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Africa’s Fashion Week Economics: Who Pays, Who Profits, Who Converts

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

Lagos Fashion Week just won the Earthshot Prize. South Africa Fashion Week just announced a strategic pause. Both events tell the same economic story: Africa’s fashion week circuit sits at the intersection of cultural prestige and structural fragility.

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