Go to marketwith clarityand conviction.

Baobab Labs is a global design and strategy firm based in South Africa.

Granadilla store entrance with a metal wordmark plaque set into cobalt tiling
Baobab AGM Nairobi tote bag carried over a shoulder
Hands holding a phone showing the Jacaranda mobile site and Jacaranda Journeys collection
Samms 2026 modular kitchens and cabinetry catalogue standing in soft light
Aura campaign image of a woman in a field of yellow flowers beneath the Aura wordmark
Mother In Law MIL MIL MIL pavement sign in Hackney, London
Three Residency Brut Edition 1 bottles in soft light, the centre one in focus

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What we do

Services
[ 01 ]

Positioning

We find the sharpest true thing a company can say about itself, then make every other decision answer to it.

  • Market and category audit
  • Customer and founder interviews
  • Positioning platform
[ 02 ]

Branding

Identity systems built to survive contact with the real world, from a pitch deck to a shopfront to a product screen.

  • Identity and wordmark
  • Typography and colour
  • Art direction and photography
[ 03 ]

Digital experiences

Design and build for the places where the brand actually gets judged: the site, the onboarding, the product itself.

  • Website design and build
  • Product and app UI
  • Design systems

Born out of a decade of backing and taking early-stage technology companies to market across Africa, Baobab Labs became a dedicated studio in 2024 when Baobab Network acquired Reflector and brought specialist strategy and branding in-house, an approach now refined across +80 companies in global markets, with a team that has worked on the world's biggest brands.

The Baobab Network and Baobab Labs team together at a gathering
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