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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...
Aba’s Industrial Revival: Driving Nigeria’s Made-in-Nigeria Movement
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu
Nigeria’s economy continues to face immense pressure from import dependency and its overreliance on oil exports, which account for over 70%...
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...
