Launch of Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series
What does the COVID-19 disruption mean for Africa’s Fashion Industry? Opportunities and Threats for Fashionpreneurs and Investors
What: | Launch of Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series |
Who: | Gender, Women & Civil Society Department, African Development Bank |
When: | Tuesday, 2 June 2020: 10am to 12 noon |
Where: | Online – Zoom, Sign in on Fashionomics Africa, Click HERE. Registration is free. |
The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank Group will launch the Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series of its flagship Fashionomics Africa initiative on Tuesday, 2 June 2020.
The webinar, which will run from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, is themed: What does the COVID-19 disruption mean for Africa’s Fashion Market? Opportunities and Threats for Fashionpreneurs and Investors, and will focus on the role of African Fashionpreneurs in a (post-) COVID-19 World.
Panelists, including fashion entrepreneurs, investors, industry experts and business insiders, will exchange ideas on the need and opportunities for adaptability and creativity of a digitally enabled African fashion industry during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The participants will also identify the latest innovations that have occurred in the fashion industry in response to the COVID-19 crisis; share lessons learned; and discuss how to attract investments in a digitally-enabled fashion industry and how to adapt fashionpreneur business models.