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Brand Kenya, Fashion Agenda Africa in partnership to catalyze the growth of the local fashion industry

Posted On : September 3, 2018

Oscar Alochi

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Monday, 3rd September, 2018, Nairobi – Brand Kenya Board has today inked a partnership deal with Fashion Agenda Africa (FAA) to boost growth of the local fashion industry and enhance meaningful conversation between government and the industry.

Ag. CEO Brand Kenya Board Ms Floice Mukabana (Right) signing a partnership deal to boost growth of the local fashion industry with Fashion Agenda Africa (FAA) Founder and fashion icon Akinyi E. Odongo (Left) at Brand Kenya Board offices this morning.
Ag. CEO Brand Kenya Board Ms Floice Mukabana (Right) signing a partnership deal to boost growth of the local fashion industry with Fashion Agenda Africa (FAA) Founder and fashion icon Akinyi E. Odongo (Left) at Brand Kenya Board offices this morning.

The partnership will see the two parties engage in an effort to create awareness and encourage the habit among Kenyans to purchase and wear made in Kenya fashion brands within the local and international market.

kenya’s untapped fashion industry has the potential of creating over 300,000 jobs, according to a recent study by Hivos East Africa, Equity Bank Kenya, and the Association of Fashion Designers of Kenya (AFAD). The labour-intensive textiles and apparels sector has been mapped out as a priority sector under manufacturing pillar of the Big 4 national development blueprint as well as the Kenya Industrial Transformation Program.

Kenya is currently the largest exporter of apparels under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) with about KES 35 billion worth of exports as of 2017. With the changes in the global apparels sourcing supply chain in the world, the sector is likely to get a significant boost.

“The Human Development Index Report 2017 places Kenya’s unemployment rate at 39.1 per cent. The textile and apparels sector, if well invested in across the value chain, has the ability to create numerous jobs, given that it is labour intensive. Brand Kenya Board is happy to be part of transforming and making this multi-billion industry more profitable to Kenyans,” stated Brand Kenya Board’s Ag. CEO Ms. Floice Mukabana.
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Oscar Alochi

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