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Camels, not unicorns: How entrepreneurs in Africa are rewriting the rules of Silicon Valley
June 9, 2020 Unikorn Staff 0
This article is an abridged excerpt from the book Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to Detroit Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley, written by Alexandre Lazarow.
Xavier Helgesen was troubled. He had just returned to his home base of Arusha, Tanzania, after weeks spent pitching Zola, his startup, to Silicon Valley investors. It was 2014, two years into the journey, and Zola already had thousands of paying customers and a large potential market. But Xavier had secured only a fraction of the capital that a pedestrian San Francisco startup might expect to raise in months.
Xavier had co-founded Zola with Erica Mackey and Joshua Pierce to tackle a seemingly intractable problem: eight hundred million people in Africa live off-grid and are vulnerable to systematic disadvantages resulting from a lack of electricity.
Xavier was raising funds for a $7 million series A round of financing, one of the first large rounds in the burgeoning market for off-grid energy in developing countries. The cheque he needed was well beyond what could be raised locally in Tanzania – or, for that matter, across the African continent – and so Xavier had looked to Silicon Valley.
But he had received mixed feedback. "You're building a technology startup – why do you have so much overhead? A training academy for the sales force, and an in-house payments platform? Can't you be leaner?" "The Tanzanian shilling was devalued precipitously last year. What is your hedging strategy?" "You're raising a series A now. Who could lead your series B, and what stock market do you think you'll eventually list on?"
On their face, these questions are not necessarily misguided. But they are deeply rooted in a set of beliefs unique to Silicon Valley and its conception of how to build a startup. Unsurprisingly, these beliefs do not always translate well to the Tanzanian marketplace. It's hard to be lean when you need to provide basic business training to your new recruits or manage collections in a predominantly cash-based economy. The wild fluctuations of the Tanzanian shilling make hedging prohibitively expensive. Budgeting for capital commitments and enjoying the necessary certainty of business forecasts are both distant dreams for local startups. And all this is complicated by the limited availability of follow-on funders and a lack of viable exit options in Tanzania.
Many of the investors could not get behind the notion that a company could break the Silicon Valley paradigm so extensively and still succeed. They turned their backs on Xavier.
Instead of telling him how things should be, those potential investors should have listened to how things are.
Silicon Valley used to have a monopoly on innovation. Only twenty-five years ago, 95% of the world's venture activity occurred in the United States, the vast majority concentrated in the two hundred square miles spanning San Francisco and San Jose.
Advances in technology mean innovation can now take root everywhere.
Over the past few decades, cities like London, Berlin, Tallinn, and Tel Aviv are becoming global startup powerhouses. And China above all has propelled itself to the forefront of the global innovation landscape. It is now home to 100,000 startups and 35% of the world's unicorns.
The most exciting story, however, is what's happening in the rest of the world, outside these economic powerhouses. Innovators are increasingly taking root everywhere. At this 'Frontier' there are currently more than 1.3 million technology startups globally. Startup ecosystems are popping up all over the world to support them, with more than 480 hubs worldwide, from Detroit to Bangalore to Puerto Rico to Nairobi to São Paulo. In emerging ecosystems, the incidence of entrepreneurship is double that of the developed world.
But our knowledge of the way startups are built remains stagnant and myopic, centred in a specific time and place and a particular type of company: the Silicon Valley software business.
My own journey to the innovation industry has been as an investor, a regulator, a consultant, or an investment banker – advising CEOs and entrepreneurs around the world and teaching future entrepreneurs in my MBA classes. In particular I have been trying to make sense of questions about innovation in emerging ecosystems. I have invested in startups across the globe and had an eye-opening journey through the unique challenges and opportunities of scaling a business outside Silicon Valley.
In markets where there is a venture capital shortage, macroeconomic uncertainty, a lower tolerance for risk, less acceptance of entrepreneurship as a career, or limited enabling infrastructure, the Silicon Valley model fails.
Furthermore, Silicon Valley is no longer generating the innovation we're looking for. Even though Silicon Valley continues to deliver technological advancement and richly valued companies, recent innovation has been incremental rather than world changing.
The world of innovation needs a refresh. And that refresh is already well underway at what I call the Frontier, which collectively refers to innovation centres located outside Silicon Valley and its closest counterparts. At the Frontier, operating in tough, under-resourced, and often underregulated environments, these outside-the-Valley entrepreneurs are out-innovating their Silicon Valley counterparts. To succeed, they are making their own rules and charting their own paths. Along the way, they are challenging us to rethink what the model for innovation should be, both globally and in Silicon Valley.
A new model for innovation at the Frontier
Frontier innovators are writing their own innovation playbook. Their methods, while derived from practical necessity, are not only reinventing the rules but also redefining what it means to innovate. I have identified ten elements of this new model for innovation.
First, Frontier innovators are creators. Silicon Valley is focused on disrupting established industries, but at the Frontier, innovators must create new industries because often there are no established industries to disrupt. They must build entirely new sectors that offer customers a range of products and services that Silicon Valley takes for granted, such as education, health care, financial services, energy, and even infrastructure.
Silicon Valley's obsession with asset-light, highly focused startups is not practical when enabling infrastructure does not exist, as is often the case when industries are being created. Frontier innovators must often build the "full stack" – including the enabling infrastructure that their businesses and products require.
Where Silicon Valley strives to breed unicorns, the Frontier raises camels – organisations that can capitalise on opportunity but also can survive in a drought. Frontier innovators do not focus on growth at any cost; they focus on sustainability and resilience.
Frontier innovators also cross-pollinate. They leverage diverse lived experiences, often across multiple geographies, industries, and sectors, to build their businesses. They tap global networks for capital and resources.
Silicon Valley may teach its startups to be based in the Bay Area, build their teams there, and focus on the $18 trillion US domestic market, but Frontier startups have no such obvious path. In fact, many are born global; they strategically target multiple global markets from day one.
Frontier innovators don't just sell to the world. They also build the fabric and machine of the organisation in a distributed way. They recruit the best talent, regardless of where they are from, and foster an integrated culture through technology and organisational design.
With Silicon Valley's rich talent pool, entrepreneurs have the luxury of recruiting A-players as needed. Companies tolerate high turnover because employees are replaceable from Silicon Valley's sea of talent. At the Frontier, innovators build A-teams with a growth mindset toward employees and a long-term outlook.
Frontier innovators are also multi-mission athletes who interweave both profit and impact-based goals into the core fabric of their business models.
Silicon Valley's blasé approach to risk – of moving fast and breaking things – is not tolerable when acceptance of risk is lower and the consequences of failure are higher. Frontier innovators manage risk, build customer trust, and formalise their industries.
Venture capital and technology startups exist in a symbiotic relationship; neither can survive without the other. Yet, while the venture capital model serves Silicon Valley's unicorns, it is not adapted to the rest of the world's capital needs. Venture capitalists at the Frontier are themselves innovators in their own right, because they are adapting the model for challenging environments.
Silicon Valley has a rich mosaic of support systems: corporations with innovation departments, venture capitalists who offer support teams, accelerators who specialise in myriad topics, and even regulators who are increasingly looking to engage with innovators. Frontier innovators often feel isolated by comparison. By necessity, Frontier innovators don't just scale their startups; they take an active role in building their ecosystems by laying the cornerstones of entrepreneurial culture, creating a community of mentors and supporters, and building the requisite infrastructure for the ecosystem.
Of course, Frontier innovators are not alone in building their ecosystems. Governments, regulators, investors, large corporations, charities, foundations, and other interested parties can have a disproportionate impact on Frontier ecosystems – not by copying Silicon Valley but by leveraging the lessons from the Frontier.
Rooted in the lived realities of Frontier innovators, my work and writings derive practical advice for all participants in the ecosystem. My research is founded on my own data, as well as more than two hundred interviews, industry publications, and, where it exists, leading academic research in the field.
I seek to answer four basic questions: What unique strategies do Frontier innovators employ to successfully develop their innovations? How can these strategies be replicated by others at the Frontier? What can Silicon Valley learn from these emerging approaches? How should we use these lessons to promote vibrant and successful innovation ecosystems around the world?
My hope is that my ideas will start a conversation about what it means to innovate in the rest of the world. Excitingly, the first wave of entrepreneurial activity in many Frontier ecosystems is only beginning to crest. The ranks of innovators across the globe increase daily. In the United States alone, by some counts more than half a million people become entrepreneurs every month. Most are not building Silicon Valley-style software startups.
Uncritically following Silicon Valley's principles and applying them to different local contexts is a recipe for failure. Learning the lessons of successful Frontier innovators is crucial for new entrepreneurs, technology workers, and students looking to join their ranks.
When I ask my friends which current Silicon Valley entrepreneurs they see as a positive force on humanity, they often mention Elon Musk. But when I ask for a few more names, they struggle. At the Frontier, I can point to dozens of Elons. They are building various types of companies, in various ways, and they are driving world-changing innovation.
William Gibson once said, "The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed." In this case, Frontier innovators across the world are leading the charge and providing a glimpse of the future of innovation and entrepreneurship worldwide and, per Gibson, to a future that is more evenly distributed. And maybe their lessons hold the key for innovation and startups to change the world after all.
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Best Destinations To Explore In East Asia
The bucket list gets filled to the rim when anyone takes a look at what the East Asian region has...
T he bucket list gets filled to the rim when anyone takes a look at what the East Asian region has to offer. With amazing street-side food, bustling cities, and sandy beaches, there is something for everybody to enjoy. The best way to explore any city in this region is to walk and find the hidden treasures that many do not often know about.
Being one of the largest cities in the world, Tokyo is quite fast-paced. Flashing billboards and crowded streets can overwhelm anyone at first. However, this proves to be a fun challenge to many tourists as they try to find their way through the city, exploring something new and exciting happening at every corner.
The city where technology continues to advance, museums and historical sites are no less, and the natives to the city continue to care for them, making them key highlights for tourist visits. When in the city and on the street, there are many places to go see, such as the Tokyo National Museum or the old spiritual Sensoji Temple.
Similan Islands, Thailand
Similan is one of the 9 islands that still carry their Malay roots with them. A national park present on the island is considered a World Heritage site. Some of Thailand's most amazing and unique marine life is present in the area along with this being a haven for birdwatchers. For those who love trekking, multiple hiking paths can provide endless adventures every day.
Considering that Similan is an island, there are many truly amazing diving spots with coral reefs that go back at least 5000 years, along with rare fishes, sharks, and sea turtles.
The political heart of South Korea is also known for its culture and busy lifestyle. The richness of the history is throughout the city in the form of palaces, monuments, and various landmarks. Seoul was ruled over by many dynasties over centuries that have left their marks and symbolism across the country. There are multiple neighborhoods where anyone can go from drinking at a bar to a high-end clothing store to buy the latest style in the ever-so-changing city.
Everyone knows about the war between North and South Korea. The relationship of Seoul with the war has also been enshrined in the well-known Korean War Memorial to take the person through the history of the war.
Not only is Shanghai the most populated city in China, but it is also the most populated on the planet. This city helped bring China to where it stands on the economic ladder. Not only is Shanghai important in the economic world, but the city itself has also been standing for over 20 centuries, bringing along historical sights and memorials, making it an amazing tourist attraction. Places such as Oriental Pearl Tower and the Shanghai Museum help the tourists see how far China has progressed, whereas places like Jade Temple and Yuyan Garden take tourists back in time to how things used to be.
Shanghai counties to show tourists in a way that how far things can go, while the roots can stay intact.
Pattaya, Thailand
If people are looking to get away from a hectic life and party, Pattaya is the place to go. The party hub is located in the Gulf of Thailand as it continues to grow and earn the infamous label. The nightlife in the city is loud and exciting as intended, with different bars and clubs of various themes spread across the city keeping people on their toes. For those that do not enjoy clubbing, there are plenty of cabaret and burlesque shows taking place on weekends that keep people entertained. Along with the busy nightlife, there are plenty of beaches for quiet and calm nights with a range of other attractions such as botanical gardens, exciting theme parks, and tons of water sports that take place day or night. With all these activities and many more leisure activities, Pattaya is an ideal location to travel to, whether that is with family, friends, or even making a solo trip.
These are just a few of the best destinations to explore in East Asia as it is such a vast region where there is so much to explore that it can easily take a lifetime or more.
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Sunday Sunrise - Limited edition signed print.
Limited edition prints of Yorkshire coastal scenes by Alister Colley.
Alister Colley is a Degree Graduate of Leeds Metropolitan University. The course he attended for three years encouraged diversity and exploration and so Alister pursued his first passion, film. It was whilst creating 'Storyboards' (a visual representation of a film's narrative) that Alister rediscovered his passion for illustration.
"I loved the simplicity with which you could create your own world and tell your own story, simply by lifting a pencil or paintbrush!"
"I began to apply different techniques and explore different mediums. I started to paint and used oil paints for the first time in my life and I just fell in love with the complexity of it. I used acrylic paint and admired the total contrast. I instantaneously married the medium of acrylic with pastel; the two compliment each other and soften the immediate impact, this technique has become synonymous with my 'Village Life' work."


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Two Sports Stars Who Were Polar Opposites
Bill Colley Published: November 10, 2018
Jean Beliveau received the equivalent of a State Funeral. Photo by Paul Chiasson-POOL/Getty Images.
There were two men who defined their sports when I was a little boy. Their careers overlapped for 15 years and each was the leader of the greatest dynasty in their respective games. They were not in any way similar personalities.
Exasperated, the team finally bought the senior league and changed its status to professional.
Mickey Mantle was a guy from Oklahoma. His name may be the first I ever learned associated with sports. He was muscled and blond and like to carouse. He would've been described at the time as a man's man. He was the undoubted leader of the New York Yankees when the ball club was at its zenith in a long dominant history.
Sportswriters protected Mantle from a side of his personality the general public didn't often see. Mantle may have begun his career as a sweet fresh-faced kid from the Midwest but celebrity took a toll. I've heard stories from people who encountered Mantle and describe him snarling even at children. It's too easy to say the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history was a flawed hero.
He liked playing baseball. He didn't like the loss of his privacy. Mantle couldn't go out and eat his breakfast in a diner without getting pestered by fans and autograph seekers. I'm not being apologetic because some guy in a mine would've gladly traded places but I have an inkling of the experience.
I'll never know the adulation and celebrity with which the Yankee star lived. I'm a small-market radio guy and, still. Many years ago an old friend invited me to dinner. We had worked together and he had been given the news he was going to die young. We arrived at a restaurant and ordered our meals. Just as the hot food arrived a man from another table got up and walked over. "I recognize that voice," he said to me. "What are you doing?" asked the guy.
"I'm trying to eat my dinner while it's hot," I replied. He laughed and then just started talking as if he expected I would do an encore for him for the next twenty minutes. Finally, exasperated, I shared I was off the clock. He was miffed. "You aren't very nice, after all!" he sputtered. No kidding! Magnify my experience a thousand times with Mantle.
I wish I was more Jean Beliveau. You may not recognize his name because he played in the NHL for 18 seasons when the game wasn't known in much of the United States. He was captain of a team that won 10 Stanley Cups during his career. He could've had more. Instead, he delayed turning pro to play in a senior league (a name for a league where players who've reached the age where they can play professionally remain because usually no one has made them an offer). He was one of the most dominant players of his era. He had an agreement with the Montreal Canadiens. If the day arrived when he decided to play for better money he would play for the club. Exasperated, the team finally bought the senior league and changed its status to professional. Beliveau joined Montreal.
He hadn't been in a rush because he believed the people of Quebec City had been good to him and he owed them something in return. He was devoted to wife and family. After the tragic death of a son-in-law he turned down an appointment as Governor General of Canada. Because he believed his grandchildren needed a man in their lives. He would appear at sandlots and play baseball with children. Usually in jacket and tie. He had time for anyone stopping him on the street. Beliveau was tall (6'4") and slender. His dark hair was always in place.
When he died 4-years-ago a writer in his home country told the story of his big heart. Her father admired the retired hockey player. The old man had a struggling business and decided to take his product to a trade show and badly needed to get people into his booth. The daughter bypassed a sports agent and spoke directly to Beliveau and explained she couldn't pay much. "Can I bring some books?" was his reply. He showed up and signed hundreds of free copies of his story. Walking to a parking lot after the show he turned to the woman. "Your father is very proud of you!" he offered.
These men were among the great heroes of my youth. I never had their athletic skills but I can try and emulate people skills. Unfortunately, I'm more often a Mantle than a Beliveau.
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It was a simple task. Go to the LQS and get the 4 5/8 yards of fabric for the finishing kit for the Kansas Spirit BOM that I'm writing the finishing instructions for. True, I'll need to get border fabric for my Blue and Yellow stars to finish it, but I don't have to do that right now. There's plenty on my plate that I want to finish that I have all the fabric for. But since I was in the store, I wandered back to the clearance shelves to see if anything on them would work for the stars. Maybe – but I'll need to have the quilt with me before I buy. As I walk out of the room what do I spot but a bolt of fabric with music notes in Red on White!
But I've already finished the music quilt top! And I have enough music fabric to make 2 or 3 more — including backing. But I am working on those red work snowmen and they'll have red and white pieced blocks — so a FQ came home with me in addition to the 4 5/8 yard — ok 5 yards of fabric for the BOM finishing kit.
Outbound I made 2 sets of 6 blocks for the SBS swap (6″ blocks), 4 blocks for the birthday swap (12″), the last block for Kansas Spirit and cut all the fabric needed for the setting blocks.
That music fabric is adorable. I don't blame you for bringing some home. Good luck with the UFO challenge.


Dargaville Hospital staff along with Mobile Surgical Services and the Northland District Health Board have celebrated the 20,000th operation by the Mobile Surgical 'Bus' staff which was carried out at Dargaville hospital.
"The operation was a child dental procedure on March 22.
We are delighted to be able to celebrate this here in Dargaville," said Dargaville Hospital operations manager, Jen Thomas.
"The 20,000th operation is a real milestone. The vehicle first visited Dargaville in December 2003, shortly after it first opened, and close to 2,000 people have been treated on the bus in the region since then.
It takes the bus, five weeks to travel the set circuit around New Zealand. Local nurses assist surgeons on the vehicle in each area.
Celeste Sherman and Brenda Jackson, two local Dargaville nurses, have attended for the past 13 years.


HNG Float Glass Ltd. is part of HNG Group which is a leader in the Indian packaging industry with more than 55% market share in the organized container glass sector and a turnover of over Rs 15 billion.HNG Float Glass Ltd. signed an MoU at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors´ Summit (VGGIS) 2011. The Memorandum of Understanding comprises HNG's plans of undertaking an investment worth Rs 750 crore to set up a new float line at its existing float glass manufacturing plant at Halol, Gujarat.The HNG Group has aggressive plans for its Float Glass business. The project targeted to be completed by 2013 -2014 will generate employment for approximately 1000 people. The capacity of this new production line will be 1000 MT per day. This is the second line being set up at Halol in addition to an existing one producing 600 MT per day.The Group recently signed largest deals in the Indian Container Glass Industry worth Rs 2.5 billion with eminent international companies from Switzerland and Germany. These deals are part of HNG's strategy to follow a very aggressive growth plan which would act as a catalyst in doubling its existing capacity in Container Glass in the next 30-35 months entailing investments of Rs. 25 billion. The company is establishing a new greenfield plant in Naidupeta, Andhra Pradesh along with an additional furnace in its facility at Nasik.Speaking at the occasion Mr. Mukul Somany, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, HNG said, "We are deeply focused on the Glass sector which is buoyant with downstream growth in demands from the realty, automotive and packaging sectors. To help us succeed in our aggressive growth plan this investment will be a significant one which will help in boosting the company's developmental plans in the float glass segment." 13.01.2011, HNG Float Glass Ltd.


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As British business owners try to come to terms with the vote to leave the European Union, there are fears of the implications a "Brexit" will have.
London perfume maker, Sarah McCartney, said her businesses future "is not smelling so sweet at the moment".
She said she relies on trade with Europe and not only has the cost of raw materials increased, so too will the amount of paper work.
International trade lawyer, Miriam Gonzalez, said trying to minimise businesses uncertainty should be the governments top priority.
She said businesses need to know what the framework for Britain's negotiations with the EU will be, so they can try and minimise uncertainty.
City of London Corporation Policy Chairman, Mark Boleat, said that those uncertainties mean that "some investment is certainly going to be deterred."
While Edwin Morgan from Institute of Directors said the unknowns mean two thirds of its members think a "Brexit" will be negative for their business and cutting investment, redundancies and relocating are all on the table.
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1. Perfume maker Sarah McCartney working in her factory in west London
2. Close of essence being poured
3. Close of perfume essence being bottled
4. Cap being placed on vial
5. Perfume label reading (English) "Inevitable Crimes of Passion"
6. Label being stuck on vial
7. Finished vials
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah McCartney, 4160 Tuesdays perfume maker:
"I make perfume and the future is not smelling so sweet at the moment. I deal with France and Germany, I buy raw materials from Europe, I sell to Europe. I just think it's going to get a heck of a lot more complicated, and it's already got more expensive."
9. Various of McCartney during interview
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah McCartney, 4160 Tuesdays perfume maker:
"Our market is worldwide and I really, really need to trade with Europe. I buy raw materials from Europe and suddenly they're going to be, well at least, eight per cent more expensive and probably there's going to be ten times as much paperwork."
11. McCartney making perfume
12. Perfume bottles made by 4160 Tuesdays
13. Various of commuters in the City of London
14. Various of financial institutions
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Miriam Gonzalez, International Trade Lawyer:
"There are only a few companies that have really done the nitty-gritty homework to be ready for Brexit. Many of them, they were kind of hoping that it would not happen, so now is the time that they really need to start doing that work."
16. Cutaway of Gonzelez's hands
"This country, the businesses in this country need to know what is the framework that the government is aspiring to negotiate, and therefore, whether that is the single market, remaining in the single market or not makes a crucial difference. Trying to minimise the legal uncertainty, I would have thought that is the top priority."
18. Various of painting by John Single Copley called "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Boleat, City of London Corporation Policy Chairman:
"I think the authorities have handled the market turmoil as well as they could have done. That was done carefully on Friday and no doubt is continuing today but that's a short term issue. It's some of these longer issues that need resolving. It remains to be seen what impact this will have on the growth of the British economy over the next few months, what impact on tax revenue, what impact on foreign direct investment."
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"The fundamentals remain unchanged, Britain is still a very attractive place for business and for investment, but given those sort of uncertainties some investment certainly going to be deterred. Very much depends what the sector is, how important membership of the single market is. But we are going to see some uncertainty and that's going to have an affect on investment."
22. Boleat walking
23. Various aerials of London's business district, Canary Wharf
24. Various exteriors of Parliament
25. Edwin Morgan, Head of Media Relations, Institute of Directors
26. Cutaway of report
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Edwin Morgan, Head of Media Relations, Institute of Directors:
"We asked our members immediately after the referendum result came in, what they thought, how they thought it would affect their businesses. Two thirds said that it was negative for them against only about a quarter who thought it was positive. On the specific questions we asked, we asked about investment and hiring decisions and there was also some quite worrying figures. About 36 percent of our members think that they will have to cut investment as a result and about 5 percent of our members say they might have to make redundancies which is obviously quite worrying. There are also some other figures in there on whether or not they'll keep all their operations in the UK or whether they may be forced to move overseas. About 1 in 5 are considering, as we speak, moving some of their operations out of the UK, whether that's to the EU or to somewhere outside it. I mean ultimately we think that our members are very resilient, we think British business is tough and will get through it and will adapt, but certainly at the moment there is a lot of nervousness out there in the business community."
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Christopher Kane unveils new collection; Caroline Rush talks Brexit
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British designer Christopher Kane unveiled his new spring/summer 2017 at London Fashion Week, Monday (19 SEPT. 2016).
The show was attended by U.S. Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, model Poppy Delevingne and Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council.
Rush described the collection - which featured bold prints and metallic shades - as a highlight of London Fashion Week so far.
"It's hard not to reference him as a true innovator. There was a real play on fabrication... there was a reference to his graduate collection - but beautifully made and pulled together. I think everyone has walked out saying that has set the bar," she said.
With fashionistas from all over the world flocking to London for the five day event, Rush also discussed whether the U.K.'s recent vote to leave the European Union has been bad for business.
"There's been a lot of talk about Brexit over the last few days - of course, it's the first fashion week post the vote. But, over the summer months we've seen a bounce in luxury and retail sales and I think there's a slow element of confidence," she said
"It's definitely not something that the industry wanted, but like any business decision or challenge, you look for the opportunities in it and you overcome the challenges when they come."
London Fashion Week draws to a close on Tuesday, 20 September.
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1. Wide shot interior of venue
2. Medium shot model Poppy Delevingne
3. Various shots Christopher Kane spring/summer 2017 collection
4. Various shots final pass
5. Wide of designer Christopher Kane receiving applause (Anna Wintour in shot at end of show)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council - on Christopher Kane's show:
"Well we've had an incredible four days so far. We've got one day to go. I've just come out of the Christopher Kane show and it's hard not to reference him as a true innovator. There was a real play on fabrication, on different takes and references to previous - there was a reference to his graduate collection - but beautifully made and pulled together and I think everyone has walked out saying that has set the bar and let's see what's to follow."
7. Medium shot Caroline Rush walking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Caroline Rush, Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council - on whether Britain's vote to leave the European Union is impacting the fashion industry:
"Well, there's been a lot of talk about Brexit over the last few days - of course, it's the first fashion week post the vote. But over the summer months we've seen a bounce in luxury and retail sales and I think there's a sort of slow element of confidence. It's definitely not something that the industry wanted, but like any business decision or challenge, you look for the opportunities in it and you overcome the challenges when they come."
9. Wide shot Caroline Rush walking
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Kerry addresses the Oxford Union
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US Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the Oxford Union on Wednesday, speaking on a diverse range of issues, including corruption, Brexit and the problems that face Syria.
Kerry, who planned to attend UK Prime Minister David Cameron's anti-corruption conference on Thursday, appeared to give the prime minister some political cover by describing Nigeria's corruption as a problem its current leaders were working faithfully to address.
Fielding a question on Brexit, he reiterated US President Obama's stance that the US would be looking to make a trade agreement with 27 countries, not one.
Kerry also said that if Russia and Iran don't push Syrian President Bashar Assad to embrace their vision for Syria's future, the there ceasefire would completely fall apart.
Oxford - 11 May 2016
1. US Secretary of State John Kerry enters Oxford Union
2. Various of audience
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State:
"We have to stop and ask on an international basis how it is that a bunch of generals in a country like Nigeria, which had happened previously, and the new president (Buhari) has run against all this, and we are working with him now to change it, but Nigeria saw tens of billions of dollars taken out of the country. Those were schools, those were health care, those were infrastructure, new jobs, hidden in bank accounts around the world."
4. Cutaway
"We believe the presence of Britain in EU magnifies its voice, strengthens its ability to be able to impact on global effects, and if indeed the decision were made and your voters make that decision, of course we respect it. But the reality is that in a trade agreement, we're going to be looking to 27 countries, not one. We're going to try and maximize the market place and get the rules in as many countries as we can, because that's the way it's effective, so certainly it will have impacts like that."
"A political negotiation, a transitional governance body that would run Syria while the constitution is being written and implemented, and then a cease-fire, nation-wide and then and election in a year and a half. Now we are now already five months in so it would be a year and whatever. But that's the envisioned outcome of Iran and Russia. It's pretty similar to ours. The issue is are they going to really push (Syrian President) Assad to embrace it. If he doesn't, the ceasefire will completely fall apart, they will go back to war baring some other kind of intervention that I don't necessarily see on the horizon right now."
8. Kerry finishes Oxford address to applause
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