‘Fashion Week Africa’ kicks off in South Africa

This year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Africa (MBFW Africa) took off yesterday, October 30 in the South African city of  Tshwane.

Hosted by African Fashion International (AFI),  collections of more than 30 top African designers from 15 countries will be showcased in 20 runway shows during the fashion extravaganza which ends on Saturday, November 2.

Featured designers represent some of the best African collections from across the continent and the Diaspora.

Highlights include Mina Evans and Duaba Serwa from Ghana; Taibo Bacar from Mozambique; Mille Collines from Rwanda; Sheria Ngowi and Mustafa Hassanali from Tanzania; David Tlale, Marianne Fassler and Thula Sindi from South Africa.

AFI Executive Chairperson, Dr. Precious Moloi-Motsepe says: “MBFW Africa is the pinnacle of African fashion: the platform is the gateway between African designers and the global fashion community to engage and promote our local industry.

As part of the  Fashion Week, AFI is presenting a retail element: the Africa Fashion Trade Expo (AFTE).

It offers designers the opportunity to engage in business-to-business networking with the media and buyers as well as business-to-consumer sales directly to the public.