“ELEANOR” &ƌŽŵ ƚĂŝůŽƌŝŶŐ ƚŽ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ƌĞĚŝƚ dŽ &ĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ dĂŶnjĂŶŝĂ ĂŶĚ ^ǁĂŚŝůŝ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ǁĞĞŬ
ůĞĂŶŽƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ dĂŶnjĂŶŝĂŶ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ǁŚŽ ŚĂƐ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞĚ Ă ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ďLJ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ ĨŽƌ ĂůŵŽƐƚ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůůŝŶŐ ǁĞĚĚŝŶŐ ŽƵƞŝƚƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ŝŶ ŚŝŶĂ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌůĚ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ǁĞĞŬ :ŝĂŶŐƐƵͲ ŚŝŶĂ͕ ^ƵnjŚŽƵ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ĞdžŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ :ŝĂŶŐƐƵ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ǁŽƌůĚ ƚƌĂĚŝŶŐ ĞŶƚƌĞ͘
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hen the colors mix on Ă ĨĂďƌŝĐ ƚŽ ĨŽƌŵ ďŽůĚ͕ ǀŝďƌĂŶƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ͕ LJŽƵ get a stunning African print. Tanzanian designers are not ůĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƉĂƐƐ ďLJ͕ ƚŚĞLJ ƵƐĞ Ăůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŵĂŐŝŶĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ create masterpieces. They are claiming the fashion industry stage from the Swahili Fashion Week in Dar es Salaam to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in South Africa. Tanzanian designers are pushing the boundaries with a simple
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͞<ŝƚĞŶŐĞ͟ ůĞĂǀŝŶŐ ŵĂƐƚĞƌƉŝĞĐĞƐ ŝŶ their wake. ǀĞƌLJ ŵŽŶƚŚ Ăƌ >ŝĨĞ ĚĞĚŝĐĂƚĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞĐƟŽŶ ƚŽ LJŽƵŶŐ ĞŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ and well-known designers who want to create brands and use ƚŚĞ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵ ĂƐ Ă ƐƚĞƉƉŝŶŐ stone towards achieving their dream. This month we met ůĞĂŶŽƌ ǁŚŽƐĞ ŝĚĞĂƐ ŝŶ ĚĞƐŝŐŶŝŶŐ clothes and accessories are ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ͕ LJŽƵ ŵƵƐƚ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŽƵƚ͊ ůĞĂŶŽƌ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ ŝŶ DǁĂŶnjĂͲ Tanzania as a fourth born among
ƐĞǀĞŶ ĐŚŝůĚƌĞŶ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞĚ her degree at the College of ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ Ăƌ ĞƐ ^ĂůĂĂŵ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ^ŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚĞĚ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ĮƌƐƚůLJ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟǀĞ ŽĸĐĞƌ Ăƚ ĂƌĐƟĐ ŚŽůĚŝŶŐƐ /ƌŝŶŐĂ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϮϬϭϲ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶŬ ŽĸĐĞƌ Ăƚ Z Bank plc Mwanza up to 2018. ĞĚŝĐĂƟŶŐ ŚĞƌ ƉĂƐƐŝŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚ ŚĞƌ ŽǁŶ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ďƌĂŶĚ ; EK&/d^Ϳ ĨŽƌ designing wedding and evening ĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ǁŚŝůĞ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ lead to discover that she needed ŵŽƌĞ ŬŶŽǁůĞĚŐĞ͕ ƐŬŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ
