After university, Ronke Jane went back to Nigeria for three and a half years to reconnect with her roots.
She said that while she was there, she fell in love with the fabrics and clothes which inspired the start of their fashion brand after realising that this style was hard to find in the UK.
Returning to Manchester with a plan, Ronke Jane teamed up with her sister Adeola and together they worked hard to set up Cultureville.
Ronke Jane said: “For me, I think it’s a knowledge and network gap.
“I didn’t see many fashion designers or people with similar journeys and there’s a lot of things that you can only do if you know somebody, which I found difficult.”
She continued: “And it wasn’t just me. So many other creatives were struggling because they needed a platform, skills, resources and so that was how we started this event – by thinking about what we can do to help this community of creatives.”
