Nigeria\u2019s Association of Women in Fashion Tech (WIFT) recently called on the government to stop import of readymade garments as such influx is stifling the growth of the domestic fashion and garment industry.<\/p>\n
WIFT president Bukola Yekini Ajayi said the association has developed solutions to safeguard members\u2019 products against design theft and counterfeiting and traditional Kenyan designs and the African culture needs to be protected.<\/p>\n
Nigeria’s Association of Women in Fashion Tech (WIFT) has called for an end to garment imports as that is stifling the domestic industry’s growth.
\nWIFT has developed solutions to safeguard members’ products against design theft and counterfeiting.
\nFunding policies for women entrepreneurs should be reviewed as many fashion business owners remain excluded from support schemes due to debt burdens, it said.<\/p>\n
She was addressing the maiden Afro-EU Garment Innovation and Sustainability Summit in Lagos.<\/p>\n
The association has over 5,000 registered members across 28 states.<\/p>\n
Ajayi urged the government to review funding policies for women entrepreneurs, explaining that many fashion business owners remain excluded from existing support schemes due to debt burdens.<\/p>\n
Loans received during the COVID-19 period, disbursed largely through online channels, have become a major stumbling block preventing women from accessing new funding opportunities, she was cited as saying by Kenyan media reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of helping them, the COVID-19 support became a trap. Many women cannot forge ahead because of debts they are unable to repay, and this blocks them from accessing fresh funds,\u201d she lamented.<\/p>\n
WIFT is building an ecosystem to address the value chain challenges in garment production, while pushing for policies that favour local designers, she added.<\/p>\n
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