This Senegalese startup is giving old wardrobes a second life
From the city of Dakar in Senegal, Fatou Dieng is building Maket, a company that sells secondhand clothes.
Senegalese entrepreneur Fatou Dieng has created a platform called Maket that gives new life to old wardrobes in Dakar. Before launching Maket in January 2025, Dieng worked in banking for 13 years and ran a personal shopping business for seven of those years. The platform turns Senegal's wardrobe into an asset rather than something to be shipped, sorted and discarded by someone else halfway around the world.
Since its launch, Maket has sold over 700 items across 600 orders, with 42% of buyers returning for a second purchase.
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