On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the backyard of Golden Tulip Le Diplomat, Nadia Adanlé launched the 1st edition of the Symposium on African Indigo (Sia). Color indigo, it is a company promoting local textiles whose headquarters are in Ouidah. It brought African countries together around a heritage, the indigo fabric.

The first edition of the Symposium on African Indigo, which will end on Saturday 26 November 2022, brought together the Ambassador of South Africa to Benin, Robina Marks, the Minister of Social Affairs and Microfinance, Véronique Tognifodé, the Prefect of the Littoral, Alain Orounla, the Delegation of the European Union of indigotier participants and designers from Benin, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Togo, Mali and Burkina Faso.

In reality, the Sia is a “give and take” meeting between indigoters of different nationalities and to reflect on the professionalization of the sector. “As professionals, this symposium will allow us to sit together around the same table and lay the foundations for the professionalization of our activity. We need to stop thinking that it's a hobby, a 5th wheel,” stressed Nadia Adanlé.