ILO partners with Africa Fashion week to bring Decent work Agenda on to the table

Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week


AFRICA SOURCING AND  FASHION WEEK (ASFW) will host its 5th annual event from 9-12th of November 2019 at the Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week is known for having Africa ́s biggest textile conference. At ASFW 2019 the conference theme will be “Sustainable Fashion for World Market”.
Further, the event will have over 500 international manufacturers and exporters from 25 countries to showcase their products and innovations to over 5,000 trade professionals and sourcing industry from around the world. ASFW 2019 is not only a platform for manufacturers from the East African region but for manufacturers from the entire African continent. Known as Africa´s only trade show for technology, ASFW offers a huge platform for famous machines for production of clothing, textiles as well as dyeing and finishing incl. suppliers of chemicals. ASFW consists of textile, apparel, technology, leather, footwear and home décor and fashion design.

The ILO SIRAYE programme on Advancing Decent Work and Inclusive Industrialization in Ethiopia will be facilitating a series of panel discussion and experiential experiments during this event.
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