Month: March 2026
3 posts
Modest Fashion, Halal Certification, and IP: The Legal Questions Behind Africa’s Fastest-Growing Fashion Segment
The global halal fashion market is worth over $800 billion, and Africa sits at the centre of its growth. Yet halal certification across the continent remains fragmented, cultural branding carries risks most fashion law ignores, and almost nobody is writing about the legal questions behind one of the industry's biggest, fastest-growing segments.
March 9, 2026
Fashion Policy in Africa: Why Industrial Policy, Not Just Trade Policy, Is What Actually Builds an Industry
AGOA has been extended through 2028. AfCFTA's rules of origin are finally settled. Trade access to African fashion has never been easier to win. But two decades into these arrangements, most African garment production remains stuck in the lowest-value stage of the value chain, proof that trade policy alone was never going to build an industry.
March 8, 2026
Rules for the African Secondhand Market: What Chanel v. WGACA Means for Nigeria’s Okrika, East Africa’s Mitumba, and the Rise of African Luxury Resale
Chanel just won $4 million and a permanent injunction against a luxury reseller for guaranteeing authenticity it had no right to guarantee. As Africa's Okrika and Mitumba markets evolve into curated luxury resale platforms, this case is less an American legal curiosity and more a preview of the exact legal terrain African resellers are about to enter.
March 2, 2026