Middle East and Africa

Egypt Advances Textile Sector Modernisation With Greater Private Sector Role

Egypt is moving forward with plans to modernise its state-owned cotton, spinning, weaving and garment industry, with the government seeking greater private sector participation in the management and operation...

Egypt’s Home Textile Industry Gains Momentum: Interview with Towelie

By: Behnam Ghasemi | Editor-in-Chief, Kohan Textile Journal On-location coverage at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Executive Summary At Intertextile Shanghai, the...

Kenya’s Apparel Industry Gains Trade Certainty as US Senate Backs AGOA Extension to 2028

Kenya’s textile and apparel industry is set to gain greater trade certainty following the US Senate’s approval of...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

Nigeria’s Textile Imports Surge as Northern Cotton Industry Struggles to Recover

Nigeria’s textile industry is facing mounting pressure as imported fabrics from China, India and Pakistan continue to strengthen...

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Autoneum-New Head of Business Group North America

Greg Sibley is to become the new Head of Business Group North America and member of the Group Executive Board of the automotive supplier...

Morocco Fashion & Tex Fair will be Opening Doors Exhibition Between 25-28 March 2020

MOROCCO FASHION & TEX - Morocco International Textile & Accessories Fair will be opening doors exhibition between 25-28 March 2020, organized by the international...

Acute cotton shortage cripples Nigeria’s revamped Rivatex

Nigeria’s Rivatex textile factory, revamped at a cost of Sh6 billion, is operating below capacity due to acute shortage of cotton, according to its...

Ghana’s textile industry ; Save with new JHS uniform

Ghana’s textile industry :: The Textiles Workers Union has kicked against the alleged importation of new school uniform for Junior High Schools. The group has...

Anadolu Kimya ; A leading manufacturing company in Turkey and MENA region

In this exclusive interview, Kohan Textile Journal speaks with Mr. Ferhat Kondur, Area Manager for the Middle East, Africa, and APEC regions at ANTEX...

India-Iran PTA to be concluded by 2019 end: Iranian envoy

India and Iran can conclude a preferential trade agreement (PTA) by this year end as very limited formalities are to be completed, ambassador of...

26-Year-Old Woman Chosen as Iran’s Top Entrepreneur

An Iranian woman from Sistan and Baluchestan, the most underdeveloped Iranian province located in the country’s southeast, has been chosen as the youngest Iranian...

Egyptian Cotton Exports Rise 45% Amid Sustainability Drive

Egyptian Cotton recorded strong export growth as sustainability initiatives across the country's cotton supply chain contributed to higher production, improved resource efficiency and stronger...

Iran sees increase in textile exports; imposes restrictions on imports

That’s the number clocked by Iran for the year ended March. While confirming this on Sunday (18 August), the Ministry of Commerce said that...

Japan’s efforts to support Ethiopian textile sector continue! Itochu to enhance productivity

Though there are only 12 Japanese firms in Ethiopia (as of October 2017)  compared to 282 in South Africa, Japan has been lately putting...
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