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SENEGAL
Diarra
BOUSSO
Diarrablu
Founder & Creative Director
ABH 2020 Top 10 Hero
Getting ABH financial support helped to scale our business and triple our artisanal workforce.
Diarra
BOUSSO
Diarrablu
Founder & Creative Director
ABH 2020 Top 10 Hero
Getting ABH financial support helped to scale our business and triple our artisanal workforce.
Math and heritage drive Senegalese artisans’ empowerment
Heritage meets AI in Diarrablu’s beautiful algorithm-generated prints. However, it’s mathematics that owner Diarra adds to her late grandmother’s crafting genius that powers her goal of providing income opportunities to thousands of Senegalese artisans. With a background in finance and design and a Master’s in Creative Mathematics, Diarra uses her math acumen for production and cost efficiencies, enabling her sustainable fashion tech company to scale a modern take on ancestral crafts. Over a recent two-year cycle, expansion in staffing and operations has led to 6.5 times revenue growth. Diarrablu’s global reach spans four continents, from the fashion hubs of the USA to the vibrant markets of Singapore.
HQ LOCATION
Dakar, Senegal
YEAR FOUNDED
2018'
REVENUE
6.5x from 2020 to 2022
NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
10,000 active
EXPORT COUNTRIES
56 countries including U.S., Singapore, France, U.K.