Accra Fashion Week: An event where African fashion is not only a show but also a business

Ghana has positioned itself in recent years as an important country in the evolution of art and culture. The Afro Nation festival and the celebratory ‘Year of Return’ (which encouraged Americans and Ghanaians in the diaspora to come and discover the country during the year 2019, ed.) have put the country in the spotlight. In terms of fashion, Accra Fashion Week is one of the continent's best-known fashion events, alongside Lagos in Nigeria and Dakar in Senegal. Behind this ambitious project is Nana Addo Tamakloe, a 38-year-old Ghanaian who has been in the fashion business for ten years. Accra Fashion Week was originally scheduled to take place in March, but has been postponed to October 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.