Social Media Week Lagos, Fashion X Tech Meet Up
SOURCING FASHION IN AFRICA, THE OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES + LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
Fashion x Tech meet up gathers industry professionals to discuss sourcing fashion from Africa and how technology can be used as an enabler for our continent to become a formidable and sustainable sourcing hub.
Venue: Water Corporation Road, Victoria Island. Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
March 2, 2017 To March 2, 2017
3:30 pm To 5:00 pm
Social Media has given fashion brands the opportunity and in some cases a mandate to leverage technology to provide transparency of their sourcing and manufacturing processes. This has aided the communication of brand storytelling and PR, but how else can technology be leveraged to connect and promote local manufacturing and sourcing in Africa’s fashion industry?
Africa’s investment in new technologies lags behind that of developing economies. Increased investment is needed in energy, R&D, wide spread tech skills, industrial engineering and lean manufacturing. How can we as an industry add to existing efforts, invigorate this conversation further into actually igniting innovation and implementing development?
Join us to drive the conversation that will inspire innovation at the intersection of fashion and technology.
Attendees will gain:
Learn more about the current fashion and tech landscape in Africa.
First hand expert and experienced accounts of sourcing and manufacturing within Nigeria and across the continent.
Oppourtunity to meet industry experts
Network with fellow entrepreneurs and start ups
Who should attend this session?
Fashion, tech and digital creatives, design and creative arts students, manufacturer, fashion bloggers, fashion and social entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and everybody else interested in fashion and tech.
