Lumela (pronounced Dumela) means HELLO in the Sotho language. The majority of our staff are Sesotho speaking so with our fabulous hand-crafted creations, which we want to showcase to the world, we felt that the name Lumela Afrika - essentially Hello from Africa - was a fitting one!

Although Lumela is about fun funkiness and functionality, we do work with our hearts as well and we know that we can make a difference by acting responsibly. At Lumela it is important for us to be socially responsible and have an ethical approach to doing business.

The majority of our products are hand painted or crafted in our factory in Vereeniging Gauteng SA.

Apart from creating employment for people without skills we are also involved with local children’s charities. A special way of giving support - is the LUMELA pay it forward program where we regularly give away our product to children’s charities. We believe every Lumela created product is a Symbol of Hope. We know that we can’t help everybody but everybody including Lumela can help somebody!