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


 
 

 
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A Burkinabe Cotton Story – A Successful Week of the Organic & Fairtrade Cotton Coalition

The 1st SICOT (Salon International du Coton et du Textile) was a great success and an important step forward towards a major expansion of organic and Fairtrade cotton production from Burkina Faso and West Africa as well as loca...
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HOW TO SOURCE YOUR AFRICAN SUPPLIER – 5 DAY FACEBOOK CHALLENGE

“Is it TRUE that fashion can be made in Africa?” “Is it possible to SOURCE textiles in Africa?” “Is it really possible to manufacturer fashion goods in Africa?” “Are there ANY reliable ...
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Sustainable fashion pioneer ABURY sends designer to Chile in its 4th international designer contest!

Following the huge success of the last years, ABURY launches the forth edition of the ABURY Design Experience – a unique open call to all fashion accessories designers to win a travel and production grant and develop a capsul...
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WAKANDA forever! – Black Panther: an A-Z of African Nuggets

As students and lovers of African culture, Daphne Kasambala our friend and founder of online African fashion retail site Sapelle.com has put together this spoiler-free A-Z guide of nuggets abundantly scattered around the movie ...
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May I introduce Africa Fashion Guide to you?

Africa Fashion Guide is the brainchild of Jacqueline Shaw a professional fashion designer, a visionary and an eco-entrepreneur with a big heart for Africa, Fashion and International Development. Jacqueline conceived Africa Fash...
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NEW! African Designers Fashion Award – APPLY NOW! for the ASEF & Sustainable Fashion Programme

On December 3rd 2016 Prospero World in partnership with Arts Global and Roger Hammond Memorial Trust Fund (RHMTF) launched the African Social Enterprise Fund (ASEF) at Sotheby’s, London. The ASEF aims to support entrepreneurs...
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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