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Question 18 - 21 refer to following conversation:
E-Commerce Opening Doors for African Fashion Industry
ADDIS ABABA (6 May) - Africa's role as a consumer of fashion has been on the rise in recent years. This trend is largely due to the emergence of e-commerce, which provides Africans the opportunity to buy clothing from retailers with no physical presence on the continent.
Perhaps more importantly, though, the growth of e-commerce is enabling small-scale African designers to also become producers of fashion, as they showcase their collections to consumers worldwide. African shopping Web sites like Jumjum and Longa are making the work of African designers available for purchase not just throughout the continent, but also as far away as London and New York. - [1] - .
"African designers are finally gaining visibility," says Mazaa Absher, founder of Abbi Sportscore, Afri ca's fastest-growing athletic footwear company. "We have always had terrific design and production capacity here on the continent, but it was hard getting it out into the world. Now we are generating more sales online than we are in our stores."
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Even as Ms. Absher has transformed her company into an international powerhouse, she continues to highlight the advantages of manufacturing its products in her home city of Nazret. - [3] - . Africa's strong textile sector and innovative designs combine tradition and wearability, and this formula is allowing companies like hers to set their sights beyond the continent. "As more cities in Ethiopi a-and all over Africa- improve their manufacturing capacity, it will become easier to reach the rest of the world," says Ms. Absher. - [4] - .
18. What is the main topic of the article?
Question 35 - 39 refer to following conversation:
Audition for a TV Baking Show
DUNMORE, PA-Think you have what it takes to be the next baking star? Get your cake pans and pastry brushes ready because the popular baking competition show, Toni's Baking Ace, has just scheduled auditions for its fifth season! Toni's Baking Ace has become a huge TV hit since it premiered five years ago. The show is named for its celebrated host, pastry chef Adrianna Toni. Long before becoming a TV celebrity, she founded multinational bakery chain TKL Creations and published Dolce Dancing, a dessert cookbook that has become a classic. If you are an amateur baker, that is, if you have never baked as part of a business, you stand a chance of appearing on Toni 5 Baking Ace. The first step is to complete show's an online application. The producers will select about 50 promising candidates and send each an invitation for an in-person interview. Those who make it through this first round will attend an intensive two-day baking audition in front of the TV judges. From this audition, sixteen lucky finalists will be selected as participants to compete for the Baking Ace title! Have your baked goods always impressed your family and friends? Do not hesitate to submit your application-and get baking!
35. What does the article indicate about Toni's Baking Ace?