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

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.

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