Karabo Poppy Moletsane is a South African illustrator, graphic designer, and street artist. Karabo was born in Vereeniging, Free State. She studied at Open Window Institute in Pretoria and has a degree in Visual Communication. Karabo has done work for the Wall Street Journal, Google, Coca-Cola, and Nike, including designing shoes worn by LeBron James. She created the graphics for the first African series on Netflix, Queen Sono, and When They See Us. She collaborated with RICH MNISI on a unisex clothing collection, called Running Errands, in 2020. Her Utah Jazz mural is installed in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2021, she was commissioned by Wikipedia, along with Jasmina El Bouamraoui, to design 101 symbols for the 20th anniversary of Wikipedia. Her murals are displayed as urban installations across Johannesburg and have appeared in Times Square, in music videos, and on the Soweto Towers.

Our host Ayanda Sibiso had a virtual chat with Karabo Poppy about her latest collaboration with KFC.