Kuaho�s illustrious fashion odyssey thus far

Kuaho
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Her name is synonymous with Botswana’s fashion industry. Today she is still a force to reckon with in the African fashion scene. Arts & Culture correspondent GASEBALWE SERETSE took the time to chat with the award-winning Mpho Kuaho

“Ever since winning Redds African Fashion Award, I haven’t entered another fashion competition as I have realized that now I have a duty to groom up and coming fashion designers in Botswana behind the scenes,” said the fashion designer, Mpho Kuaho, explaining why she no longer makes news headlines.

She told Arts & Culture that ever since winning the glamorous award, she has been invited to a number of top fashion events internationally such as the Swahili Fashion Week in Tanzania and the Vastra Textile Fair in India where she has acted as a judge and a mentor.

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Micro-procurement maze demands urgent reform

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