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Events News

Saturday, May 5, 2012

New York (TADIAS) – Ethiopian designer Mafi and Tanzania’s Doreen Mashika have won the Origin Africa designers showcase at The 2012 Hub of Africa Fashion Week held in Addis Ababa last week. The Ethiopian designer will be heading to New York to participate at The Africa Fashion Week New York in July.

The event this year was part the “Origin Africa” expo – an annual gathering organized by The African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF). The fashion show was sponsored by USAID East Africa’s Trade Expansion program. The list of participating countries included Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, The Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Africa.

Here are photos from the show courtesy of Hub of Africa Fashion Week:

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You can learn more about the show at www.thehubfashionweek.com, or at www.origin-africa.org.
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