Tailoring in Africa: A Gold Mine - Secrets to a Successful Tailoring Career by Felix Ndubuisi
In every craft, there are successful and unsuccessful ones. What determines the class one belongs to is the depth of the person's knowledge of the profession. Salad to say, if there is a profession in Africa whose practitioners do not seek knowledge to advance, it is the cloth-making industry. This is why the majority of African tailors/fashion designers are struggling. One can argue that this is as a result of poor skills, but what of those who are highly skilled and hardworking that are still struggling?
Skills are an essential part of cloth-making, but it is not enough. It is just a fraction of what is needed to excel, there are many other components needed to build a successful tailoring career and business