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


 
 

 
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Fashion Revolution Day – WHO MADE YOUR CLOTHES?? Get involved on April 24th

For those who may not be aware this Thursday 24th April marks Fashion Revolution Day. And with Tuesday 22nd April being Earth Day the timing could not have been more  apt. On 24th April each year, Fashion Revolution Day will b...
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Kenya’s Running Brand Launches Kickstarter Campaign

Kenya has produced some of the greatest distance runners in the world. Since 2011, Kourage Athletics has harnessed this storied tradition by creating running apparel for athletes worldwide. Kourage is now turning to the crowd...
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Fundudzi by Craig Jacobs – SOUTH AFRICA’S LEADING ECO LUXE AND ETHICAL LABEL

Clothing with a conscience is the mantra behind Fundudzi by Craig Jacobs. Providing a capsule wardrobe for free spirited individuals seeking pieces with a distinctive signature which subtly draw inspiration from the people and ...
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Loza Maléombho Indiegogo Campaign Re-branding African made Apparel

Not only is Loza Maléombho an up and coming, award winning women’s clothes designer, but her vision of fashion encorporates ethical solutions to help support the social and economic empowerment of women in Cô...
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Fashion Africa – Business Analysis – EDUN

We recently looked at EDUN in regards to their gorgeous new marketing campaign featuring beautiful butterflies from the African continent. EDUN is a brand with a great African success story and personally one of our favourite...
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‘LOVE FROM AFRICA’ – Africa Fashion Guide Cotton Campaign Launches today

With it being Valentines day and all we felt it suiting to launch our African cotton campaign today. Entitled ‘Love From Africa’ we are campaigning to raise awareness of the present situation of African cotton and t...
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Ubuntu International Project brings African Fashion to London

Ubuntu International Project is an organisation developing, promoting and exporting a new African design led aesthetic that fuses the techniques and traditions of Africa with African contemporary fashion in order to create a un...
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Textile Exchange X MantisWorld – Love. Organic Cotton. Support a Farmer! CAMPAIGN

Textile Exchange (formerly Organic Exchange) started life in 2002. The Farm Development Program (FDP) now the Farm Engagement Program commenced in 2006 with the generous funding and support of strategic partners ICCO (the Dutch...
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Designer Katharine Hamnett – from Mali Cotton to CBE

Katharine Hamnett is one of the most notorious ‘Eco-designers’ from Great Britain and this week was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. In the UK  this is recognised as one o...
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