African Development Bank Conference and The Made in Africa Foundation - May 2013 Marrakech
Zamzam were lucky to host the BBC World News earlier this year including Zainab Badawi. The whole week was fantastically interesting. Zainab hosted a number of interviews with key African Movers and Shakers. Sera of London was in charge of Zainab's Rendezvous set design. She used interiors from Zamzam which you can see in these shots.
The Zamzam Set - BBC World News - Marrakech
Later during this high energy week. The Bankers Awards were held with dinner and concert at the Taj Hotel in Marrakech. It was a stunning evening hosted by Ozwald Boateng from The Made in Africa Foundation. Ozwald hosted an amazing fashion show at this event with a selection of his Saville Row Designs.
Below you can read a press release on the amazing Event and by joining Made in Africa on Facebook you can get updates from the Foudations work.
Our Future, Made In Africa
Film Premier, Fashion Show and Concert
29 May 2013
Marrakech, Morocco
Internationally-renowned designer Ozwald Boateng OBE curated a stunning fashion show featuring four designers from Africa or its diaspora communities, wowing guests at his Gala event Celebrating Africa’s Progress, in collaboration with the IC Publications Africa Bankers Awards, in Marrakech, Morocco.
The thrilling designs of Amine Bendriouich (Tunisian), Pierre Antoine Vettorello (French Ivoirian), Samantha Cole (British-Nigerian), and Mimi Plange (Ghanaian-born Californian) were brought together for the show, featuring 30 models, including Sessilee Lopez and Sonja Wanda, by Mr Boateng as his Made in Africa Foundation celebrated the enormous positivity coursing through the African continent and its diaspora in terms of creativity and commerce.
The Gala event also featured electrifying musical performances by:
John Legend, r+b superstar;
Senegalese Minister of Culture, Youssou N’Dour, one of the most celebrated African singers in history and the top ranked musician in the Forbes “40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa” list;
Chart-topping Akon, who as well as being the first artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice, also produces for others such as Lady Gaga and Leona Lewis; and
Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), conscious New York rapper, acclaimed actor and long time supporter of the Made in Africa Foundation.
That’s four artists with 10 Grammy awards and over 22 Grammy nominations between them.
Made In Africa premiered the new film by Ozwald Boateng, entitled “Our Future, Made In Africa”. The Film was simultaneously broadcast live in Marrakech and on the internet to a world wide audience on Made in Africa’s newly launched YouTube Channel.
Earlier in the day, the Made In Africa’s principle of bringing together the continent’s skillsets to co-operate towards progress bore significant fruit with the signing of the Marrakech Undertaking by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation – a recognition of the foundations’ mutual obligations to assist in the development of the continent, focusing on transformational infrastructure projects.
The event was attended by 400 leaders of the world’s banking and investment community, gathering in Marrakech for the African Development Bank’s annual summit, concentrating on creating progress and investment across Africa.
"Africa has been the inspiration of all great artists such as Picasso and designers like Yves Saint Laurent. As Africa rises and we see the African century our creativity in all the arts will be clear."
Ozwald Boateng, co-founder and Trustee of the Made in Africa Foundation
"For Africa to reach and exceed the growth rates needed to feed and house all of our people and become the powerhouse of the globe that it could be, needs a meeting of the minds of its creative genius and its finance gurus - this extraordinary event is the first of many!"
Chris Cleverly, CEO of the Made In Africa Foundation
Film Premier, Fashion Show and Concert
29 May 2013
Marrakech, Morocco
Internationally-renowned designer Ozwald Boateng OBE curated a stunning fashion show featuring four designers from Africa or its diaspora communities, wowing guests at his Gala event Celebrating Africa’s Progress, in collaboration with the IC Publications Africa Bankers Awards, in Marrakech, Morocco.
The thrilling designs of Amine Bendriouich (Tunisian), Pierre Antoine Vettorello (French Ivoirian), Samantha Cole (British-Nigerian), and Mimi Plange (Ghanaian-born Californian) were brought together for the show, featuring 30 models, including Sessilee Lopez and Sonja Wanda, by Mr Boateng as his Made in Africa Foundation celebrated the enormous positivity coursing through the African continent and its diaspora in terms of creativity and commerce.
The Gala event also featured electrifying musical performances by:
John Legend, r+b superstar;
Senegalese Minister of Culture, Youssou N’Dour, one of the most celebrated African singers in history and the top ranked musician in the Forbes “40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa” list;
Chart-topping Akon, who as well as being the first artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice, also produces for others such as Lady Gaga and Leona Lewis; and
Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), conscious New York rapper, acclaimed actor and long time supporter of the Made in Africa Foundation.
That’s four artists with 10 Grammy awards and over 22 Grammy nominations between them.
Made In Africa premiered the new film by Ozwald Boateng, entitled “Our Future, Made In Africa”. The Film was simultaneously broadcast live in Marrakech and on the internet to a world wide audience on Made in Africa’s newly launched YouTube Channel.
Earlier in the day, the Made In Africa’s principle of bringing together the continent’s skillsets to co-operate towards progress bore significant fruit with the signing of the Marrakech Undertaking by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation – a recognition of the foundations’ mutual obligations to assist in the development of the continent, focusing on transformational infrastructure projects.
The event was attended by 400 leaders of the world’s banking and investment community, gathering in Marrakech for the African Development Bank’s annual summit, concentrating on creating progress and investment across Africa.
"Africa has been the inspiration of all great artists such as Picasso and designers like Yves Saint Laurent. As Africa rises and we see the African century our creativity in all the arts will be clear."
Ozwald Boateng, co-founder and Trustee of the Made in Africa Foundation
"For Africa to reach and exceed the growth rates needed to feed and house all of our people and become the powerhouse of the globe that it could be, needs a meeting of the minds of its creative genius and its finance gurus - this extraordinary event is the first of many!"
Chris Cleverly, CEO of the Made In Africa Foundation
http://www.madeinafricafoundation.co.uk/
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