REBRAND · PACKAGING · SOCIAL STRATEGY
Koffee Lounge
A once-loved Accra restaurant chain made unmissable again, with a rebrand, packaging, and 24 months of social strategy.
20M+ Twitter impressions per quarter
View case studyBRAND STRATEGY · IDENTITY · DESIGN
We ask the questions, you’ve got the answers. Together we build a brand that’s unmistakably you, and holds up against anyone in your game.
WHO WE ARE
Hi there. We are Brainstorm Africa. Our name is our philosophy: begin every problem with an open mind, a curious spirit, and zero preconceived ideas, then create something meaningful.
Ready to brainstorm with us?
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WHAT WE DO
Not sure what your brand is even meant to say?
Before anyone designs anything, you need to know who you’re for and why they should care. This is half a day of working that out properly, with you in the room.
You leave with real direction written down: your positioning, your audience, and how you should sound. It’s $2,500, and it comes off any project you book within 30 days.
Questionnaire → brand review → half-day session → written summary → follow-up call
Starting out, and stuck with a logo you threw together in a rush?
Everything you need to look like a real business, and nothing you won’t use. Positioning, a proper logo suite, colors, type, and guidelines that tell you how to use all of it.
Built for one clear offer and a small team. Every file is yours, organized and ready to go. From $6,500.
Discovery → positioning → concepts → refinement → production & handover
Need a brand that holds up to scrutiny, not just one you like?
We test the direction with your actual customers before anything goes into production. So when someone asks why the brand looks like this, the answer isn’t “the designer liked it.”
Strategy, messaging, a complete identity, and guidelines your whole team can run with. From $12,000.
Discovery → strategy → concepts → user testing → production → guidelines & handover
Launching, and everything has to land at once?
Everything in Identity System, plus getting it out into the world. Packaging or a brand-led website, your pick, with the launch assets and a plan for rolling it out.
We train your team to use it, then stay close for 60 days after launch. From $22,000.
Identity system → rollout design → production → launch prep & training
HOW WE WORK
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We dig into your brand, your audience, and the problem underneath the brief.
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We agree on what success looks like before any design happens.
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We build in fast, iterative cycles: ideate, execute, validate, repeat.
SELECTED WORK
REBRAND · PACKAGING · SOCIAL STRATEGY
A once-loved Accra restaurant chain made unmissable again, with a rebrand, packaging, and 24 months of social strategy.
20M+ Twitter impressions per quarter
View case studyBRAND · MESSAGING · CAMPAIGNS
Turning a tech tutoring firm into a beacon for Africa’s next generation of developers, with campaigns that filled classrooms.
Exponential growth in enrolment and engagement
View case studyIDENTITY · PACKAGING · SOCIAL
A premium identity for Chef Kiko’s Ghanaian intercontinental fusion brand, from logo to packaging to table.
A brand the founder can’t stop smiling about
View case studyBRAND IDENTITY · E-COMMERCE · WEB DESIGN
Prescription glasses West Africa could actually afford, from a founder who designed every frame herself.
A full brand identity in four weeks, then six months of web
View case studyI was admittedly skeptical when starting the project with this team. I wasn’t sure my idea for the brand’s experience would be captured effectively in this brand mark. I am thrilled by the process and the result. I can’t stop smiling! Everyone loves it!”
Chef Kiko
FOUNDER AND CEO, BLUE CHEESE
ABOUT US
Since 2018, Brainstorm Africa has built brands from Accra and Toronto for clients worldwide. We used to do a bit of everything. Now we do one thing properly: brand identity, from the strategy underneath it to the system your team runs with every day.
Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta
PROJECT MANAGER / CO-FOUNDER
Kelvin Akakpo
UI/UX DEVELOPER
Plus a network of contractors and partners we bring in when your project calls for them.
FAQ
Identity work runs from $6,500 to $22,000 depending on scope. Most clients land in the middle, at $12,000. Beyond that, every project is scoped from scratch, so the final number depends on what you actually need.
Not ready for a full project? The Brand Clarity Session is $2,500 for a half day, you leave with real direction, and it comes off anything you book within 30 days.
We’re originally from Ghana, so we offer developing country rates. Send us an email at mike@brainstormafrica.com for custom pricing.
Need it faster or quieter? We offer rush rates, and hush rates if you’d like the work kept off our channels.
Identity Foundation runs 4 weeks, Identity System 6 weeks, and Brand Build 8 to 10 weeks. A lot of that depends on you: showing up for the check-ins and committing to the work is what keeps things moving.
The Brand Clarity Session is quicker: a half-day session, with your written summary inside a week.
Either way, you get a timeline with milestones before we start, so you always know what’s coming and when.
It starts the way our name suggests: with a brainstorm. You’ll meet your point of contact, who lines up the key dates and keeps you in the loop from day one, whatever your time zone.
From there it’s 3 phases, every time. We discover insights about your brand and your audience, we define goals so we agree on what success looks like, then we execute beautifully in fast cycles of ideate, execute, validate, repeat.
Yes. We’ve done the big-brand work with MTN GH, GT Bank, Stanbic Bank, and Ashesi University, and we’ve built brands for restaurants, founders, and first-time entrepreneurs.
We’re a small team with a deep network of partners, so we expand and contract to fit the project. Everyone gets the same thorough process; only the scope changes.
We’ve worked from Accra and Toronto for brands worldwide since 2018. Remote isn’t a compromise for us, it’s the design.
You get a clear point of contact, scheduled check-ins that respect your time zone, and everything documented and shared as we go. Distance has never been what slows a project down.
You do. Logos, source files, brand guidelines: everything we make for you is handed over, organized and ready to use. Your brand shouldn’t live on our hard drive.
By default we only reserve the usual portfolio rights, so we can show off the work we’re proud of. If you’d rather we didn’t, that’s a conversation we’re happy to have.
Your proposal spells out the feedback rounds included, so neither side gets surprised.
And because strategy comes first, feedback tends to be refinement, not rescue. That’s the whole point of doing the thinking before the making.
We define success before we design anything; it’s phase 2 of our process.
Depending on your goals, that’s engagement, enrolment, sales, or a brand you’re finally proud to show people. Whatever we agree on, we measure against it together.
Honesty, access, and timely feedback. Tell us the real problem, share what you know about your customers, and show up for the check-ins.
We handle the thinking and the making; you focus on your business.
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