There are so many designers in Nigeria designing all sorts of clothes. How about making cute little children's clothes with African fabrics. I remember when I was in primary school, our school uniform was a white polo shirt with navy blue adire skirts. Funnily It was a British school in Lagos and till today I notice that our nigerian school kids are wearing drab school uniforms that look so cheap and worn after a few washes.
Perhaps one could interest a few schools in changing their pupils school uniforms and provide well tailored indigenous fabrics. In fact perhaps setting up an indigenous fabric uniform company may work in the new "Proudly Nigerian" Nigeria.
The pitfalls of the business however would be the dependence on tailors and other semi-skilled workers. A business like this without supervision could easily crash and burn but since there are particular seasons for school supply it could be a seasonal business with contractual staff. Hmm the more i think about it, the more doable it seems.
School supplies also include stationary, furniture and books. The market is huge and cornering even 0.1% of the market in Lagos would be lucrative.
I remember reading an article on bellanaija.com about a company called "Wewe Clothing" The lady makes african print inspired clothes for children in L.A. http://www.bellanaija.com/2008/10/19/wewe-clothing-little-ones-doing-big-things/
I think its a wonderful idea and I think it actually inspired this post.
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