Our Scope:
This season we will be discussing Shifting the Supply chain of the fashion industry to Africa, the opportunities on the continent is growing and more production and movements are being executed in Africa. We will look at the growing interest is in the continent as a market of its own as Fashion Returns to Africa!
We will continue to join together to share and investigate the growth of the African retail stratosphere, e-commerce, the consumer market and why you should be an early adopter, the actual African market formal versus the informal markets, the culture of African consumers and style, tailor relationship versus fast fashion, the young population and the move from the rural to the city areas, African Fashion Manufacturing, Ethiopia as a hot topic for manufacturing, the secondhand clothing industry, the media industry and the present image of Africa in the press, trends in African fashion on and off the continent and link all these to movements in technology, agriculture, sustainability, communication and more.
Our Strategy:
The seminar event will act as a means to discuss and promote the full supply chain of African Fashion Design, Textiles, and Manufacturing and thus communicate this to a larger, global audience through media.
The event will be centred around the areas of these sub-topics Shift to Sustainability, Shift in Manufacturing, Shift for Retail, Shift in Trends, Shift your Supply, Shift to Innovation, Shifting Disruption, Shift in Trading Policy, Shift of Finance, Shift in Design looking at Cultural Appropriation, IP and more.
Our Social Aims and Objectives:
‘Fashion Africa’ Conference and Seminars were created to be a catalyst in the industry to help change perceptions of the fashion and textile industry in Africa and to ask those in Africa working in garment design and textile manufacturing what THEY think and need and so aim to keep these discussions ongoing in different locations annually where international industry leaders can connect, do business and initiate change.
The 2019 Fashion Africa Conference will act as a revolutionary vehicle to create a social forum for all those attending to talk openly and share ideas, information and expertise, to raise awareness and elevate the perception of design from the African continent.
Our Solution:
This event is a must attend event where there will be a mix of press, brands and industry influencers and insiders with a mutual involvement and/or vested interest in elevating African trade, design and production, and who want to be part of the wider solution to raise Africa as a trailblazer in quality design and production.
Fashion Africa Conference 2019 schedule
These panels will look how far Africa has come in order to look forward – focus is on production, sustainability and the African fashion message of value.
Intermittent short, bite-size TedX style talks covering manufacture, ethical sourcing, retail shopping market, trends, consumer market, African textiles, African cotton, but all falling under the main topic and conference theme being ‘Shift Your Supply. Africa. Fashion’s Return’.
Each speaker will celebrate the revival happening in Africa and present a speech related to their area within the African fashion and textiles supply chain.
KEYNOTE 1
FUTURE SUPPLY CHAINS
Time: 9.15-9.30AM
Speakers:
FLORENCE KOLLIE RAJA – MARIAMA FASHION PRODUCTION
Time: 9.30-10.30AM
Speakers:
CHRISTIAN SMITH – FAIR WEAR FOUNDATION
SUBINDU GARKHEL – FAIRTRADE FOUNDATION
ANYANGO MPINGA – ANYANGO MPINGA
NKWO ONWUKA – NKWO
MODERATOR – SARAH RATTY – CIEL
KEYNOTE 2
FUTURE INNOVATION
Time: 10.30-10.45AM
Speakers:
DILYS WILLIAMS – CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE FASHION
Time: 10.45-11.45PM
Speakers:
LISA LAMBIE –
PEPPER – THE ASSEMBLY HUB
MODERATOR – YEMISI MOKUOLU – HATCH EVENTS
Time: 11.45AM-12.30PM
Speakers:
JACQUELINE SHAW – DIRECTOR AFRICA FASHION GUIDE
PANEL 3 – >SHIFT IN DESIGN<
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN DESIGN
Time: 1.15-2.00PM
Speakers:
NKWO ONWUKA – NKWO
SIVAN BREEMHAAR – AFRIEK
WALE ADEYEMI – B-SIDE
BOLA MARQUIS – OKUN
CARMEN HOGG – CARMENPOLITAN
MODERATOR – EZZIE CONDE NAST
KEYNOTE 3
Time: 2.00PM-2.15PM
Speakers:
NIRMALA REWA – COUNSELLOR (ECONOMIC MATTERS) MAURITIUS HIGH COMMISSION
TRADE AND POLICY FOR AFRICAN FASHION – AGOA, BREXIT AND AFCTFA
Time: 2.15-3.00PM
Speakers:
JENNFER RÖNNE – VICTORIA GRACE
ALBERT TUCKER – KARMA COLA
PUMELA SALELA – BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
FLORENCE KOLLIE RAJA – ETHICAL ERA
ALAE ISMAIL TBC
MODERATOR – PAMELA VAUHUVAMWE
KEYNOTE 4
FUTURE TRENDS
Time: 3.00-3.15PM
Speakers:
ROBERTA ANNAN – IMPACT FUND FOR AFRICAN CREATIVES / AFRICAN FASHION FUND
Time: 3.15-4.00PM
Speakers:
PRAMA BHARDWARJ – MANTISWORLD
SIVAN BREEMHAAR – AFRIEK
VIKKI BRENNAN – PMIA
DOMINIC MCVEY– HELA
TOBIAS MEIER – ECOS
PAOLA MASPERI – MAYAMIKO
MODERATOR – JACQUELINE SHAW – AFRICA FASHION GUIDE
KEYNOTE 5
FUTURE OF DESIGN
Time: 4.00-4.15PM
Room Location: Small Hall
Speakers:
BRITISH COUNCIL – GEORGINA INNES
Time: 4.15-5.00PM
Speakers:
ANNIE RUDNICK – AKOJA MARKET
MORIN – SAPELLE
WARIDI SCHROBSDORFF– FA254
MARIATU TURAY – GITAS PORTAL
CARMEN HOGG – CARMENPOLITAN
MODERATOR – CHAYET CHIENIN- NOTHING BUT THE WAX
KEYNOTE 6
FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS
Time: 5.00-5.15PM
Speakers:
GHANA HIGH COMMISSION tbc
BOLA MARQUIS – OKUN BEACHWE
This Masterclass day will allow a smaller more intimate groups to gather together and discuss their business in more detail in a bootcamp style. With an aim to leave with actual results to take forward.
Limited to 10 tickets only – this intimate Live Masterclass business training will take place over a full day on Tuesday 10th September at the prestigious Eco building one a kind sustainable building in London ‘The Crystal’. Trainings will include topics concerning:
You will discover secrets steps to: …Meet your supplier …Master your sourcing strategy …Multiply your success …Maximise your sample strategy
You will leave the training with knowing
–The FOUR easy and practical routes to find your quality African supplier – revealing why the ‘gurus’ of fashion are dead wrong that fashion cannot be made in Africa. The all important MUST ask KEY questions you can use to vet suppliers for yourself that will also gain you the respect you need from the get go.
–How to STOP or avoid getting ripped off by crafting and building successful, HONEST, long-term relationships with vetted, experienced, professional quality suppliers on the ground in Africa. Even if you have never visited the continent!
–The importance of working with suppliers with ETHICAL conditions and high working STANDARDS allowing you to build a responsible fashion brand made in Africa.
–The secrets to understand how to know if the suppliers you are working with are actually RIGHT FOR YOU and right for your unique product.
PLUS, a ton of practical advice and guidance so you can go from feeling stressed out, frustrated and overwhelmed, to being an organised and over-achieving business owner getting awesome results fulfilling your African dream!
So you have the opportunity not only to join our Fashion Africa Conference this September in the prestigious City Hall, and to listen to the best industry leaders in African fashion in London, together in one place; but you can take that next step in your business by investing in the two day event that includes the Masterclass hosted at the world acclaimed eco building the Crystal. If you are a serious fashion business owner shifting your supply, sourcing and production to Africa than you absolutely cannot miss this event!
REGISTER TODAY! HERE
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