South Africa, June 5 -- Rather than a traditional conference format, the Convening was designed as a space for collective reflection and shared knowledge-building - with keynote talks, dialogues, fireside chats, interactive studios and daily sense-making moments. Guided by five reflective lenses - Remember, Reframe, Rethink, Resolve, and Regenerate - participants explored questions of contextual practice, leadership and complexity, innovation and entrepreneurial futures, and Afrika's place in the global design thinking conversation.

Across the programme, speakers and contributors returned to a consistent thread: design thinking practice becomes more relevant and more responsible when it is grounded in real contexts, lived experience, and...