Congratulations to Ladybrille’s Ahmed Soultan who makes the nominees list for Best World Wide Act for the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards. “Meet the 5 international contenders for the EMA honour chosen by fans around the globe! The Olympics may be over, but there’s another major global competition happening in 2012. We’re talking, of course, …
It was Spring 2012, Nigerian designer Lanre Da Silva Ajayi (LDA) had just showed her latest collection. She stepped out on the Arise runway to take her bow when she, unfortunately, fell into the Orchestra pit at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York. Thankfully she was not hurt. But, in that split instance, LDA became …
I am a voracious reader and writer. So, five years ago when the disruption in the fashion industry began, I was reading as much as I was writing. On the Western end of things, fashion bloggers kicked the gate open and pushed aside the old gatekeepers. From Fashion Televisions, to top magazines and editor-in-chiefs, consumers …
The big winners in the 4th Annual Africa Fashion Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg on October 28, concluding over 20 shows in the inaugural Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa. Highly-acclaimed Nigerian designer, Ituen Basi, won the Designer of the Year: Africa award while Ghanaian-born, American-based designer, Mimi Plange was announced …
Kigali, Rwanda, (29) October 2012 – Hundreds of leaders and scholars from Africa and around the world will gather in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 30 to November 2 to debate the continent’s prospects for sustainable and inclusive growth in the context of the international economic crisis. Organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), …
“DJSOUPAMODEL MAKES THE ANNOUNCEMENT! DJsoupamodel is set to invade the nation’s capital by STORM! IT’S OFFICIAL! The first African female DJ – DJSOUPAMODEL aka Ms. International aka Dancefloor Damager keeps invading our ears! With so many accolades under her belt (music production, Nappyboy(T-pain), Grammy member, Core DJ and many more) She’s set to be the …
