesses, enterprises, and educational institutions access to local support as Canva continues to expand its presence on the continent.
Canva currently serves more than 260 million monthly active users across 190 countries and supports more than 100 languages, underscoring the platform’s growing global reach.
