Africa Fashion Guide
A social enterprise promoting sustainability within Africa's fashion and textile industry.


 
 

 
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Fashion Africa Business (F.A.B) Workshops start May – Limited Places – BOOK NOW!!!

Are you are a fashion designer or fashion business who is interested in setting up your fashion business sourcing and/or producing in Africa? Are you curious about how to make it happen sustainably and ethically? Maybe you are ...
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LISOF – South African Top Fashion School turns 20!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa`s leading fashion education institution, and so too the beginning of its Retail Academy division. The college has recently moved in to the vibrant suburb of Blairgowrie, and ...
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KENYA’S Premier Incubation Program for Handicraft Entrepreneurs Takes off

Craft Afrika is a social enterprise with a mission to support craft enterprises become sustainable. Focusing on urban youth, Craft Afrika seeks to provide an avenue of self-employment by strengthening the business foundation of...
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LISOF’s stand at the SAFW Pop Up Shop a HIT!

And for those who do not know LISOF – it is a fashion school situated in South Africa that has gained the reputation of being the most progressive fashion school in the African continent. And offers both full time and part ti...
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Fashion Design Students in South Africa – The Institutions That Make Their Dreams A Reality

As we prepare to launch a very interesting design project with fashion schools in Africa we will highlight schools and institutions that offer fashion courses in Africa. To start with we will focus on the following two schools ...
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About Africa Fashion Guide

 

AfricaFashionGuide is an information based platform for fashion professionals, students, retailers, magazines, bloggers and all those interested in African fashion and textiles. It was birthed with the focus to create an awareness campaign that promotes the full supply chain of the African fashion and textile industry with an ethical perspective and create links with the greater global textile industry.

AFG Mission

1-To Support Economic Development in Africa
2-To Promote the use of Ethical and Sustainable Textiles
3-To Encourage Trade Relationships over just Aid
4-To Support WFTO Fairtrade Principles
5-To Encourage Discussion and Implement Action
6-To Build active Relationships between Large Fashion Organisations (designers, fashion schools, media) in UK/Europe and African Designers, Manufacturers, Textiles Suppliers, Artisans and Workshops