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Africa’s Multi-billion Dollar Haircare Industry
While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L'Oreal and Unilever.
Hairdressers such as Ogble are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent's rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women.
Reporting by David Dolan, REUTERS.
Hairdressers attend to clients in downtown Johannesburg. This does not include sales from more than 40 other sub-Saharan countries, or the huge "dry hair" market of weaves, extensions and wigs crafted from everything from synthetic fibre to human or yak hair.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/photos/afr...ollar-haircare-industry-1407956545-slideshow/
... Is it late in the game or have we come full-circle, Framily?
Africa’s Multi-billion Dollar Haircare Industry
While still largely based in the informal economy, the African haircare business has become a multi-billion dollar industry that stretches to China and India and has drawn global giants such as L'Oreal and Unilever.
Hairdressers such as Ogble are a fixture of markets and taxi ranks across Africa, reflecting both the continent's rising incomes and demand from hair-conscious women.
Reporting by David Dolan, REUTERS.
Hairdressers attend to clients in downtown Johannesburg. This does not include sales from more than 40 other sub-Saharan countries, or the huge "dry hair" market of weaves, extensions and wigs crafted from everything from synthetic fibre to human or yak hair.
click to view photo gallery:
http://finance.yahoo.com/photos/afr...ollar-haircare-industry-1407956545-slideshow/
