Abass Adekunle Oyewole wins Emerging Fashion Entrepreneur Award 2023

The recently held African Fashion Award and Arts Award (AFAA) awarding ceremony saw the victorious efforts of Abass Adekunle Oyewole, who has successfully worked as the CEO and founder of the Babsqui Wears and Monogram Embroidery company as he took home the Emerging Fashion Entrepreneur award.

AFAA was established in 2021 and within a short time it became one of the most esteemed platforms in the African Continent that recognizes fashion excellence. The organizers initiated the projects continuity of the continent and reinforced the groundwork to its first award ceremony by launching a fashion industry creative engagement in Durban, KwaZulu Natal in South Africa in 2021 and then in Cairo, Egypt in 2022, before taking the concept of launching its first award ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria.

AFAA is admired due to its display of African design spirit and culture by providing the local talent the international voice. They are concerned about assisting artists to cooperate beyond boundaries as they desire the world to observe the reality of our art. This plan creates an international platform to creators that have been long neglected.

The AFAA 2023 award night in Abuja concluded with Abass Adekunle Oyewole, an individual named the Emerging Fashion Entrepreneur of the year. AFAA therefore employs this particular category with an aim of demoting the emerging generation of designers that are transforming the way people perceive African style by ensuring that their companies make a tangible difference. The program was at the Abuja Continental Hotels on 2nd December 2023. Abass thanked the organizers and his team at Babsqui Wears after receiving the prize and said that he never gives up on it. He refers to it as a big career high, as it all the years of struggling with hard work and being creative was worth it.

Abass is well known for his talent in producing traditional West African wear that really stands out. These flowing designs are part of our heritage, and he has mastered a technique that keeps them looking fresh for a global audience while staying true to the classic African textiles.

Abass builds his pieces by mixing cultural heritage with a contemporary eye for detail. Babsqui Wears has become a name associated with elegance and identity because of its detailed embroidery, and he always creates designs that honor the past while looking toward what is next.

This honor places Abass Adekunle Oyewole among the many African creatives who are currently driving the industry into the future. Because Babsqui Wears is expanding, his personal influence will play a major role in helping a global audience understand the true worth of African fashion.

This honor is a major celebration of the creativity found in Nigeria, and it stands as a proud day for everyone working in the industry. It acts as a powerful testament to the growth and the future success that is currently emerging from the fashion scene in Africa.