Our ambition to continue to nurture soleRebels into a market leading global footwear brand, a deeply important first for a developing world country like Ethiopia, and a feat which holds the seeds of greater shared prosperity here, is now a GLOBAL IDEA.....
Read the full article at The Economic Times: soleRebels: Africa's Answer to Nike
Canada’s largest daily newspaper The Toronto Star , and their fashion reporter Erin Kobayashi just featured soleRebels!
Click here to read the article: Good soles flourish in Ethiopia
The great French newspaper The Parisien served up a great story about soleRebels!!
Click to read the article: Ethiopie: des chaussures "vertes" pour le développement durable
The Independent featured this article on soleRebels, Ethiopian cobbler creating African Nike with tyres, fabric
soleRebels proudly reaches the eyes and ears of China !
See the full article here: Africa has 'Sole-ful' response to Nike
The Los Angeles Times gets into the soleRebels vibe, with their article on multicultural styles and accessories.
See the full article here: Go global with multicultural styles and accessories
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton made mention of us in the recent 8th African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum held August 5th in Kenya, mentioning our status as Ethiopia’s pioneering and to date ONLY footwear exporter to break into the US market.
Remarks at the 8th Forum of Growth and Opportunity Act
Click and see about midway down the page sections begins:
“Now, a number of AGOA countries are in the early stages of supplying the American market with products they had not supplied in the past...from footwear in Ethiopia, to cut flowers in Tanzania, to eyewear in Mauritius, to processed fruits and jams in Swaziland. We’re seeing real potential"
YOU CAN ALSO PLAY THE VIDEO OF THE WHOLE SPEECH PAGE TOP RIGHT
Green Muze eco fashion web magazine just featured a great full story on the soleRebels. here it is. Enjoy!
Link to full article: Ethiopian Eco Shoes
Read as the soleRebels vibe hits Japan!
Link to full article: 「アフリカ版ナイキ」の靴は古タイヤ製、エチオピア