The “Ladybrille® Fashion Business With . . .” is a feature on Ladybrille® Magazine that is focused on entrepreneurs in Africa’s fashion industry, with a heavy emphasis on fashion designers. This feature highlights business principles, business practices, follows the money, discusses the challenges faced by fashion startups as well as offers pragmatic tips that should …
NEW YORK – Online retail is not immune to Olympic fever, as women-owned small businesses can go for the gold here at home by entering ideeli’s “Best in Shop,” a contest celebrating women entrepreneurs and small businesses. Created in partnership with New York Times bestselling author and small business champion Tory Johnson, the contest, which …
Paledi Segapo holds a Master of Business in Leadership (MBL) through the University of South Africa (UNISA) – School of Business Leadership with dissertation titled Growth Strategies for Fashion Enterprise in South Africa. Segapo is a creative entrepreneur, fashion columnist for various local South African magazines, editor, reservedlife.co.za, and was once the fashion editor for …
27-year old Busola Akomolede and 25-year old Bola Anibaba met while studying at Babcock University in Nigeria. As their friendship grew, they realized that they shared a mutual love for wristwatches and dreamt of one day owning their own wrist-watch design company. That dream recently came true as the duo pulled together their savings and …
Kunmi Otitoju is a fashion designer based in Spain from Ekiti, South-West Nigeria. As a much younger woman, Otitoju harbored a strong desire and interest in the fine arts. Equally strong, however, was her passion for computers and the way they worked. After high school, Otitoju subsequently enrolled at Howard University in Washington D.C where …
“At the tender age of six Gloria Wavamunno had already developed a deep love for fashion, fabric, and garment construction. Her inspiration has since been limitless and has been drawn from vast subjects like motion, music, and ethos. Born in London and raised in both London and Kampala, Ugandan, Wavamunno was exposed quite early to …