From Lagos Fashion Week to NSFDW to the Fashion Law Institute Africa, Nigeria’s fashion industry is building an institutional layer that will determine its commercial trajectory. FBA maps what is working, what is missing, and what the ecosystem needs most.…
Why African designers are losing billions to counterfeits and what the legal and commercial frameworks being built to address this actually require. African designers are losing their work to two simultaneous and escalating IP crises, one operating through Chinese manufacturing…
The African Continental Free Trade Area promises to unlock a $3.4 trillion market. But for fashion brands, the opportunity is not automatic and the brands that wait for implementation to be complete before preparing will have already lost. In a…
After years of advocacy, Nigeria has inaugurated a steering committee for the Cotton, Textile and Garment Development Board. The mandate is comprehensive, the institutional design is sound, and the historical record of Nigerian textile policy is sobering. FBA analyses all…
