Launch of Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series
African Fashionpreneurs: Thriving in a (post-) COVID-19 World
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, May 26, 2020/APO Group/ -- 
<em>What does the COVID-19 disruption mean for Africa&rsquo;s Fashion Industry? Opportunities and Threats for Fashionpreneurs and Investors</em>





<strong>What: </strong><strong>Launch of Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series </strong>





<strong>Who: Gender, Women &amp; Civil Society (AHGC)</strong>


<strong>When: Tuesday, 2 June 2020: 10.00 am to 12.00 noon</strong>


<strong>Where: Online </strong>


The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank (<a href="http://www.afdb.org/">www.AfDB.org</a>) Group will launch the Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series of its flagship <a href="https://fashionomicsafrica.org/">Fashionomics Africa initiative</a> (<a href="https://fashionomicsafrica.org/">https://FashionomicsAfrica.org</a>) on Tuesday, 2 June 2020.





The webinar, which will run from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, is &nbsp;themed: <em>What does the COVID-19 disruption mean for Africa&rsquo;s Fashion Market? Opportunities and Threats for Fashionpreneurs and Investors,</em> and will focus on the role of African Fashionpreneurs in a (post-) COVID-19 World.





Panelists, including fashion entrepreneurs, investors, industry experts and business insiders, will exchange ideas on the need and opportunities for adaptability and creativity of a digitally enabled African fashion industry during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.


The participants will also identify the latest innovations that have occurred in the fashion industry in response to the COVID-19 crisis; share lessons learned; and discuss how to attract investments in a digitally-enabled fashion industry and how to adapt fashionpreneur &nbsp;business models.



Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Development Bank Group (AfDB).To access the webinar details, please contact:
Solange Kamuanga-Tossou
Communication and External Relations
African Development Bank
Email: s.kamuanga-tossou@afdb.org