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The Flygerians’ recipes for jollof pasta and Nigerian shawarma | West African food and drink
The Flygerians is more than just our name. It’s a term used to describe cool, ambitious, driven, forward-thinking Nigerians, and it encapsulates our passion to …
The African Beauty Retailers Global Brands Rely On
Dr. Joyce Gikunda recalls a time when she had to wrestle skin bleaching products away from the hands of clients at the then little-known pharmacy …
Shein’s Pop-Up Store Ruffles South African Retail Sector
Chinese-founded e-commerce retailer Shein has divided opinion with its first physical pop-up store in South Africa that lured bargain-hunters and spurred a tax change after rivals said …
Worldview: The Growing Regional Clout of South African Fashion Week
🇿🇦 South African Fashion Week proves its regional clout with new showcase. The biannual event, which took place this season from Apr. 18 to 20, …
African Designer Platform The Folklore Raises $3.4 Million
The seed funding round was led by venture capital firm Benchstrength and included participation from investors Techstars, Black Tech Nation Ventures and Slauson and Co. …
Aji Akokomi’s recipes for a west African barbecue: dibi lamb, joloff rice and fried plantain | Food
Outdoor cooking over fire is prevalent in most west African homes, mainly, of course, due to the warm climate. So it’s not surprising that the …
West African stew and peanut butter cups: Shivi Ramoutar’s budget peanut butter recipes | West African food and drink
Peanut butter is a pantry stalwart (well, it is in my house) that works beautifully in both savouries and desserts, adding a richness and subtle …
Thebe Magugu and Adidas Partner with South African Football Club Orlando Pirates
South African designer Thebe Magugu has teamed up with sportswear giant Adidas to design the football kit for the Orlando Pirates, a men’s South African …
Miguel Barclay’s £1 recipes: couscous paella, charred veg and feta | North African food and drink
Couscous is a much overlooked store-cupboard ingredient that should definitely feature in your midweek meals. It’s a great way to bulk out a meal and …
What Is an African Mudcloth?
(Photograph: @diyanu/Instagram). Mud cloth is a term used to describe a type of Malian fabric that was made in Africa for hundreds of years. Mali …
Birimian Ventures Taps African Luxury Brands for Accelerator
The Côte d’Ivoire-based investment firm has announced that 11 brands will join its programme in partnership with the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM). Among …
African express: a dramatic apartment in Cape Town | Interiors
It was perhaps inevitable that sculptor Rodan Kane Hart and his partner, interior curator Maybe Corpaci, would treat their home as an experimental space. As …
African Menswear Goes Global | BoF
LAGOS, Nigeria — “The local backlash was insane at first,” says Adebayo Oke-Lawal, the creative director behind Nigerian menswear label Orange Culture. “[But] I honestly …
How African Designers Are Finding Success by Tapping Into Their Cultural Roots
When Adeju Thompson, founder of the Nigerian label Lagos Space Programme, was looking for inspiration for their next collection, they landed on a Yoruba phrase: …
V&A to display its first African fashion exhibition | V&A
The Victoria and Albert Museum will open its first African fashion exhibition this week, more than 170 years after it was founded. Featuring designers who …
Circle of life: rebuilding a dramatic South African home | Interiors
Renovating an important building comes with a responsibility to honour the past without compromising one’s own vision for it. Homeowners Michael and Claire Cobbledick couldn’t …
South African Retail Giant Mr Price Acquires Studio 88 Group
Mr Price paid 3.3 billion rand ($225.4 million) for a 70 percent stake in the sportswear retail group, which includes private label brands SideStep, John …
New Partnership Looks to Invest €5 Million in African Brands Each Year
Birimian Ventures, an investment company launched last year to help African luxury and heritage brands grow their businesses regionally and internationally, has partnered with the …