{"id":5229,"date":"2018-05-04T08:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T06:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2018-05-04T08:36:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T06:36:40","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africafashiontour.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586197143416{margin-right: 2px !important;margin-left: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-right: 2px !important;padding-left: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our concept<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Africa<\/b><b> Fashion Tour <\/b>is a digital directory of designers based in Africa. The fashion brands are listed under 3 headings: <strong>CITY<\/strong>, <strong>DESIGNER<\/strong> and <strong>COLLECTION<\/strong>. The platform&#8217;s home page allows you to filter according to these 3 headings. Collections are classified by period according to the astrological calendar. Each astrological sign corresponds to a given period and the month in which the collection was presented.   <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The<b> Africa Fashion Tour<\/b> team<b> <\/b>the benchmark for young designers on the African continent. The objective of the<b>Africa<\/b><b> Fashion Tour <\/b>is to promote African creativity by giving visibility to designers based in Africa. It gives amateurs and professionals from the general public and the media the opportunity to (re)discover African fashion.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Africa Fashion Tour <\/b>is a digital platform serving a community of international fashion consumers and potential investors in search of new trends and perspectives. 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We went to fabric markets, workshops, shopping malls and concept stores. We attended fashion shows, fairs and salons. We met young designers, event organizers and entrepreneurs.   <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We were impressed by <strong>the boldness and inventiveness of the designers<\/strong>, the passion of the event promoters, the energy of the local fashion vendors. We came away with the desire to share the richness of our discoveries with as many people as possible. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Africa Fashion Tour<\/strong> is a digital platform that <strong>promotes African creativity<\/strong> and acts as a <strong>trend detector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1583&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586200828066{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/anchor.fm\/africafashiontour\/episodes\/Adama-Paris&#8211;Serial-Entrepreneur-S1-EP1-ebhec3&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1563&#8243; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586200848491{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/anchor.fm\/africafashiontour\/episodes\/Adama-Paris&#8211;Serial-Entrepreneur-S1-EP1-ebhec3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1601390443197{margin-right: 2px !important;margin-left: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-right: 2px !important;padding-left: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our partners<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our ambition is to bring together <strong>a community of investors<\/strong> with a variety of profiles, all keen to understand the <strong>made-in-Africa<\/strong> fashion market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We work with private investors, business leaders, fabric manufacturers and factory owners who are ready to invest in promising brands with <strong>strong<\/strong> international <strong>potential<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Public, local and international institutions support our initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We have developed a range of <strong>collaboration formulas<\/strong> that enable everyone to contribute effectively to the development of a genuine textile industry, and to support the simultaneous development of several players in the value chain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We invite you to get in touch with us without delay, so that we can work together to identify opportunities for collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586197143416{margin-right: 2px !important;margin-left: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;padding-right: 2px !important;padding-left: 2px !important;}&#8221;] Our concept Africa Fashion Tour is a digital directory of designers based in Africa. 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