The Footwear Academy: How we are Disrupting the Landscape of the Footwear Industry in Nigeria
The Footwear Academy is a footwear hub that enables young people to produce export-standard footwear products through training, access to quality and affordable raw materials, and job-matching opportunities. We started out in July 2017.
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Chidinma Emodi Chukwuemeka
Chidinma Emodi Chukwuemeka is the Co-founder of The Footwear Academy ; a footwear hub that enables young people to produce export-standard footwear products through training, access to quality, and affordable raw materials, and job-matching opportunities.
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My name is Chidinma Emodi Chukwuemeka . I am the Co-founder of The Footwear Academy . I started The Footwear Academy with my husband in 2017.
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The Footwear Academy is a footwear hub that enables young people to produce export-standard footwear products through training, access to quality and affordable raw materials, and job-matching opportunities. We started out in July 2017.
My name is Chidinma Emodi Chukwuemeka . I am the Co-founder of The Footwear Academy . I started The Footwear Academy with my husband in 2017.
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