As we expands our wings Swahili Fashion Week recognises different angles of raising awareness of Fashion and its related industries s around it, and for the first time in the history of fashion in East and Central Africa, Swahili Fashion Week launch Swahili Fashion week Awards, in recognition of various stakeholders in the industry as well as people around it.
Inadai kuwa ujumbe huo ulinunua meno ya tembo kwa Dola za Marekani 700 (sawa na Sh1,120,000) kwa kilo moja, bei ambayo ni mara mbili ya ile ya kawaida na kwamba Wachina hao walinunua maelfu ya kilo za meno hayo na kuyasafirisha kwa ndege ya Rais Jinping. Mfanyabiashara katika eneo hilo, aliyetambulika kwa jina moja la Suleiman amenukuliwa katika ripoti hiyo akisema bei ya meno ya tembo ilipanda kutokana na kuongezeka kwa mahitaji yake wakati wa ziara hiyo.