A worker sews to make PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Emmanuel Vulfran de Richoufftz (C) and Hugues Didier (R), the two founders of the PANAFRICA brand trainers, pose for a photograph at the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker sews fabric to make PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker makes colourful PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker cuts fabric while making PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker inspects a shoe while making PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

Workers make colourful PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker sews fabric to make PANAFRICA brand trainers in the first trainers manufacturing factory in Koumassi, a district of Abidjan on May 20, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP via Getty Images)