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Honestly, tapping into the international market has been challenging. Unfortunately, Ethiopia’s fashion industry is still small, and industrial growth in the country is focused more on manufacturing for global fashion giants.

— Mahlet Afework

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It feels like the richness and innovativeness of African business is the world’s best kept secret — until recently.

I believe that the backbone of Africa is its women. Economic development rests on the shoulders of women, who are household providers and nurturers.

As a child I was inspired by my mother. She was a seamstress who made and embroidered traditional Ethiopian garments and sold them to people in our community for special occasions.

Many African businesses have social impact baked into their business models, because it is what is necessary for our local economic contexts, and also because it’s a rejection of Western ideals of capitalism for African ideals of community uplift.

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