The World’s Largest SecondhaNd Market:

Introducing the
Made In Kanta Series

CURATORS

*Rhoda Ogbeide* believes connection has to be built on purpose

Lhaude Africa founder Rhoda Ogbeide on co-connection, the structures African creative businesses need and why a showcase is only the start of the work.

"Scaling Isn't About Becoming Bigger": *Baboa Tachie-Menson* on systems, 3D Fashion and Rebuilding The Showroom Accra

Baboa Tachie-Menson on why scaling a creative business is about systems, not size, restructuring The Showroom Accra and 3D fashion design at Balmlabs.

*Koura-Rosy Kane* on Why Visibility Alone Was Never the Point

Koura-Rosy Kane on building PLATFORM beyond visibility, opening DECKI in Dakar, and why African creative industries must organise on their own terms.

*Debola Adebowale*:
Helping Brands Build Structure and Women Find the Brands Worth Shopping

Debola Adebowale on Artisans Advisory and BuyerBeWear, helping African fashion brands build structure and women discover and shop the brands they love.

STORIES

Interviews and Insights

MADE IN KANTA: All the clothes have wounds

Every week, 15 million garments arrive at Kantamanto market in Accra, and roughly 40 per cent of them leave it as waste. Nii Teiko, founder of KALA BLAQ KINTSUGI, buys the ones the market has given up on. He takes his method from kintsugi, the Japanese practice of repairing broken objects with gold rather than concealing the break. Words by Frida Nakarma Lidbom, episode one of MADE IN KANTA.

Archives Ivoire: Memory, Not Nostalgia

Six years of archives. An inventory of Ivorian feminine beauty drawn from television, the press and family albums. Marie-Hélène Tusiama Banimbadio and Tiphaine Tano on memory, posture and what it takes to build something when no one else will. Interview by Eniola Telly, founder of ALMDCN.

INDUSTRY

Featured

Lagos Fashion Week Hands Global Fashion a Blueprint for a Regenerative Future

Africa sells the world 15 billion dollars of raw textiles a year and buys back 23 billion in ready-to-wear clothing and footwear. At Lagos Fashion Week's African Fashion Compact II in London, a coalition of the continent's fashion leaders launched a manifesto to close that gap.

From Senegal to South Africa, African Fashion Is In Full Bloom

When Chanel brought its Métiers d'Art show to Dakar, Western media treated it like a discovery. It wasn't. Here's what that moment actually revealed about where African fashion stands today.

GUIDES

Featured

6 Digital Platforms Championing African Brands

Discover the e-commerce platforms dedicated to uniting a powerhouse collective of African creatives, making their brilliant creations accessible across the globe.

4 Fashion Brands Blurring Gender Boundaries

To celebrate queer voices, we are shining a light on 4 designers across Africa, who explore queer identities in their designs, and give a voice to their community.