Seminar: Sustainable design and manufacturing in Africa (København)

We welcome you to this AFRICA INNOVATION NETWORK seminar about sustainable Fashion and Manufacturing in Africa, which we facilitate in cooperation with Nordekon.

Under the heading “Sustainable Fashion and Manufacturing in Africa” our seminar will focus on how to setup sustainable manufacturing of design and clothing in Africa. We will furthermore elaborate on how to establish partnerships in the fashion and design industry in Africa.

At this seminar, we also focus on companies that have targeted the B2C fashion segment and provide insights and knowledge about how to find the right partner whether you are producing high-end luxury fashion or mass-production – as well as the mechanisms behind a successful business strategy in the African market.

This seminar target companies and stakeholders with focus on sustainable design and manufacturing in Africa, as well as focus on sustainable impacts within the design and fashion value chain.

Furthermore we focus on companies and organisations that are interested in building up the optimal partnership and network in the fashion and design industry in Africa.

Programme

13.00: Registration

13.15: Welcome and presentation of the programme – Josefine Maria Rostgaard Sørensen, Nordekon ApS

13.20: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing in Africa 
Michele Tommasino Christensen & Olivia Larsen, Scandinavian Sustainable (www.scandinaviansustainable.com) 

• How to start sustainable fashion brands in Africa 
• Scale up business

13.30: Company Case: LauRIE (www.laurie.dk)  – Co-Owner, Henrik Hansen

• My part of “brighterhorizonsproject” in Sierra Leone

14.15: Company case: Mukupa Orijinal (www.my-fair-shop.com)
Owner & designer, Karen Mukupa

• Social sustainable clothing from Tanzania and Zambia

14.50: Video with CEO, Amir Hassan from TWELVE PIECES (www.twelvepieces.dk)

15.00: Company case: Qiim (www.iloveqiim.com) – owner, Céline Faty

• Fashion and design from Senegal

15.30: Company case: Kenzina (www.kenzina.com) – owner, Louise Brodersen

• How it all started in Africa

16.00: Company case: Ida Dakar (www.idadakar.dk)  – founder & creative director, Ida Bergkvist Poulsen

• Designing shoes in West Africa 

16.30-17.30: Networking, including wine and beer will be served. Coffee, water and snacks will be served during the seminar as we will have many networking breaks enabling you to discuss and share experiences.

Price and registration

Members at Nordekon: Free of charge

Non-members: EURO: 250 (ex. VAT) each person. 120 EURO for startups (1-3 employees)

Please register at [email protected]

More information

Any questions?
Feel free to contact us at:
[email protected]

LINK TO EVENT: http://www.africainnovationnetwork.com/seminar-about-sustainable-clothing-manufacturing-in-africa-september-5th-2018-in-copenhagen/