In a bid to contribute to the continuous growth of the Small, Medium Enterprise, SME, sector as catalyst for economic growth and development, Sterling Bank Plc has announced its support for the 2015 Lagos Fashion Design Week, LFDW. The event held last week at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event serves as an avenue where fashion professionals, buyers, consumers, enthusiasts and media operators come together to appreciate the current collections of African designers in the fashion capital of Lagos. Runway shows and presentations featuring new season collections from designers in the African fashion industry alongside showrooms featuring fashion products, textiles and accessories are expected to be the order of the day during the four-day programme.

Other highlights of this fifth edition of the Fashion Week are the Fashion Business Series and the Fashion Focus session. The Business series seeks to facilitate conversations with key players from the Nigerian and Pan African fashion industry as a useful tool for exchanging ideas, networking and developing the fashion industry. Fashion focus on the other hand concentrates on opportunities for emerging talents and how to harness their skills to sustain a global presence to a wider audience.

Explaining the reason for the bank’s support, Abubakar Suleiman, Sterling Bank’s executive director, said, “with the abundant talent in the fashion industry and the opportunity that abounds to support the local economy, the subsector operators must be adequately supported.”