One of the biggest problems with eCommerce & Africa is the rising cost of DATA #ranoutofdata - Victory Matibiri, CEO & founder of @shopkhoyn blew us away with his #innovative solution! It combines Facebook messenger & online #shopping, so data usage becomes a thing of the past.

The FASHIONTech™ Africa #hackathon was judged by a respected panel of #professionals. This included Kendal Makgamathe, marketing manager of Tshimologong Precinct, Unathi Mtya, SA Parliament CIO, and Mustapha Zaouini, founder of Fliptin. Thank you to these awesome judges!

The 24 hour FASHIONTech™ Africa #Hackathon happened at Tshimologong Precinct Digital Innovation precinct. Tshimologong Precinct it was awesome partnering with you! Here's to next year. 👊

We were so thrilled to the be first to introduce Fashion Virtual Reality to His Excellency, former president of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, and the former first lady, Gugu Motlanthe! Here's to us #RaisingTheStandards 👏

The FASHIONTech™ Africa conference hosted informative panels throughout the day. Unpack the influencer panel: "Are we still paying for follwers in 2018?" here 👇👇👇

Thank you Fliptin for your contribution in making the #FASHIONTech™ Africa conference and the #Hackathon come to life! 🙌

The FASHIONTech™ Africa conference - the first in #Africa to merge technology & #fashion - here's what went down in the first 2018 edition. 👇🎉

Co-founder of Threads by SB and FASHIONTech™Africa, Tania Habimana, was also the host for the FASHIONTech™Africa conference! Thank you Tania Habimana for helping make this a huge #success!

For the FASHIONTech™ Africa conference, we needed a venue that had forward-thinkingness and beautiful creative design at its heart - here's to MESH in Rosebank! 🙌👏

Director | Monitor of Deloitte SA, Mike Vincent, gave an insightful presentation at the #FASHIONTech™ Africa conference. Here's to Deloitte SA - thank you for sharing your knowledge on #technology driving sales! 🙌

The Kaya959 team brought their contagious #energy and did a live broadcast from the #FASHIONTech™ Africa Conference. Bridget Masinga, host of The B-Side, chats to Selvin Govender - the Marketing Director for Mercedes-Benz South Africa! 👇

Heads up to EOH, one of #FASHIONTech™ Africa's amazing sponsors! We could think of no other partner on this #journey. ✨

Super insightful to hear Tailor Me’s Creative Director, Celeste Smit, at the FASHIONTech™ Africa conference’s panel on #influencer marketing. From bespoke suits to marketing expertise, Tailor Me certainly has us impressed! 😌😌

A little #throwback to the FASHIONTech™ Africa conference! Have you been unpacking the event with us? 👋

Spreading the word about fashion tech #innovations was made simple as our Kaya959 family followed the whole journey! A huge thank you to you all at KayaFM for the support! 📻😊

Threads founders, Desiree Brouwer & Tania Habimana, stand with Thlolo Motlanthe, Ms Gugu Motlanthe, His Excellency Kgalema Motlanthe, & Founder of Fliptin, Mustapha Zaouinin! What an honour to introduce the former president to Virtual Reality! 🥇😊✨

Another great panel at the #FASHIONTech™ Africa conference focused on "the future of media"... Very interesting views were shared. Swipe to take a sneek peak! ➡️👏

Our entrepreneurs completely blew us away with their #hackathon solutions! It makes us excited for the future of African fashion! 😁

We always thought #Fashion was all about runways and photoshoots, ... well #FASHIONTech™ Africa proved it wasn't. Here's a special thanks to Mercedes-Benz South Africa for supporting us through the journey! ✨

We've said it before and we'll say it again: #FASHIONTech™ Africa is just getting started! Keep an eye out, we'll be back! 😉🎉🎉