{"id":2166,"date":"2011-07-22T07:22:42","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=2166"},"modified":"2011-07-22T07:22:42","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T11:22:42","slug":"usaid-sponsors-growth-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/usaid-sponsors-growth-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID Sponsors Growth in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USAID\/East Africa\u2019s \u2018Origin Africa\u2019 awareness campaign has made efforts to help those in need in a number of ways.\u00a0 One of their main aims in Africa is to stimulate their economic development and growth through trade rather than aid.\u00a0 Through their sponsorship of Africa Fashion Week New York and promotion of African designers they have been able to do just that.\u00a0 By bringing more African designers to the forefront and showcasing their creativity and innovation, they create more jobs for the people in Africa and bring the current state of their economy to the attention of those around the globe.\u00a0 Finn Holm-Olsen (Director of the USAID\/COMPETE East and Central Africa Hub) said, \u201cAfrica Fashion Week in New York is an exceptional platform to accomplish this. We are proud to collaborate with Adir\u00e9e in such efforts and commend their dedication.\u201d\u00a0 Adir\u00e9e, the producer of AFWNY, is a perfect fit to be working with USAID because they share the common goal of promoting Africans, specifically those in the fashion business which inadvertently boost the economies of countries that were once struggling.\u00a0 Africa Fashion Week New York has been very successful during the past two years in promoting African designers and their economy.\u00a0 We hope to continue to showcase these amazing African talents and stimulate their economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USAID\/East Africa\u2019s \u2018Origin Africa\u2019 awareness campaign has made efforts to help those in need in a number of ways.\u00a0 One of their main aims in Africa is to stimulate their economic development and growth through trade rather than aid.\u00a0 Through their sponsorship of Africa Fashion Week New York and promotion of African designers they have…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[88,81,94,496,497,498,499,500],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}