EWA Fashion Festival
Where Africa’s designers and style innovators redefine fashion. Bold collections and cultural expression meet forward-thinking design, celebrating the continent’s creative edge.
Runway Coterie
The Runway Coterie is a style forward fashion experience. Forget the front-row cliches, The Runway Coterie is a bold, curated fashion experience that puts creative direction, cultural expression and visual storytelling at the center of the runway. Designed for the new wave of African designers and style innovators, this isn’t about seasonal trends, it’s about statements. Expect immersive showcases, unexpected silhouettes and powerful aesthetic moments that reflect the continent’s energy, roots and global reach.
Fashion Lab
Fashion Lab is EWA’s creative workshop for designers to come together and co-create an innovative collection. Blending diverse styles, techniques, and cultural influences, participants collaborate to produce forward-looking fashion that redefines Africa’s design narrative. The result is a showcase collection that embodies experimentation, collaboration, and the future of African fashion.
Panel Sessions
Listen and learn from thought leaders, industry experts and innovators as they unpack the trends transforming and provide the blueprint of success in Africa’s fashion industry, these panel sessions offer critical insights and solutions into the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of Africa’s creative economy.
Masterclasses
Join leading voices in fashion intimate and high-impact masterclasses at Entertainment Week Africa. Learn how industry leaders spot opportunities, navigate challenges and build sustainable success across the continent’s most dynamic creative sector.
Workshops
 Built for creators, entrepreneurs and professionals, these sessions go beyond theory, offering real techniques and tools that work for Africa’s creative landscape. Learn directly from experts who understand the market, apply innovative methods and deliver proven strategies tailored to the realities of Africa’s entertainment and creative industries
Fashion LAB
Fashion Lab is EWA’s creative workshop for designers to come together and co-create an innovative collection. Blending diverse styles, techniques, and cultural influences, participants collaborate to produce forward-looking fashion that redefines Africa’s design narrative. The result is a showcase collection that embodies experimentation, collaboration, and the future of African fashion.
Experiences
LIVE CAFE
The Live Café transforms into the fashion stage of EWA, hosting the Runway Coterie, a curated showcase of Africa’s most visionary designers and bold collections. More than a runway, it’s a space where cultural expression meets innovative design, giving audiences a front-row seat to the creativity shaping Africa’s fashion future.
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