Maryse Mbonyumutwa
Founder, Pink Mango & Founder, Asantii
The founder of pan-African fashion brand Asantii and garment manufacturer Pink Mango has established an export-led sourcing hub in Rwanda.
Maryse Mbonyumutwa is the founder and chief executive of Kigali-based garment manufacturer Pink Mango and fashion brand Asantii. The Rwandan business leader has honed her expertise in supply chains and international trade across Europe, China and Southeast Asia over several decades. In 2017, she shifted her focus to Rwanda, recognising the country’s potential as an African hub for global fashion production, setting up Pink Mango Rwanda. By 2024, her local manufacturing facility was employing over 1000 workers.
Mbonyumutwa also founded Asantii, a contemporary pan-African brand celebrating the continent’s heritage, craftsmanship and sustainability perspectives. The fashion brand, which harnesses the collective creativity of more than a dozen designers across the continent, has attracted buyers from leading concept stores in key markets across Africa and Europe. In a bid to establish new sourcing standards on the continent, Mbonyumutwa created Pink Ubuntu, a corporate social responsibility and sustainability label guiding her business practices, focused on helping the textile and garment industries in Africa to attain some of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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