(mizizi World Market)

Mizizi was established in 2005 when the founders realized that there were many African entrepreneurial artisans and crafters who lacked the means of marketing and selling their products beyond their local regions. Specializing in the sale of mostly authentic African handcrafted goods such as Vikoi (sarongs/wraps), Vibeti (pocket books/hand bags), wooden sculptures, art pieces, jewelry, traditional clothing etc; Mizizi allows these entrepreneurs to have a medium to an international outlet for their handcrafted products. Internationally, large organizations are striving to reduce poverty in Less Developed Countries with the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals and these African artists are falling in line with these goals by taking their fate into their own hands, refusing to be waylaid by poverty and the stigma of being in a Third World country and trying to better their own lives. Using textiles and materials unique to Africa, they craft goods and products that appeal to an international audience. Authentically African, these goods are made available to the global market by mizizi . net. With a lot of emphasis being put forward by environmentalists on keeping the globe green, circumstance has put this artisans in the forefront in this effort as well. All products are available either wholesale or .