Internships
Three to six months of hands-on learning in textile and garment design, manufacturing, quality assurance and technologies with global fashion brands in New York or Washington, D.C.
Talent deserves opportunity.
Through the African Fashion Foundation and community partnerships, Roberta Annan and ACP connect creative talent and women-led businesses with skills, support and opportunity.
Explore the foundation’s work
Convene. Collaborate. Cultivate.
The African Fashion Foundation is a nonprofit organisation founded by Roberta Annan to empower designers and creative professionals from Africa and its diaspora to succeed in the global fashion industry.
Through partnerships with established industry players, AFF provides professional and educational development opportunities. Its ambition is to see more African designers thrive in the global fashion and luxury markets, building careers, creating sustainable jobs and strengthening the wider creative economy.
The foundation’s philanthropic work is distinct from ACP’s commercial businesses. It connects access, skills and professional relationships with the practical needs of creative talent.
Explore support programmesSupport at different stages of a creative career.
The foundation’s programme spans practical training, financial assistance and the relationships that help talent progress.
Mentorship
Professional-development guidance from established figures in the luxury fashion industry.
Grants
Financial assistance to advance business skills and develop fashion collections.
Industry access
Opportunities to participate in industry events and showcase work to wider audiences.
Education
Continuing professional studies through focused courses for creative practitioners.
A platform for talent
Opportunities to promote a brand, demonstrate skills and build relationships with other designers.
Skills. Confidence.
A place in the industry.
Education, mentoring and business support work together. The foundation’s programmes connect the development of a creative practice with the commercial skills and professional relationships needed to sustain it.
From creative talent to creative enterprise.
Two incubator cohorts connect the foundation’s programme model with practical business development.
George Tetteh
Omafume Niemogha
Nadia Ibrahim
2023
Building creative businesses: the 2023 fashion incubator
IFFAC, AFF and implementing partner Seedstars brought business development and mentorship to a cohort of 14 designers.
Read the programme story
2025
AFF announces its second fashion-incubator cohort
Fifteen designers joined the 2025 cohort, combining business support with digital and e-commerce education.
Read the programme storyPartnerships with a defined purpose.
Education & business development
Seedstars served as the implementing partner for the 2023 African Fashion Futures Incubator, working with AFF and IFFAC. The 2025 cohort announcement named Digital Fashion Academy as a partner for digital and e-commerce education, with ACP supporting the programme.
Explore the 2025 programme2026
African Fashion Foundation joins AIDA as a sponsor
The foundation’s 2026 sponsorship supports a platform recognising African design and creative talent.
Read articleCreative initiatives, in focus.
Recycle, Rework, Reuse
The Artisan Hub
Kayayei
The Loom Project
African Fashion in Focus
Scouting for Africa
The Ambassadors Collective
An African Fashion Foundation project powered by IFFAC, developed from conversations at the foundation’s annual retreat. Its focus is convening creative brands and artisans across Africa and encouraging collaboration.
Explore the collectiveSocial investment beyond the creative industries.
ACP’s corporate social-responsibility framework centres on women’s empowerment, education and the environment. These are commitments that guide its approach to capacity development and participation in society.
Women’s empowerment
Build the capacity and skills that enable women to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and participate fully in economic life. ACP’s social-investment priorities place particular emphasis on developing the competencies women need to grow their businesses.
Education and skills
Strengthen the skills of young Ghanaians, with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, particularly for women and girls. This vision connects education with a skilled workforce, innovation and economic development.
Environment
Promote biodiversity, increase awareness of climate change and support practical responses to environmental challenges. Our priorities also include public awareness of plastic pollution and alternatives that reduce its impact.
Working with people, communities and partners.
Economic participation
Build capacity through collaboration with authorities, partners and professionals. Support young people’s ability to pursue entrepreneurial and employment opportunities, with creativity and innovation as part of local economic development.
Environmental responsibility
Connect biodiversity, climate awareness and responses to plastic pollution with practical choices. Environmental objectives sit alongside the wider commitment to long-term development.
Continuing dialogue
Use two-way stakeholder consultation to understand the expectations of clients, partners and communities. The approach depends on mutual understanding, rather than treating social investment as a one-off activity.
Business support
when it mattered.
Ghana · 2020–2021
The programme brought funding and practical support together to help women-led businesses respond to an extraordinary disruption.
In June 2020, Annan Capital Partners joined the Women’s Empowerment and Investment Group (WEIG) and GUBA to launch the COVID-19 Stimulus Fund for women-led small and medium-sized businesses in Ghana.
The initiative responded to the pandemic’s impact with seed investment and business support. Ten businesses were named as recipients in December 2020, spanning agriculture, fashion, healthcare, media, real estate and recycling.
How the fund beganA shared response.
- WEIGWomen’s Empowerment and Investment Group
- ACPAnnan Capital Partners
- GUBAGrow, Unite, Build Africa
From relief to recovery.
The original call ran from June to August 2020 and offered seed investment of GHS 15,000–30,000. The December announcement named ten selected businesses, including Be My Honey, Selina Beb, Child Accra and Ecocent Recycling. These stories remain part of ACP’s record of supporting women’s economic participation.
In February 2021, reporting announced a virtual presentation of stimulus packages, with Ecobank Ghana and Ozé supporting the ceremony.
Read the February 2021 coverageA record of participation.
2020
Backing women-owned businesses
The Women’s Empowerment and Investment Group announced funding for Ghana-based women-owned businesses and subsequently published the selected recipients.
Read the original story2021
Supporting iGrow Africa
ACP collaborated with Ghana’s National Film Authority to support iGrow Africa, one of the films shortlisted in the Presidential Film Pitch Series.
Read the original story2022
Gender-lens investing
A reflection on participation and collaboration at Building Bridges, exploring gender-lens investing and the role of women in shaping investment decisions.
Read the original storyLet’s talk about your business.
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- Accra and Mauritius, with partner offices in Abidjan, Lomé, Johannesburg, Geneva and London.