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SUPPORT | SYSTEMS | STRUCTURE…Which do you lack or need more of?
Can I be honest with you? I never PLANNED to be a business coach advisor strategist accountability partner sourcing agent trainer or public speaker. All of these things just HAPPENED organically because I stepped out. And it’s certainly been a journey of many directions and opportunities. I fell in LOVE with Africa. I realised my […]
AFRICAN COTTON – HOW THIS CROP IS KEY TO YOUR AFRICAN FASHION BUSINESS
I had the joy of visiting a cotton farm in Burkina Faso west Africa two years ago and the year before I had the chance to offer training to small but mighty talented skilled fashion business during an event there. This January a cotton ginnery is opening in Koudougou a state some hours outdoor of […]
That’s Right…The Fashion Gurus are Dead Wrong!
So many gurus say it is impossible to source textiles in Africa, that you cannot make quality fashion there, that its unreliable and people only want to rip you off. NOW with the influx of people travelling to Africa last year and getting “inspired” and seeing “opportunity”… YES you can open up yourself to opportunists […]
How the death of my Jamaican Grandfather started my business in Africa
All this talk about new decade and I totally speak that too but when I look back at this time last decade it was a completely different story. I had just started my MA Ethical Fashion degree and was researching into African cotton. My Grandfather who was a Maroon recently died and I went to […]
7 TOP Fashion Business Opportunities you can Start in Africa today!
Friday’s with you these days helping you to get planning and to catch up on your end of year plans on building your African fashion business ideas and that’s why today’s FASHION BUSINESS FRIDAY will be found EXTREMELY useful for you as you start or develop your African fashion business. I have realised on my African fashion journey that […]
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Your six-week guide to why you should source Fashion Made in Kenya // MANUFACTURING
Week 1 – K IS FOR K-ENYA The two major questions I get asked repeatedly as an African Fashion Business Coach are: And so this is why I have created a six-part newsletter just for you. FIRSTLY a big w...
“African Print” and ART – The Globalised Signifier of Africanness in Eddy Kamuanga Iluangas Art // NEW EVENT
The interest in contemporary African Arts has been growing exponentially over the years and though Art is not usually an area of focus for Africa Fashion Guide we do keep an eye out for African artists whose work has a relation...
Fashion Education to Fashion Enterprise in Africa – A Nigerian solution // EDUCATION
We are pleased to have caught up with Mrs Sola Babatunde, founder of OSC (One Stop Celebration) fashion college. With a plethora of knowledge and experience in the fashion industry, she needs little introduction. Sola champion...
Africa is NOT wax-print and Wax-print is NOT Africa! The Stella McCartney debate
Being champions for African Fashion here at Africa Fashion Guide, an enterprise who promotes what is African made and encourages fashion brands to source fashion made in Africa but a recent video on Facebook posted by a young l...
I Interviewed a Hollywood Actress whilst wearing my Onesie // Business Insights
Really?…Yes …. really 🙂 Now there are times I feel blessed and honoured to be in a business which connects me with an amazing line up of celebrities, industry leaders and influencers, but never ever have I interv...
Today is World Water Day and Cotton made in Africa Saves About 63bn Litres! – INDUSTRY NEWS
In many parts of the world cotton is artificially irrigated. On global average, cotton uses more than 2,100 litres of water per kilogram.* Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) does it differently. CmiA is sustainable cotton from Afric...
FASHION UGANDA NOW: PHOTO SERIES: TOGETHERNESS
TogetherNess – The idea was to connect with Ugandan creatives and highlight the beauty of the country’s creative industry. We believe in: Buy Ugandan, build Uganda! BY BEATRACE ANGUT OOLA. Originally featured on Fashion A...
(Re) Defining the African Consumer // MARKET RESEARCH
Article originally published on linkedin by Elizabeth Buckley Recruitment Consultant at Millar Cameron The Oxford Business Forum for Africa 2018 began and ended with questions to be answered. As the forum began on S...
Fashion, F.A.S.T and Festival FUN! – Ghana – August 2018 – Lets do this!
It is with so much excitement that today on Ghana Independence Day 2018 we inform you that we will be heading back to Ghana this August for our next Fashion Africa Sourcing Trip (F.A.S.T) AND will be heading to the Chale Wote S...
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 ...
Good People Doing Good Things – Oliberté Ambassadors x Africa Fashion Guide
Jacqueline Shaw: Fashion Designer and creator of Africa Fashion Guide With 16 years experience in the global fashion industry living and working in 4 countries over 4 continents, Professional Fashion Designer Jacqueline Shaw bi...
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