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Technology and Fashion Unite as the Wearable Market Matures

As wearable technology improves, fashion brands are becoming the market makers, creating accessories that put style and convenience ahead of features February 22, 2019/Mastercard As the technology that powers wearables gets smarter, fashion brands are driving the next evolution of the wearable market. Currently one in five adults wears a […]

Egyptian Ministers See Strong Partnership with AfDB as a Catalyst for Youth Entrepreneurship in Egypt

Signing of a EUR 4 million grant and dissemination of Egypt Results Brief February 22, 2019/AfDB Today, Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, and Dr. Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, commended the African Development Bank for the strategic partnership behind Egypt’s economic transformation […]

African Union: Fashionomics Africa supports launch of Pan-African Fashion initiative

February 22, 2019/AfDB The Fashionomics Africa initiative of the African Development Bank, together with the African Union, the AfroChampions initiative, and other institutional partners and private operators, launched the Pan-African Fashion initiative on 9 February during the recent AU meetings in Addis Ababa. Pan-African Fashion initiative is a platform for […]