Today, we are spending those five precious minutes with Pierra Ntayombya, the CEO of Haute Baso, a women’s clothing and accessories brand – but also so much more than that. This is the brand that stands for all things important to Africa and to the world right now --- diversity and inclusion, gender empowerment, responsible fashion, and deep pride for the country and the continent that they call home.
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, two young and brave ladies started a jewelry company to keep themselves -- and a handful of other Kenyans -- busy earning income. Today, The Drunk Leopard is a thriving small enterprise with its signature line of jewelry and clothes and big dreams for the future. Sahiba Bamrah is a co-founder and a lead designer of this young, creative, conscious brand, which stands for everything that youth can and do contribute to the economic, social, cultural and intellectual landscape in Kenya and East Africa.
Hortense Mbea is the Founder and Creative Director of Afropian, a Pan-African fashion brand that tells stories of Africa’s history through art and design and traces the common threads that bring different people of the continent closer together.
Lyosi Mwedekeli is a Founder and a designer behind Afropoa - Safari Urban Beach Culture, a Kenyan fashion brand that aspires to revive the Kenyan textile industry by spreading African vibe across the globe. Afropoa’s specialty is affordable, high-end men and women suits made of quality kikoy fabric – proudly different, yet very fitting in various settings from a board-room to a tap-room to a safari adventure.
