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The Or Foundation

Education x Fashion x Ecology

The Or Foundation is a not-for-profit group expanding perspectives across borders

12/09/2026

Whatever you’re doing this weekend, Sunday 13th September, at Second Service (Second Service Pop Up) is the place to be.

Kantamanto Upcyclers Association (Kantamanto Upcyclers) is bringing together the community of upcyclers, makers and practitioners from Kantamanto, for a day of experiencing, shopping, swapping, repairing, creating and connecting, making space for the work and creativity growing out of Kantamanto.

Sunday, 13th September, 11AM–8PM at Concrete Garden, Adabraka (Find Concrete Garden on Google Maps 📍)

Come with a friend. Come curious. Come experience. See you there!

11/09/2026

This Sunday, 13 September, come through and discover new upcycled pieces from Taliesha McCord, Hamblle, , Emie Atelier | Sustainable Fashion 🇬🇭, Alpha Costume, syso_gh, Portia Adumintah, KOMA ARC, , Calcul , MA WU LI, fapemtimatextiles alongside clothes swaps from Upcycle It Ghana, clothing donations to , DIY and repair stations, music, games, food and good company.

11AM–8PM at Concrete Garden, Adabraka (You can find Concrete Garden on Google Maps. 📍)

Every second Sunday of the month, Kantamanto Upcyclers upcyclers, makers and practitioners come together at Concrete Garden for a day of shopping, swapping, repairing, creating and connecting, making space for the work and creativity growing out of Kantamanto.

Come. Experience. Shop. Swap. Repair. Create. Connect.

See you on Sunday!

Discover more: Second Service Pop Up

11/09/2026

This Sunday, 13 September, come through and discover new upcycled pieces from Taliesha McCord, Hamblle, , Emie Atelier | Sustainable Fashion 🇬🇭, Alpha Costume, syso_gh, Portia Adumintah, KOMA ARC, , alongside clothes swaps Upcycle It Ghana , clothing donations to , DIY and repair stations, music, games, food and good company.

11AM–8PM at Concrete Garden, Adabraka

Every second Sunday of the month, Kantamanto Upcyclers upcyclers, makers and practitioners come together at Concrete Garden for a day of shopping, swapping, repairing, creating and connecting, making space for the work and creativity growing out of Kantamanto.

Come. Experience. Shop. Swap. Repair. Create. Connect.

See you there.

Second Service Pop Up

31/08/2026

Waste is not the end of a material’s story.

At our Material Transformation & Technology Lab (MTTL), we are exploring what happens when we refuse to treat it that way.

Through Remanufactory and ReMade In Ghana, we experiment with discarded materials, develop new products and technologies, and investigate how material transformation can create new economic possibilities.

Two weeks ago, we had the honour of Ghanaian musician and creative entrepreneur Okyeame Kwame 🇬🇭 visiting our facilities and lab to learn more about this work and see some of these possibilities firsthand.

From Cassaboard sound speakers, Acoustic panels, Tarnty, to the many experiments underway inside the lab, the work is grounded in a simple but expansive question: What else can we make?

Not somewhere else. Not by sending the problem away. Here in Ghana.

Curious to see what we’re making? You can see and experience these products and innovations for yourself at Other Showroom. Come through, explore our works, and discover an array of what textile materials can become.

29/08/2026

19/08/2026

Last week, we welcomed Ghanaian musician and creative, Okyeame Kwame, to our spaces to learn more about the work happening through our local innovation and the possibilities of re-making in Kantamanto.

As a strong champion of Made in Ghana, Okyeame Kwame toured our Other Showroom, Remanufactory Studio, and our Material Technology & Transformation Lab (MTTL), where he was introduced to the acoustic qualities of our Cassaboard sound speakers and acoustic panels; products we’ve developed through material transformation and creative experimentation. And I mmersing himself in the process of making Cassaboard into a final product.

MTTL has been exploring what becomes possible when secondhand materials are treated not as waste, but as resources for creativity, innovation and economic opportunity.

During his visit, we shared some of the ways we are putting this into practice, as well as the broader research, material transformation and development happening within the Lab.

The visit also happened alongside a group of Kantamanto retailers who were touring the MTTL space, bringing together different parts of an ecosystem that is central to our work: material transformation, fashion, music, enterprise and community knowledge.

For us, this is what makes spaces like MTTL important. We are not only exploring how we can keep secondhand textile materials out of the environment. We are exploring what else they can become and what new opportunities can emerge when we transform them here in Ghana, within the community that works with it best.

We’re grateful for the visit and for the opportunity to share this work with individuals who are curious about what Kantamanto can make, remake, reimagine and circulate.

25/06/2026

FIFA World Cup. Wimbledon. The Tour de France. The Amundi Evian Championship. Whatever your summer sport of choice, you don’t need to play to participate.

Our remanufactured sportswear edit launches today at Alterist Marketplace, London (Alterist | Upcycled Fashion).

Each one-of-a-kind piece was designed and remanufactured by The Or Foundation’s Remanufacturing Lead, Nabi Yankey (Nabi-Yankey), made from secondhand sportswear pieces sourced from Kantamanto Market.

Reimagined for what comes next. One of one. No repeats.

Shop the collection at Alterist.

Credits:

Photographer & Editor: Ibn Faiz ((ابن فايز)
Talents: Camelia Ardestani (Camelia) Monet Cassett () and Eugene Ewusi-Annan (.wusii
Production Team: Sammy Oteng (Sammy Oteng) Nabi Fred Yankey (Nabi-Yankey)
Production Support: Derrick Asare (Jhay Roy), Darren Simpson
Creative Director: Eugene Ewusi-Annan (.wusii)

11/06/2026

At Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED, our Fibreboard was the perfect backdrop for the fashion showcase.

Developed by The Or Foundation’s Material Technology & Transformation Lab team from shredded cotton-rich asire T-shirts diverted from Kantamanto, the panels formed a backdrop for conversations, and encounters throughout the exhibition.

What began as discarded material was transformed into structure, creating a space where designers, makers, and visitors could engage with ideas around craft, sustainability, circularity, and value.

For us, the Fibreboard represents more than material innovation. It reflects the possibilities that emerge when waste is approached not as an endpoint, but as a resource for experimentation, creativity, innovation and new systems of making.

Thank you to , Style House Files, curator Sunny Birungi Dolat, and the designers and practitioners whose work activated the space and brought Woven Threads VII: CRAFTED to life.

From Kantamanto, to Lagos and to the world, the conversation continues.

Featured designer’s work photographs behind our Casa Fibreboard:

Éki Kéré
NYA
Kokrobitey Institute
AJANÉÉ
Hertunba by Florentina
PETTRE TAYLOR

Images courtesy of Lagos Fashion Week Official and Style House Files.

01/06/2026

Looking back on the closing ceremony of the EU Cycling Tour for Sustainability in Accra, we’re proud to have contributed a sustainability fashion showcase that brought our work in Kantamanto Market to the runway.

Building on for the six-day circling journey across Ghana, the presentation highlighted our ongoing work and showcased reuse, circularity, and community-led systems in practice. The collection of 12 looks was reimagined, developed, and brought to life in just one week: sport-inspired pieces rooted in reuse and drawing from the realities and materials from Kantamanto, led by Fred Nabi Yankey, our Remanufacturing Lead.

What came to life on the runway was not just the fashion, but the process: hands, time, care, and collaboration, moving so quickly, but with intention. The showcase distilled the essence of our approach: material transformation, collective making, and storytelling through garments.

Thank you to the EU delegation, partners, team and all collaborators who made this moment possible.

To the models, who carried these pieces with presence and power, and to every person behind the scenes who brought this to life under such a tight timeline, thank you.

And to the community that continues to shape this work we do every day, this moment belongs to you.

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