Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Handmade fashion with a Rwandan heart
Recently in March Christine Creative Collections started by Christine Mbabazi is a store in Rwandan capital of Kigali. Her store sells bags, shoes and clothes, but not factory made clothes her own handmade "...brand is promoting African fabric and African designs..." She was able to start her store by using her second job as a radio presenter to promote her store. She used "...social media to reach new customers..." Her friends also helped her brand to start up she said, " My friends saw me and saw I was very unique in parties, weddings, even at work-- that's how the word spread out." Through all of her hard work which made her dreams come true she has "...a big challenge convincing people you can go to work when you have African fabric suit but we are still fighting those small challenges." Her next step for her store is to "...exporting things made in Rwanda."
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It's amazing how woman are going to college and becoming entrepreneurs. Woman's rights in Africa are improving. Did they provide any pictures of her work?
ReplyDeleteIn your summary you said that she had used social media to promote her store, in my article The Last Kings of Africa the parts of Africa where Weidinger had traveled technology is not accepted. Why do you think that this part of Africa has followed modernization?
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