AfDB Fashionomics Africa Incubator and Accelerator Program 2024 for African Fashion Entrepreneurs ($6,000 USD cash prize)

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About AfDB Fashionomics Africa Incubator and Accelerator Program

Fashionomics Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design, strategic consulting and communications agency BPCM, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, invite interested African fashion brands to apply to the sustainable fashion online competition. Entrants must be pursuing environmentally friendly measures, sustainability, and circular economy actions to qualify.

The competition targets textile, apparel, and accessories entrepreneurs from Africa, aged 18 years or older, who have launched fashion businesses (up to a maximum of 50 employees), and whose sustainable designs have been produced within the last five years. Qualifying applicants will submit pictures of their products, detail their sustainable business model, and explain how their startup is environmentally friendly and innovative.

• Sponsor Organisation: African Development Bank (AfDB)

Benefits of AfDB Fashionomics Africa Incubator and Accelerator Program

• The designer or design team submitting the “best sustainable design” will win $3,000 along with other prizes. Two other competition finalists will take home $1,500 each, plus other support.

AfDB Fashionomics Africa Incubator and Accelerator Program Requirements

• If you have more than 3 years of experiencemanaging your business (registered or not), please select the Accelerator Program.
• If you have 0 to 3 years of experience managing your business (registered or not), please select the Incubator Program.

Application Date and Process

• To learn more about the Fashionomics Africa online competition or to submit an entry below,
• Applications must be submitted either in English, Portuguese, Arabic or French.
• Failure to comply with these requirements will lead to the rejection of the application.

Apply here:

• French
• Arabic
• Portuguese
• English

Application Deadline

20 October, 2024

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