Sakaad
Kenyan & East African artisan goods
Sakaad helps teams, institutions, and hospitality buyers source African handmade goods — for corporate gifts, donor appreciation, event gifting, and retail assortments. Kenya-rooted category knowledge, a brief-led process, and an artisan network behind every order.
Tell us the audience, quantity, budget, and timeline. We shape the shortlist with our makers and give you an honest read on what's feasible — before anything is promised.
Handmade African gift sets for donor appreciation, employee milestones, conferences, and client thank-yous — chosen for quality and provenance, not generic swag.
Curated baskets, textiles, beadwork, and home accents for boutiques, museum shops, fair-trade stores, and hospitality retail.
Brief-led search for made-to-order options — materials, colors, quantities, samples, and packaging — for projects a stock catalog can't cover.
Sakaad is built for the harder job: working with our artisan partners to hit your quantity, standard, and timeline — and carrying the sourcing and sampling legwork so you don't have to.
Why brief-led
Sakaad isn't a live catalog. You bring the brief; we bring curated options, an honest read on what's feasible, and one point of contact — so you only commit when the order path is real.
Every project answers the same questions: who is it for, what is the quantity, what is the budget, and what has to be true for it to work.
Gift program, retail assortment, or custom request — with audience, quantity, budget, and timeline.
We shape directions and shortlist makers matched to your audience, price point, and deadline.
An honest read on samples, quantities, timelines, packaging, and shipping before anything is promised.
Qualified projects move into samples, then a deposit or invoice via a fulfillment partner.
Straight answers that keep the brief honest before anything is promised.
No. We source to your brief — made to order with our artisan partners, or curated from their work — rather than shipping from stock. That's the point: you get what fits the project, not what happens to be on a shelf.
The inquiry desk is being built to read briefs and keep replies honest — it will never quote a price, claim something is in stock, or promise a delivery date that hasn't been verified. Those details come once your project is scoped.
Africa has deep, recognized handmade-craft traditions — Kenya especially, known for sisal basketry, beadwork, and textiles. We source broadly across African makers, anchored by those Kenya-rooted craft strengths.
Best fit is a buyer with a defined audience, budget range, timeline, and enough quantity to make sourcing practical. Very small one-off requests may not be feasible.
No. We work in the spirit of fair, transparent artisan sourcing, but we don't claim current certification or membership unless it's separately verified.
Open for gifting & sourcing briefs
Send the basics — audience, quantity, budget range, timeline, delivery location, product direction, and any sample or packaging needs. You'll get a considered, honest reply.