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# Mina Korewaah Frempong adjudged the winner of the 2019 Vlisco Fashion Fund
- URL: https://braperucci.africa/mina-korewaah-frempong-adjudged-the-winner-of-the-2019-vlisco-fashion-fund
- Published: 2019-12-11T14:51:10.000Z
- Author: Bra Perucci
- Publisher: Bra Perucci
- Section: Womenswear
- Description: Vlisco has announced Mina Korewaah Frempong from Ghana as the winner of the Vlisco Fashion Fund 2019. The Vlisco Fashion Fund is a contest that launches emerging African fashion designers and their businesses based in Ghana, DRC Congo, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, on a global scale…

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## Vlisco has announced Mina Korewaah Frempong from Ghana as the winner of the Vlisco Fashion Fund 2019.

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The Vlisco Fashion Fund is a contest that launches emerging African fashion designers and their businesses based in Ghana, DRC Congo, Benin, Togo, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, on a global scale along with African fashion designers living elsewhere in – or outside of – Africa entered to compete in the Global contestant category.

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In 2019, one winner was selected from each of this year’s 6 participating countries, and one winner from the Global category.\
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The seven winners will each receive funding equivalent to €5,000, plus a two-week master class abroad.\
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**How the winner was selected**

More than 700 applications were submitted to the Vlisco Fashion Fund 2019. The VFF team meticulously reviewed the eligible applications, and then the jury panels conducted interviews in each country.\
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Based on the interviews, three nominees per country progressed to the next round. The remaining 21 nominees were given Vlisco fabrics and a budget.\
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**The challenge:** Create a collection of five outfits, a photoshoot, and a one-month deadline. During the last week in November, the juries reviewed the final collections and selected the seven country