Africa: Fashion’s Next Big Opportunity? | Liya Kebede, Omoyemi Akerele & Matt Liu | #BoFVOICES 2019

Africa: Fashion’s Next Big Opportunity? | Liya Kebede, Omoyemi Akerele & Matt Liu | #BoFVOICES 2019
33:51 Sep 3, 2020
Africa is poised to take on more manufacturing in the face of global trade tariffs and rising wages in China. Three of the continent’s fashion leaders discuss: Lagos Fashion Week founder Omoyemi Akerele, Made in Africa Executive Director Matt Liu and Ethiopian-born model Liya Kebede, founder and designer of the made-in-Africa label LemLem.  Subscribe to BoF’s YouTube channel to never miss a video  CONNECT WITH THE BUSINESS OF FASHION:  Web: https://www.businessoffashion.com  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/BoF  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessoffashion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BoF  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-business-of-fashion Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/fashionbusiness Newsletter: https://www.businessoffashion.com/newsletter  ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF FASHION: The Business of Fashion is a next-generation fashion media company conceived for today’s global and hyper-connected world. Founded in 2007 by Imran Amed, BoF is known for its authoritative, agenda-setting point of view on the global fashion industry, and is an indispensable resource for fashion executives, creatives, students, and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. It has been described as “The Economist of Fashion,” “A Daily Destination for Fashion’s Power Players”, and “The Industry Bible”, www.businessoffashion.com 

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