Business

Ladybrille® Fashion Business | (Video) Fashion Seminar for the African Designer NAIROBI, KENYA

Watch the seminar on the state of fashion in Kenya and the international scene. Discussions held touched on various factors such as ethical fashion, local, regional and international business opportunities and obstacles. Representatives from all sectors of the industry attended, these included Prama Bharjwara from Mantisworld, Anabelle Onyango the Stylist, Abagi and Serah from Closet49 …

Fashion

Ladybrille® Fashion Business | VC4Africa Selects Elizbeth Ido’s Mmabon and LPM/L’Espace’s Isoken Ogiemwonyi & Wonuola Okoye as One of its September Cohort Winners

Ladybrille African fashion designers, it is very crucial you re-shift your attention to the business of fashion, not showbiz i.e. display of fashion. If you are a business that has survived the startup phase, have the basic business infrastructure in place, ongoing customers, a strong internet presence, media buzz and have even showed at one …

Business

Ladybrille® Fashion Business | (Video) Meet the Founders of JUMIA.com, Nigeria’s Largest Online Retail Store

“Jumia formerly Kasuwa is one of Nigeria’s top online retail stores with reach around the country. They offer a wide range of retail products and are proudly Nigerian. Backed by funds from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Jumia aims to take over the online retail space within a few years. We spoke to co-founders Tunde and …

Woman of the Month

Ladybrille® Woman | Africa’s Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos To Open 5 Retail Stores

“Portugal’s biggest retailer Sonae plans to open five food hypermarkets in Angola in partnership with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the country’s president, with the first scheduled for 2015, a company board member said on Thursday. Foreign players are investing in Angola’s retail market to take advantage of an oil-backed consumption boom in the …

Business

Supermodel Iman Boycotts Designer Phoebe Philo Products Due to Non-hiring of Black Models

If you have been sleeping on the race discrimination debate ongoing in the fashion industry at large this fashion season, it’s time to wake up. I shared the legal implications with my fashionentlaw.com audience and invite you all to read the article here. In the meantime, Supermodel Iman continues the fight including calling out names …