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CURATORS

*Koura-Rosy Kane* on Why Visibility Alone Was Never the Point

Koura-Rosy Kane on building PLATFORM beyond visibility, opening DECKI in Dakar, and why African creative industries must organise on their own terms.

*Debola Adebowale*:
Helping Brands Build Structure and Women Find the Brands Worth Shopping

Debola Adebowale on Artisans Advisory and BuyerBeWear, helping African fashion brands build structure and women discover and shop the brands they love.

"Scaling Isn't About Becoming Bigger": *Baboa Tachie-Menson* on systems, 3D Fashion and Rebuilding The Showroom Accra

Baboa Tachie-Menson on why scaling a creative business is about systems, not size, restructuring The Showroom Accra and 3D fashion design at Balmlabs.

*Ntombi Khambule* on Building the African Fashion Guild: "No One Is Coming to Save Us But Ourselves"

The woman behing Thebe Magugu’s operations makes a point of sharing why designers need operators and what it takes to grow a sustainable industry from the inside out.

STORIES

Interviews and Insights

Inside FARE: Structuring a Sustainable Fashion Brand in Benin

From experimental project to showcase of Beninese creativity, FARE embodies sustainable fashion rooted in local craftsmanship. Peter Toni Basengula discusses the pivot from deadstock to indigo, his 100% local production networks, what the FLY program taught him, and what's still missing from Benin's creative scene.

How Taking Up Space Pop-up Celebrated Black Sustainable Fashion During BHM

Three organisations, one store in Mayfair, and one shared message. During Black History Month in London, Taking Up Space brought together Black-owned sustainable fashion brands to show that Black voices have been leading the sustainability conversation all along.

INDUSTRY

Featured

Lagos Fashion Week Hands Global Fashion a Blueprint for a Regenerative Future

Africa sells the world 15 billion dollars of raw textiles a year and buys back 23 billion in ready-to-wear clothing and footwear. At Lagos Fashion Week's African Fashion Compact II in London, a coalition of the continent's fashion leaders launched a manifesto to close that gap.

From Senegal to South Africa, African Fashion Is In Full Bloom

When Chanel brought its Métiers d'Art show to Dakar, Western media treated it like a discovery. It wasn't. Here's what that moment actually revealed about where African fashion stands today.

GUIDES

Featured

6 Digital Platforms Championing African Brands

Discover the e-commerce platforms dedicated to uniting a powerhouse collective of African creatives, making their brilliant creations accessible across the globe.

4 Fashion Brands Blurring Gender Boundaries

To celebrate queer voices, we are shining a light on 4 designers across Africa, who explore queer identities in their designs, and give a voice to their community.