Canva has appointed Learning Curve as its first locally based Canva Partner in Africa, giving organisations across the continent access to the global visual communication platform with local implementation, training and support.
The partnership comes as businesses, enterprises and universities face a growing challenge: not simply choosing new technology, but integrating it into existing workflows and ensuring employees have the skills and support to use it effectively.
Learning Curve already works with organisations across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve productivity, communication, creativity and learning through technology. The addition of Canva expands that offering at a time when visual communication, content creation and AI-enabled design are becoming part of everyday work across organisations.
Glen Lumley, CEO of Learning Curve, says organisations are surrounded by technology choices, but purchasing another platform does not automatically improve productivity. “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.
“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,” says Lumley.
The partnership will see Learning Curve support Canva Business, Canva Enterprise and Canva Campus across Africa:
Canva Business – brings content creation, collaboration and brand management together for growing organisations.
Canva Enterprise – gives larger organisations the security, administration, governance and brand controls needed to scale across teams.
Canva Campus – supports higher education institutions across teaching and learning, research communication, marketing, student engagement, employability and entrepreneurship.
Lumley says the appointment also reflects a broader shift in the way organisations create content. “Presentations, proposals, reports, training material, internal communications, video and social content are increasingly being produced by employees across different departments rather than by dedicated design teams alone.
“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,” says Lumley.
He says the rapid adoption of AI-enabled tools is adding another layer to that challenge, making implementation, training and governance increasingly important. “For many organisations, the process has already started informally, with individual employees, lecturers, students and departments using Canva for everyday communication and content creation.
“The next step, according to Learning Curve, is to bring those users into a more connected and managed environment where teams can collaborate, access approved brand assets and produce content more consistently,” says Lumley.
Learning Curve will assist customers with identifying appropriate applications for the platform, implementation, training and adoption across departments. “Visual communication is now core to how organisations work, not an add-on,” says Bianca Sibiya, Canva Africa Lead.
“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. Through Learning Curve, businesses, enterprises and educational institutions across Africa now have that local support built in.
“Canva has more than 260 million monthly active users across 190 countries and supports more than 100 languages. We’re excited about what we can build together across the continent,” concludes Sibiya.
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