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


 
 

 
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Ozwald Boateng: Change Is Coming To Africa

By Ozwald Boateng, Special to CNN  Ozwald Boateng is a London-based fashion designer, and co-founder of Made in Africa Foundation, which supports and funds studies for large-scale infrastructure projects across Africa. (CNN...
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Successfully Build your African Fashion Business with Fashion Africa Business (F.A.B.) Workshops this August!

With an abundance of catwalks events happening yearly to provide platforms for African fashion designers in the Diaspora including Mercedes Benz Africa Fashion Day Berlin, Africa Fashion Week New York, Black Fashion Week as wel...
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Ouaga Fashion Week 2013

Ouaga Fashion Week 2013 in collaboration with the African creative collective and Burkina Faso stylists, Af’Com (communication and event agency) presents the first edition of the Festival of fashion Ouaga Fashion Week from 26...
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‘Responsible Fashion for Africa’: A Concept Employed to Empower Africa’s Female Artisans

Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), a programme of the International Trade Center (ITC), highlighted the role of fashion as a catalyst for economic growth in Africa at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development...
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Release Date Revealed for Monrovia Fashion Week® Liberia

Monrovia Fashion Week® in Liberia will be hosting their Fashion Week 5 day event from December 17th- 21st December 2013. About Monrovia Fashion Week®  is a highly scaled platform organized to promote developing and establis...
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Factories
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Ethiopia is the New Sourcing Destination

There is another rising star for sourcing garmets; this time from Africa. Ethiopia is fast coming up in its efforts to push up its textile and garment industry and offer competitive prices in the international market, attractin...
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African textiles on display at Indianapolis museum

The new exhibition ‘Majestic African Textiles’ presents an array of aristocratic performance and ritual clothing of Africa  is going on at the famous encyclopedic art museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, US...
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Africa’s Quest for Talent: Two New Shows Brings Top Models & Designers to the World

Nigeria’s Next Top Designer is an initiative of Africa Fashion Week London and EbonyWorths. EbonyWorths is a leading model management, profile styling, event planning outfit for emerging talents in the modeling and fashio...
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Tanzanian Treasure: AFG Shares Boutique Experience In The Heart Of Dar

Jacqueline Shaw founder of Africa Fashion Guide traveled to Dar Es Salaam with Africa Fashion Guide Project Coordinator Aisha Bignall to research for business, and whilst there experience luxury life in Tanzania. Many of our re...
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