Diary Of Doc Diva

Introducing STYLVO (formerly African Fashion Bloggers Network), the highly anticipated website dedicated ultimately to the African fashion and beauty industries. The STYLVO launch is commemorated by a one month giveaway which kicked off on Monday, July 4th 2016, featuring over 30 Brands representing 13 Countries within Africa and the Diaspora. 

STYLVO today announces the launch of its official website www.stylvo.com, a digital destination for top-notch and inspiring content from all over Africa and the Diaspora focused on fashion, beauty and lifestyle. 

STYLVO is dedicated to empowering and supporting the African fashion, beauty and lifestyle industry through: up-to-date information; interviews; events; and workshops that help both brands and enthusiasts grow.

“STYLVO’s presence in the African fashion, beauty and lifestyle industry is set to be a defining moment in the digital media space. It is an outcome of a need to harmonize and represent the often-ignored and undermined African fashion and beauty industry. Thus, I sought to create a platform where fashion and beauty brands, enthusiasts, influencers and bloggers from across African and Diaspora can connect, share and grow,” said Elizabeth Laiza Kalu, STYLVO’s founder. 


The Giveaway
The STYLVO launch is commemorated by a giveaway with over 30 brands representing 13 countries. We are being supported by brands such as Osei Duro (Ghana), Summerheart (South Africa), Ziko Afrika (Kenya), Oriki (Nigeria), Zazaii (Nigeria), Kahina Giving Beauty (Morocco), Taibo Bacar (Mozambique), Tina Lobondi (Congo) and much more. There will be one brand giveaway per day throughout the month of July starting on the 4th of July 2016.

No one foresaw the economic state of the country today after the change we so desperately sought in the country was handed down to us. We were quick to forget that our value system has become so warped and clung to a wishful clandestine plot of the government to transform our economy miraculously.

We believed the rigour with which the new government fought the state of corruption in the state would also cause drastic developments in all areas, choosing to believe that price of fuel will drop to a mere 10 naira per litre, trusting that there will be uninterrupted power supply and that graduates no longer had to wait several years to get a suitable job.

We chose to believe things couldn’t be so bad, since we were considered the largest economy in Africa, an oil rich country, the purported giant of Africa, but alas, the cost of living has skyrocketed in recent times, the fuel queues wouldn’t disappear, there was no hope in getting PHCN to turn on power for at least 20 mins in a week, the heat emanating from the sun rays has become unbearable, well-paying jobs have become scarce and the foreign exchange rate has become heartbreakingly high.
Rather than rely solely on the government for the change we so need, I believe healthy scepticism is
very necessary for survival.