Guaranty Trust Bank plc in collaboration with Style House Files, a creative development agency, have announced a partnership with Selfridges, UK, the famous London fashion destination voted the best department store in the world* for the second time consecutively. The partnership which re-affirms the Bank?s on-going support for the growth and exposure of African fashion …
Stoan, the Face of a New Counter-Xenophobia Campaign, Joins IOM, UNHCR in Search for South Africa’s Top Poets
(November 2012) – Popular musician, TV presenter and Poet Stoan Seate has been announced as the face of a new counter-xenophobia campaign that calls on the South African public to enter a poetry competition about migration. The campaign was launched (the week of November 15th, 2012) by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations …
OPINION: 'Our Dangerous Addiction To Intelligence' by Ofili Speaks
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” This is a question that almost every person has been asked at one point in their life. The answers we are most likely expected to give include Accountant, Engineering or Medicine. But John Lennon of The Beatles gave a different response…when asked what he wanted …
VIDEO: TEDx Soweto – WATCH ‘I See a Different You’ Shakeup the Negative Image of Soweto with their Positive Stories
I See A Different You is a trio of creatives from Soweto who combine their passions for fashion, art and photography to portray Africa as they see it. Justice Mukheli (Ogilvy JHB), Innocent Mukheli (Draftfcb JHB) and Vuyo Mpantsha (Draftfcb JHB) are behind this unique and proudly African aesthetic. Their photo blog started in December …
Republic of Foreigner Opens New Concept Store, ROFHAUS, in Ikoyi, Lagos!
LAGOS, NIGERIA – If simplified lines and subdued edges are considered modernistic, then ROFHAUS’ interior design style is the modern face of Nigerian retail. The renderings below provide a glimpse into Ikoyi’s newest daytime haunt! The ROFHAUS resembles a mash-up of Montauk’s Surf Lodge meets a New York Soho Loft. The interior is open, warm …
Funding NOW Available for Female Entrepreneurs Based in Northern Nigeria
If you are a female Entrepreneur Based in Northen Nigeria and you are in need of funding for a new or existing business, please send the following info to info@creative-nigeria.org Name: Address: Phone Numbers: Email: Brief Summary of Business: For questions or enquiries pls contact: Yemisi Mafe: +234-08033-544825, Ife Adediran: +234-07035-686227, Or send an email …