African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa Competition 2022 for Win $6000 Cash Price

African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa Competition 2022 for Win $6000 Cash Price

Are you an African designer and wish to showcase your product/work to the world? If yes, signup now for the 2022 African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa Competition and stand a chance to win 6,000 Dollars for participating in this year’s competition. See details below.

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About the Fashionomics Africa Competition

The African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa initiative’s second online competition is offering $6,000 total in cash prizes, mentoring, new branding packages, and other support for winning African designers of sustainable and circular fashion.

Fashionomics Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design, strategic consulting and communications agency BPCM, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, invite interested African fashion brands to apply to the sustainable fashion online competition.

The textile and fashion industry accounts for nearly 2% to 8% of global carbon emissions, the sector ranks as the world’s second-largest industrial polluter after the oil sector, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. However, this industry also provides important levels of employment, foreign exchange revenue, and products essential to human welfare.

The competition celebrates African fashion brands that will change how we produce, buy, use and recycle fashion and that encourage a more sustainable shift in consumer practices.

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What you stand to gain

• The designer or design team submitting the “best sustainable design” will win $3,000 along with other prizes. Two other competition finalists will take home $1,500 each, plus other support.

Requirements

• The competition targets textile, apparel, and accessories entrepreneurs from Africa, aged 18 years or older, who have launched fashion businesses (up to a maximum of 50 employees), and whose sustainable designs have been produced within the last five years.
• Qualifying applicants will submit pictures of their products, detail their sustainable business model, and explain how their startup is environmentally friendly and innovative.
• Entrants must be pursuing environmentally friendly measures, sustainability, and circular economy actions to qualify.

Examples of sustainability and circularity elements might include materials used, the design process, cleaner or greener production processes – including shipping methods or ways to reduce carbon footprint.

The Competition process

• A five-person judging panel representing the African Development Bank and competition collaborators will announce the three finalists by 22 March 2022.
• The finalists’ entries will be posted on the Fashionomics Africa digital marketplace and mobile application(link is external) for a public vote between 22 March 2022 and 7 April 2022. Polls close on 7 April at 23:59 GMT.

In addition to the cash prize, the winning fashion brand will receive a certificate and the opportunity to showcase its creation by taking part in online events and sharing insights on key sustainability challenges facing the industry. The winner will have access to a network of media insiders and industry experts and receive mentoring and networking opportunities from competition collaborators.

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How to Register for African Development Bank’ Fashionomics Africa Competition 2022

To start your application process for the Fashionomics Africa online competition click here now.

Registration Closing Date

All applications must be submitted lasted by 1 March 2022 at 23:59 GMT.

More information regarding the competition can be found on the African development bank website here.