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A piece from the odAOMO jewellery brand, created by the Kenyan designer (and surgeon) Dr Sophia Omoro. (Quentin Alexander)
AFRICA S BETTER FUTURE

African fashion boom’s frayed edges

While the continent’s design talent is in top form, bold policy moves are needed to realise the vast potential of the sector, according to a Unicef report

  • Carlos Amato
8 min read
A stitch in time: Small Street, in down town Johannesburg, has many fast-fashion outlets. Photos: Moeletsi Mabe
AFFORDABLE FASHION

The Cost of Fast Fashion

Quality or quantity? The bind of fast fashion

  • Bongeka Gumede
11 min read
Profiting in adversity: Davy Tsopo was a cleaner until he lost his job in the pandemic. Now he has his own successful business, Cakey by Davy.
BRIAN BHEBHE

Entrepreneurs strike Covid gold

Some enterprising people found ways for their ventures to survive the strictest lockdown levels

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
6 min read