Lagos / AFP Balogun Shakirat woke up with a start at 3:00 am and put on the light in her workshop in a crowded working class district of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. In the following three hours, she was able to sew shirts, trousers and a jacket. Then the electricity supply went off again. “No light the whole day ...

Monrovia / AFP After almost 200 years of Western influence on their clothes, Liberians are revelling in a style revolution, designing and tailoring their own edgy creations with prints and cuts influenced by their African neighbours. Until 2003, when a peace deal ended 14 years of devastating civil war, tens of thousands of Liberians had been living as refugees in ...

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is set to showcase its smart and sustainable solutions; reflecting the Group’s strategy to drive innovation across all its business segments at the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016) to be held in Dubai on October 4-6. ENOC’s smart solutions underline the Group’s commitment to environmental ...