South Africa, Nov. 26 -- The visual communication platform, which reports over $3.5bn in annual revenue and 260 million monthly users globally, says more than 77 million designs were created by South Africans this year.

Local operations and language expansion

Canva now has a South African team of nine, based at AfricaWorks in Rosebank, Johannesburg, to drive regional strategy. The company has expanded its platform to nearly 20 African languages including isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans and Swahili, aiming to support more relevant content and local user experience.

Locally relevant content and design tools

The platform has introduced design templates built around South African cultural and commercial moments such as Wedding Season, Back t...