Industrie Africa Turns Five and Opens a New Chapter for African Luxury and Fashion on Zanzibar’s Bawe Island

Industrie Africa Turns Five and Opens a New Chapter for African Luxury and Fashion on Zanzibar’s Bawe Island

When Tanzanian entrepreneur Nisha Kanabar launched Industrie Africa in 2018, the African fashion landscape was still taking shape. Designers from the continent were gaining global attention, but meaningful infrastructure, long-term visibility, and access to markets remained out of reach.Her company set out to change that. "Industrie Africa began as a response to absence," Kanabar tells OkayAfrica. "A lack of structure, visibility, and context ar…