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AFROPIAN: PANAFRICAN BRAND HIGHLIGHTING ARTISANS ACROSS THE CONTINENT

Afropian is a Panafrican brand focusing on Ethiopia as it connects to the rest of Africa. It is 100% Handmade in Africa! As a Cameroonian who calls beautiful Ethiopia home, founder and creative director Hortense Mbea wanted to bring what she has gleaned from her extensive travels on the continent back to her second home.

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The bag show

Cover Article, Shopping / prologu2

“Even during this pandemic-stricken time, the bag show is here again to bring you some magical cheer.” Ladies and gentlemen, it’s the time to dust out your favorite clothes and shoes to dress up; the Bag Showis back with another exciting event! Even during this pandemic-stricken time, the Bag Show is here once again to

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Fashion Page

People, Shopping / prologu2

I am so excited to introduce this new section on Fashion in What’s Out. As some of you might know, I am the founder and organizer of Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week, which is held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia annually, promoting the African fashion industry for the past 10 years. Just to give you

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Tukul village Lalibela

Arts & Culture, City, People, Shopping / prologu2

Opened in 2007, Tukul Village is located just a 10-15 minute walk downhill from most of the major rock-hewn churches and consists of twelve red sandstone Tukul huts, each topped with a thatched roof and split into two storeys, offering 24 en suite rooms. The hotel is well-known for its concepted architecture, which is a

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Debo Engineering – green innovation for the agro sector

Shopping / prologu2

Debo engineering is a startup (from Jimma) that designs and develops smart business applications solution in the agriculture sector. The startup uses applied engineering discipline centered on newly evolving technologies such as artificial intelligence, ML, IOT, image processing, big data, and mobile computing. Debo developed an algorithm that automatically detects and classifies plant disease through

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Trees that produce frankincense under threat

Shopping / prologu2

Frankincense is famous for being one of the three gifts presented by the Magi to baby Jesus (the other two being gold and myrrh). Several thousand years ago, people knew how to use frankincense to cure several ailments. The ancient Babylonians and Assyrians are also believed to have burned frankincense during their religious ceremonies, and

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Producing sustainable fashion from bamboo

Shopping / prologu2

The Women4Climate program is to support emerging women leaders to become expert influencers while mobilizing others in their efforts to accelerate climate action in meeting Addis Ababa’s sustainable environmental targets. Yididiya Damtew is a sustainable entrepreneur who wants to create positive change by sourcing products made from sustainable and renewable material focussing on the abundant

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