International records / African Development Bank

Multinational - Creating Jobs for Women and Youth in Creative Industries Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa – Technical Assistance Request

The goal of the AfDB’s Fashionomics Africa platform is to enable African entrepreneurs operating in the Textile, Apparel and Accessories (TA&A) industry to create and grow their businesses, with a focus on women and youth. The specific objectives of the platform are four-fold: (i) increase access to markets (by developing a full scale platform including wholesale and retail platforms); (ii) increase access to finance (the platform will, among other things, facilitate access to finance, not only by connecting designers with commercial banks and established investors but also by tapping into alt…