Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) will hold the inaugural edition of textile and garment manufacturing conference early next month in Lagos.
According to a statement issued by the organisers, the conference is aimed at redefining textile and garment production as well as its entire value chain in order to boost job creation and a future of shared prosperity for Nigerians.
The theme of the conference which is the primary activity on the opening day of the 2016 edition of the Africa Fashion Week Nigeria show will hold under the theme: Making Nigeria the fashion production hub of Africa.
Founder, Africa Fashion Week Nigeria & London, Ronke Ademiluyi, said the conference was necessitated by the abysmal performance of the textile industry.
“It is ironic that the textile manufacturing sector which played a major role in boosting the nation’s economy and accelerating her development pace is at an all-time low. This is why Africa Fashion Week Nigeria is bringing industry stakeholders together to deliberate and strategise on how to get the sector which once provided employment to millions of Nigerians fully operational again.”