Business

Is “African Fashion” Profitable? Bono’s EDUN Records Accumulated Loss of $54.5 million! #Africanfashion #Fashionbusiness

Is African fashion profitable? There has been a lot of hype around “African inspired” and “African” fashion but how are our African owned or African produced businesses really doing? From event producers of glamorous fashion shows to the fabric and fashion designers, is there really any profit in “African” inspired/African fashion? Often many fashion entrepreneurs …

Business

VIDEO: IHT Luxury Conference 2012 The Promise of Africa: Ali Hewson, Bono, Renzo Rosso on Sustainable Fashion #IHTLux

One of the exciting panels at the 2012 IHT Luxury Conference was the panel with Ali Hewson, Co-Founder EDUN, Bono Co-Founder EDUN, Renzo Rosso, Founder of Diesel; President, OTB and Only The Brave Foundation; Millennium Development Goals Global Ambassador. Below are the conversations off twitter zooming in on Bono for this panel. In addition, watch the …

Events, News

Lace Up, Save Lives: Nike and (Red) Unite to Leverage the Power of Sport to Fight HIV/AIDS in Africa

November 30th, 2009 just a day before World Aids day, which is today, some of the world’s best footballers joined Artist Bono at an announcement of the partnership between NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and (RED). Ladybrille MagazineFounded in 2007, Ladybrille® Magazine is a California based pioneer digital publication demystifying the image of Africans in the west …