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Aisha Ayensu: Founder & CEO Christie Brown - Retelling The African Story Through Fashion.

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Aisha Ayensu recounts founding Christie Brown in her final university year in Accra and growing the award-winning fashion house into an internationally recognised Ghanaian brand.

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