Baladi Chaussures makes shoes in N’Djamena

At an atelier in N’Djamena, Baladi Chaussures cuts, stitches and assembles locally made footwear. A September 2026 report follows the production process and the workshop where trainees learn shoemaking while orders move through the machines.

Shoemaker and entrepreneur Beubé Ozias founded the venture and supervises production and apprenticeships.

A locally made shoe creates work for designers, leatherworkers, stitchers and retailers. Baladi shows how a practical craft can become a consumer product and a training business in a market dominated by imported goods.

The workshop’s reliance on imported inputs also highlights the importance of material supply chains for African manufacturing.