African fashion week Nigeria 2016 is happening this July, the organizers of the Africa Fashion Week Nigeria have revealed the venue and date for the 2016 edition of the annual fashion runway event.
The event is set to hold on the 1st of July to the 3rd of July this year at Eko Hotel and Suites.
Activities would include five Catwalk Shows, fifty Designers, Fashion Gala & Awards Night and panel discussions aimed at promoting Nigeria as a fashion production hub. The first edition of African Fashion Week Nigeria launched in May 2014 and was created by Ronke Ademiluyi, also the founder of Africa Fashion Week London. Empowerment through fashion, to create jobs through fashion, to support education in fashion and develop skills training and capacity development in the fashion industry is the core mission of Africa Fashion Week Nigeria.
This year’s edition plans to open a fashion hub in Nigeria, to host student workshops, provide internships, scholarships and short course work to develop talent and also help designers produce their fashion collection and build their own fashion design business.
