Speaker profile

Nyaniso Burris

Nyaniso Burris

Diva Pitch: Onethread

CEO and Founder

13h00 - 13h25

Diva Pitch

Nyani Tutu-Burris is a fashion technologist and the Founder & CEO of OneThread Africa, a venture dedicated to building the digital backbone of the sustainable fashion economy. Bridging the critical gap between creativity and global compliance, Nyani is solving the industry's biggest challenge: the ability for African brands to measure, verify, and document their impact. By developing proprietary infrastructure that turns sustainability claims into verifiable data, she is ensuring that African businesses don’t just adapt to the global market—they lead it. With a background in design and years of intensive sustainability research, Nyani is on a mission to make African craftsmanship visible, measurable, and competitive on the world stage, proving that the future of fashion is being built right here.

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