Zimbabwe-born Tapiwa Guzha is on a mission to change the way Africans see their food at his Cape Town ice cream restaurant.

He has used his PhD in Molecular Biology to make more than 600 inventive ice cream flavours – from baobab to edible clay and bitter leaf.

Mr Guzha said he wants Africans to be proud of their culinary heritage.

“There’s an opportunity to decolonise the foodscape in the city, in the country and indeed on the continent,” he added.

His restaurant, Tapi Tapi, has built a loyal following.

One customer said the unique flavours teach people about cultures all over Africa.

“There’s a language there, there’s a history there, there’s a people in there,” they said.