Frequently Asked Question
Meet Africa Fashion Festival
The festival is an annual platform for promoting and celebrating Africa’s creative and fashion industry and motivating governments of Africa and financial institutions to invest in the industry which is the highest creator of wealth and employer of Labour after Agriculture.
The festival is a four-day show, comprising of exhibitions and sales, ‘Wear Nigeria, eNjoy Nigeria’ Road-Walk, Fashion Designers and Modeling competitions, and Fashion shows galore. One of the days of the festival is called Nigeria’s Day.
September 2024
Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital
Pre-event
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- Press conference
- Courtesy calls
- Tours
- Media appearances
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Day one:
- Road Walk
- Exhibitions opensÂ
- B2B Interaction Meet (Lecture)
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Day Two (Nigeria’s Day)
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- Nigeria’s Day
- Exhibitions, Competitive Fashion Show (Imo Exclusive, (Strictly Imo-Designers and Models)
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Day three
- Exhibitions closing, Fashion Grand Finals Show, Awards
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A total of 50 fashion designers would be featured on the runway; 25 models for each day.
Each designer would showcase 15 pieces of well-tailored designs- size 6
70 percent African fabrics, 30 percent others
Purchase of participation form of N20,000 non-refundable participation fee
No, please. The organisers would provide all the models, both male, and female. Their vital measurements would be sent to all participating designers
At least a week
No, please. Both female and male Models are eligible to participate but female models will be more in number
One week of accommodation and feeding would be offered to invited Fashion designers, along with invited models. But they are responsible for the accommodation and feeding of their assistants, except we secure sponsorship for such expenditure
We would provide return tickets to all invited Designers and models as well as provide local transportation within Abuja.
Two days stretch