Startup Story

Irina Samade is the founder and floral designer at Frangipani Flores in Mozambique. She has been working with Floral Art for 15 years having taken a number of specialist floral arrangement courses in Portugal, Brazil, USA and Mozambique. Her passion for flowers started very early with her mother growing violets in their garden. Then, unconsciously, she started toying with making floral arrangements for family and friends' birthdays, but at that time was very far from thinking about being a florist or opening a floristry business. However, all that changed with the launch of her floral design business, Frangipani Flores in 2014. Today, she remains curious in this specialist area of floral design and is constantly inspired by the work of renowned florists around the world.

Startup Story

For entrepreneur Ivandra José, founder of floral design business Silva Kuphatima in Mozambique, her inspiration came from a passion for nature, flowers and an interest in crafts. Today, she is building a business that creates lasting, beautiful memories for her clients through her floral designs and jewellery.