The project management tool for creatives
Organise your ideas. Manage your team. Build your portfolio.
All your creative projects in one powerful workspace.
Find collaborators
Find collaborators
Find collaborators
Create projects
Create projects
Show Portfolio
Show Portfolio
Show Portfolio
Trusted by over 9,000 Creatives and Creative Organizations Across Africa.
Creators, studios, universities & production teams use CoLab to plan, manage & complete their best work.
Build. Create. Deliver. Together.
The first platform designed for how creatives actually work — visual, simple, fluid, collaborative.
Build. Create. Deliver. Together.
The first platform designed for how creatives actually work — visual, simple, fluid, collaborative.
Build. Create. Deliver. Together.
The first platform designed for how creatives actually work — visual, simple, fluid, collaborative.
Not Just a Tool ,A Creative Operating System.
Everything you need to run projects, teams, budgets, files, contracts & clients in one workspace.
Not Just a Tool ,A Creative Operating System.
Everything you need to run projects, teams, budgets, files, contracts & clients in one workspace.
Not Just a Tool ,A Creative Operating System.
Everything you need to run projects, teams, budgets, files, contracts & clients in one workspace.
Your Creative Career, Organised.
From your projects to your portfolio, CoLab builds your creative identity while helping you grow.
Your Creative Career, Organised.
From your projects to your portfolio, CoLab builds your creative identity while helping you grow.
Your Creative Career, Organised.
From your projects to your portfolio, CoLab builds your creative identity while helping you grow.
We built the platform, they flew
Brands
Brands
AA Gallerie
AA Gallerie
Normvl
Normvl
illume studios
illume studios
Picha stock
Picha stock
BAI Foundation
BAI Foundation
AA Gallerie
Normvl
illume studios
Picha stock
BAI Foundation
AA Gallerie
Normvl
illume studios
Picha stock
BAI Foundation
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Projects Created
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Projects Created
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Projects Created
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Creatives in the Community
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Creatives in the Community
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Creatives in the Community
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Studios & Institutions Engaged
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Studios & Institutions Engaged
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Studios & Institutions Engaged
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Happy creatives
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Happy creatives
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Happy creatives
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What we do (and do really well)
Services
Services
1. AI-Guided Project Planning
Start projects by simply describing your idea. CoLab helps break it into tasks, timelines, and phases so you always know what comes next. Benefit: You spend less time figuring out how to start and more time actually creating.
2. Creative Task Management
A flexible task board designed for creative work, not corporate workflows. Tasks adapt as your project evolves and can be edited through conversation. Benefit: Your workflow stays fluid instead of rigid, matching how creatives actually think and work.
3. Auto-Updating Creative Profile (Portfolio)
Every project you complete contributes to your profile, building a living portfolio that reflects your real work over time. Benefit: Your portfolio grows naturally as you work, without extra effort or manual updates.
4. Collaboration & Messaging
Chat directly inside projects, keep feedback contextual, and avoid long email threads or lost messages. Benefit: Clear communication means fewer misunderstandings and faster progress.
1. AI-Guided Project Planning
2. Creative Task Management
3. Auto-Updating Creative Profile (Portfolio)
4. Collaboration & Messaging
Why we are the best!
Benefitsss
Benefitsss
Purpose-Built for Creatives
No corporate jargon. No overcomplicated interfaces. Just a visual tool designed for creative workflows.
Purpose-Built for Creatives
No corporate jargon. No overcomplicated interfaces. Just a visual tool designed for creative workflows.
Purpose-Built for Creatives
No corporate jargon. No overcomplicated interfaces. Just a visual tool designed for creative workflows.
AI That Works Like a Creative Assistant
From project templates to collaborator suggestions, AI helps you plan and execute more efficiently.
AI That Works Like a Creative Assistant
From project templates to collaborator suggestions, AI helps you plan and execute more efficiently.
AI That Works Like a Creative Assistant
From project templates to collaborator suggestions, AI helps you plan and execute more efficiently.
Adaptable & Flexible
Tailored solutions for evolving market needs.
Adaptable & Flexible
Tailored solutions for evolving market needs.
Adaptable & Flexible
Tailored solutions for evolving market needs.
Auto-Updated Portfolio
Every project you complete automatically builds your portfolio — no more forgetting your wins.
Auto-Updated Portfolio
Every project you complete automatically builds your portfolio — no more forgetting your wins.
Auto-Updated Portfolio
Every project you complete automatically builds your portfolio — no more forgetting your wins.
All Files, Tasks & Teams in One Place
Never lose track of your work again. Everything lives in one workspace.
All Files, Tasks & Teams in One Place
Never lose track of your work again. Everything lives in one workspace.
All Files, Tasks & Teams in One Place
Never lose track of your work again. Everything lives in one workspace.
Built for Africa’s Creative Economy
Local pricing, African workflows, mobile-first design, built by African creatives for African creatives.
Built for Africa’s Creative Economy
Local pricing, African workflows, mobile-first design, built by African creatives for African creatives.
Built for Africa’s Creative Economy
Local pricing, African workflows, mobile-first design, built by African creatives for African creatives.
Community at the Core
CoLab is more than software — it's a movement. Events, sessions, collaboration spaces, and opportunities to grow.
Community at the Core
CoLab is more than software — it's a movement. Events, sessions, collaboration spaces, and opportunities to grow.
Community at the Core
CoLab is more than software — it's a movement. Events, sessions, collaboration spaces, and opportunities to grow.
How It Works
Process
Process
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Step 1 — Create Your Project
Use creative templates or start fresh. Define your vision, roles & goals.
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Step 1 — Create Your Project
Use creative templates or start fresh. Define your vision, roles & goals.
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Step 1 — Create Your Project
Use creative templates or start fresh. Define your vision, roles & goals.
Built different (in a good way)
Differences
Differences
Other Project Management Tools
Built for corporate teams, not creative workflows
Built for corporate teams, not creative workflows
Built for corporate teams, not creative workflows
Rigid structures and technical language
Rigid structures and technical language
Rigid structures and technical language
Generic templates that don’t fit creative projects
Generic templates that don’t fit creative projects
Generic templates that don’t fit creative projects
No way to find collaborators or creative teams
No way to find collaborators or creative teams
No way to find collaborators or creative teams
No automatic portfolios or creative CVs
No automatic portfolios or creative CVs
No automatic portfolios or creative CVs
No automatic portfolios or creative CVs
No automatic portfolios or creative CVs
No legal documents for creative projects (IP, NDAs, usage rights)
No legal documents for creative projects (IP, NDAs, usage rights)
No legal documents for creative projects (IP, NDAs, usage rights)
No budgeting tools built for productions & creative costs
No budgeting tools built for productions & creative costs
No budgeting tools built for productions & creative costs
Projects live alone no community, no discovery
Projects live alone no community, no discovery
Projects live alone no community, no discovery
Expensive pricing not designed for African creators
Expensive pricing not designed for African creators
Expensive pricing not designed for African creators
CoLab
Built specifically for creative workflows across film, design, fashion, content & music
Built specifically for creative workflows across film, design, fashion, content & music
Built specifically for creative workflows across film, design, fashion, content & music
Simple, visual, creative-friendly interface
Simple, visual, creative-friendly interface
Simple, visual, creative-friendly interface
Film / photoshoot / event / animation / campaign templates built-in
Film / photoshoot / event / animation / campaign templates built-in
Film / photoshoot / event / animation / campaign templates built-in
AI assists planning, structure, briefs, milestones & tasks
AI assists planning, structure, briefs, milestones & tasks
AI assists planning, structure, briefs, milestones & tasks
Find collaborators based on skills, roles & availability
Find collaborators based on skills, roles & availability
Find collaborators based on skills, roles & availability
Auto-updated creative portfolio from completed projects
Auto-updated creative portfolio from completed projects
Auto-updated creative portfolio from completed projects
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
Legal agreements auto-generated for projects (IP, NDAs, contracts)
Legal agreements auto-generated for projects (IP, NDAs, contracts)
Legal agreements auto-generated for projects (IP, NDAs, contracts)
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
Production-friendly budgeting & cost tracking tools
African-first pricing: affordable for creators, scalable for studios
African-first pricing: affordable for creators, scalable for studios
African-first pricing: affordable for creators, scalable for studios
Our Creative Community of Collaborators
community
community
community
Pick your Plan
Pricing
Pricing
Pricing
Create unlimited personal projects
Create unlimited personal projects
Create unlimited personal projects
AI Project Starter (basic prompts)
AI Project Starter (basic prompts)
AI Project Starter (basic prompts)
Basic task management
Basic task management
Basic task management
Access to Discover Feed (view only)
Access to Discover Feed (view only)
Access to Discover Feed (view only)
Community events & newsletters
Community events & newsletters
Community events & newsletters
1GB project storage
1GB project storage
1GB project storage
Mobile + Web access
Mobile + Web access
Mobile + Web access
CoLab Starters
/Free Forever
The Free plan gives every creator the foundation they need to start organising their ideas and building their creative journey. Perfect for testing CoLab and managing small projects.
Free for starters
CoLab Starters
/Free Forever
The Free plan gives every creator the foundation they need to start organising their ideas and building their creative journey. Perfect for testing CoLab and managing small projects.
Free for starters
CoLab Starters
/Free Forever
The Free plan gives every creator the foundation they need to start organising their ideas and building their creative journey. Perfect for testing CoLab and managing small projects.
Free for starters
Everything in Free, plus:
Everything in Free, plus:
Everything in Free, plus:
AI Project Builder (full-powered templates)
AI Project Builder (full-powered templates)
AI Project Builder (full-powered templates)
AI Creative Assistant for tasks & structure
AI Creative Assistant for tasks & structure
AI Creative Assistant for tasks & structure
Advanced project dashboard
Advanced project dashboard
Advanced project dashboard
Invite up to 5 collaborators per project
Invite up to 5 collaborators per project
Invite up to 5 collaborators per project
Timeline + milestones tools
Timeline + milestones tools
Timeline + milestones tools
Creative Portfolio (auto-generated from projects)
Creative Portfolio (auto-generated from projects)
Creative Portfolio (auto-generated from projects)
Budget Planner (basic version)
Budget Planner (basic version)
Budget Planner (basic version)
Legal Hub (standard agreements: NDAs, IP, partnership templates)
Legal Hub (standard agreements: NDAs, IP, partnership templates)
Legal Hub (standard agreements: NDAs, IP, partnership templates)
20GB project storage
20GB project storage
20GB project storage
Priority support
Priority support
Priority support
CoLab Pro
/month
Freelancers, active creators, side-hustlers who want workflow clarity & better collaboration.
The Pro Plan unlocks CoLab’s full creative project management suite , AI-powered templates, team coordination, collaboration tools, and a portfolio that updates automatically from your projects.
CoLab Pro
/month
Freelancers, active creators, side-hustlers who want workflow clarity & better collaboration.
The Pro Plan unlocks CoLab’s full creative project management suite , AI-powered templates, team coordination, collaboration tools, and a portfolio that updates automatically from your projects.
CoLab Pro
/month
Freelancers, active creators, side-hustlers who want workflow clarity & better collaboration.
The Pro Plan unlocks CoLab’s full creative project management suite , AI-powered templates, team coordination, collaboration tools, and a portfolio that updates automatically from your projects.
Everything in Pro, plus:
Everything in Pro, plus:
Everything in Pro, plus:
Studio Workspace (multi-project dashboard)
Studio Workspace (multi-project dashboard)
Studio Workspace (multi-project dashboard)
Team roles & permissions
Team roles & permissions
Team roles & permissions
Unlimited collaborators
Unlimited collaborators
Unlimited collaborators
Shared file library
Shared file library
Shared file library
Custom workflows for film, design, content & events
Custom workflows for film, design, content & events
Custom workflows for film, design, content & events
Client project folders
Client project folders
Client project folders
Advanced budget + invoicing module
Advanced budget + invoicing module
Advanced budget + invoicing module
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Contract generator (higher-level templates)
Studio analytics (productivity & project health)
Studio analytics (productivity & project health)
Studio analytics (productivity & project health)
Onboarding support
Onboarding support
Onboarding support
CoLab Studio
/per month
Small creative studios, production teams, agencies, content teams.
Designed for teams that handle multiple clients or productions. Offers team dashboards, multi-project oversight, internal workflows, roles & permissions, and enhanced reporting.
CoLab Studio
/per month
Small creative studios, production teams, agencies, content teams.
Designed for teams that handle multiple clients or productions. Offers team dashboards, multi-project oversight, internal workflows, roles & permissions, and enhanced reporting.
CoLab Studio
/per month
Small creative studios, production teams, agencies, content teams.
Designed for teams that handle multiple clients or productions. Offers team dashboards, multi-project oversight, internal workflows, roles & permissions, and enhanced reporting.
Everything in Studio, plus:
Everything in Studio, plus:
Everything in Studio, plus:
Institution Admin Dashboard
Institution Admin Dashboard
Institution Admin Dashboard
Lecturer portals
Lecturer portals
Lecturer portals
Class-based project workspaces
Class-based project workspaces
Class-based project workspaces
Student activity tracker
Student activity tracker
Student activity tracker
Project assessment tools
Project assessment tools
Project assessment tools
Attendance + engagement reports
Attendance + engagement reports
Attendance + engagement reports
Bulk student onboarding
Bulk student onboarding
Bulk student onboarding
Secure institution data environment
Secure institution data environment
Secure institution data environment
Separate roles for Admin, Lecturer & Student
Separate roles for Admin, Lecturer & Student
Separate roles for Admin, Lecturer & Student
Custom templates for curriculum-linked projects
Custom templates for curriculum-linked projects
Custom templates for curriculum-linked projects
API integration for LMS platforms
API integration for LMS platforms
API integration for LMS platforms
Dedicated Account Manager
Dedicated Account Manager
Dedicated Account Manager
Onsite/online training for staff
Onsite/online training for staff
Onsite/online training for staff
2TB storage
2TB storage
2TB storage
CoLab Enterprise
Custom
/year per institution
Creative institutions, universities, incubators, ESD programs, hubs.
A complete project, collaboration & curriculum support system for creative organisations. Helps institutions track student work, facilitate collaboration, manage classes, and assess practical output.
CoLab Enterprise
Custom
/year per institution
Creative institutions, universities, incubators, ESD programs, hubs.
A complete project, collaboration & curriculum support system for creative organisations. Helps institutions track student work, facilitate collaboration, manage classes, and assess practical output.
CoLab Enterprise
Custom
/year per institution
Creative institutions, universities, incubators, ESD programs, hubs.
A complete project, collaboration & curriculum support system for creative organisations. Helps institutions track student work, facilitate collaboration, manage classes, and assess practical output.
CoLab started as one creator’s struggle to find collaborators and organise projects ,a challenge shared across Africa’s creative industry. What began with a small community event grew into a platform built specifically for how creatives work: a space to plan projects, collaborate, and showcase real portfolios. Today, CoLab is becoming the creative operating system for Africa turning ideas into finished work and helping creatives, studios, and institutions thrive.
About us
CoLab started as one creator’s struggle to find collaborators and organise projects ,a challenge shared across Africa’s creative industry. What began with a small community event grew into a platform built specifically for how creatives work: a space to plan projects, collaborate, and showcase real portfolios. Today, CoLab is becoming the creative operating system for Africa turning ideas into finished work and helping creatives, studios, and institutions thrive.
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FAQs
FAQs
FAQs
Is CoLab only for big studios?
No — CoLab is built for studios of all sizes, from small teams to growing agencies.
Can we collaborate with freelancers?
Does CoLab replace tools like Asana or Monday?
Can we try CoLab before paying?
Is CoLab only for big studios?
No — CoLab is built for studios of all sizes, from small teams to growing agencies.
Can we collaborate with freelancers?
Does CoLab replace tools like Asana or Monday?
Can we try CoLab before paying?
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