Brand Identity · 2024 · Ekoh Africa

Ekoh

A pan-African eco brand built from the roots up

8 weeksFull Brand System
Client
Ekoh Africa
Timeline
8 weeks
Services
Brand Strategy · Visual Identity · Creative Direction
Discipline
Brand Strategy · Visual Identity · Packaging
The Brief

Ekoh Africa needed a complete brand identity for their pan-African sustainable goods company — covering strategy, visual identity, and packaging for their launch across 8 African markets.


The Challenge

What needed solving.

The sustainable products space is crowded with global brands that feel foreign to African consumers. Ekoh needed to feel premium and globally credible while being authentically African — without leaning on tired visual stereotypes. The brief required threading a very precise needle.

Brand system
Ekoh
A pan-African eco brand built from the roots up
Pri
Snd
Drk
Pap
Logo suite
Wordmark · symbol · lockups
Packaging
Primary cartons · labels
Social kit
Templates · motion cues
Guidelines
72 pp · export ready
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UI explorations
Ekoh · v3
Component audit
Density + a11y pass
Motion
Principles + 6 hero states
Ekoh · Product vision & interface craft
Our Approach

The thinking behind the work.

We began with a brand strategy sprint, defining Ekoh's positioning as 'rooted luxury' — premium quality, African essence, zero compromise. Research into African visual heritage informed a bespoke logotype and icon system drawn from Adinkra symbols and traditional textile geometry. The palette was built from the African landscape: earth browns, forest greens, and warm ochres — elevated with a refined sand-white as the primary ground.

Brand system
Ekoh
A pan-African eco brand built from the roots up
Pri
Snd
Drk
Pap
Logo suite
Wordmark · symbol · lockups
Packaging
Primary cartons · labels
Social kit
Templates · motion cues
Guidelines
72 pp · export ready
Brand system
Ekoh
A pan-African eco brand built from the roots up
Pri
Snd
Drk
Pap
Logo suite
Wordmark · symbol · lockups
Packaging
Primary cartons · labels
Social kit
Templates · motion cues
Guidelines
72 pp · export ready
The Solution

What we built.

A comprehensive brand system: bespoke logotype, icon mark, 48-token design system, packaging across 6 product categories, full brand guidelines, social identity, and a website design direction. Every element connects back to a single truth: African roots, global ambition.

Results & Outcomes

The impact.

Result 01
Launched across 8 markets including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa
Result 02
4× increase in brand recall vs the previous placeholder branding
Result 03
Named one of 2024's standout brand launches by Design Africa
Result 04
300% increase in premium product tier sales in Q1 post-launch
The Team
  • Delasie
  • Salim Jamal
  • Nana Yaw Boahene