Nigeria
Middle East and Africa
Nigeria to Revive Textile Industry, Vice President Tells ICAC Delegation
Nigeria is taking strategic steps to revive its textile industry in a bid to boost job creation, Vice President Kashim Shettima recently informed a visiting delegation from the International...
Economy News
Nigeria’s Inflation Hits 29.90%, Reaches Highest Level Since Mid-1996
According to recent data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria's headline inflation rate surged to 29.90%...
Middle East and Africa
Obasanjo Advocates Ban on Chinese Adire Imports and Revival of Nigeria’s Textile Industry
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called upon the Federal Government to implement a ban on...
Africa
Elnoor Global : A young Textile Company in Nigeria with Big Dreams …
Interview with Muhammad Nuruddeen Adam, Chairman at Elnoor Global Nigeria
Elnoor Global Company's history and it’s a success story...
Africa
No Fewer than 120 Textile Companies in Nigeria have Ceased to Exist
This after the government pumped billions of public funds to rescue them. The Nigerian government has floated a...
Ooni trains 100 women in tie and dye fabrics
The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, in his unique gesture, recently spent the day which was for...
Nigeria textile sector can compete with China
Signature founder, Michael Eyeh, has called for a revamping of the indigenous infrastructure in Nigeria in order to make actors in the fashion and...
Nigeria’s cotton market sees rebound after textile forex ban
By: Fatima Muktar
The volume of production and consumption of cotton in the country rose by at least 7.5 per cent in 2020 after the...
Africa Needs Focus on Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Skills
By: Dipesh Satapathy
The textile and apparel industry in Africa has grown rapidly in the past couple of years, and is estimated to grow at...
Abia has a comparative advantage in leather and garment cluster
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu
Recently, Nigeria economy has not been in its best shape. To say that Nigeria economy is limping is an understatement. The...
Nigeria’s Traditional Textiles Threatened by Chinese Imports  
By Ifiok Ettang
JOS, NIGERIA    - Nigeria has been producing traditional, handmade, beautiful fabric designs for centuries. But preservers of ancient art say modern manufacturing...
Africa’s fashion industry must embrace technology to increase digital economy
“Embracing technology is the key to unlocking the potential of Africa’s fashion industry in a digital economy. Going digital, for African fashion entrepreneurs, is...
CBN invests N120 bn to revive Nigeria’s textile sector
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently said it had invested over N120 billion across the cotton, textile and garment (CTG) value chain since...
The Nigerian Textile and Fashion Industry in Perspective
Textile industry has been an age-long cottage industry in Nigeria, considering that Aso-Oke, Akwete as well as the dyeing pits of Kano constitute part...
Nigeria’s Funtua mill expansion to revive cotton farming
Farmers in the Funtua area of Nigeria’s Katsina state are happy over a joint plan by the state and central governments to convert the...