Business of Fashion

Yewande Zaccheaus Discusses Doing Busines as a Woman in Lagos/Nigeria (Video)

April 4, 2010

Lawyer, Former banker and entrepreneur Yewande Zaccheaus, one of Lagos’s succesful businesswomen, discusses all of the challenges and positives of doing business in Lagos. She says women need to stop blaming men for their problems. Women need to network more [...]

CBN Explores Nigeria’s Fashion Industry

October 27, 2009

Nigeria Fashion Week is right around the corner and already, Lexy Mojo Eyes, Nigeria’s forerunner of fashion productions is getting the word out about Nigeria’s emerging fashion industry. Christain Broadcasting Network (CBN) TV through its International TV Magazine show,Turning Point, [...]

Wanna be a Fashion Buyer?

October 19, 2009

Most Nigerian fashion designers will tell you one of the key things they would like to happen is have their designs stocked at retail stores, especially in the USA and UK. Within Nigeria, retail boutiques that stock Nigerian designers is [...]

Brazil Trade Africa Fair 2009

September 21, 2009

Brazil joins the number of Western countries looking to strengthen ties with Africa, Nigeria included. The country held its annual trade fair in Johnannesburg, South Africa on September 2nd-4th, 2009. Thirty four import and export companies from Latin America participated [...]