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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3,000 jobs for Kenyan workers by January 2020, says Mas Holdings!

Yes, that’s what the garment and textile manufacturer Mas Holdings Singapore has said. In its efforts to enhance Kenyan Government’s job creation plan, the...

Ethiopia and South Africa Unions Meet to Improve Collective Bargaining

Seven trade unionists from Ethiopia recently visited Cape Town to learn and understand strategies about collective bargaining and social dialogue. There cannot be a better...

Egyptian cotton; Sustainability Drive Boosts

Following a renewed period of emphasis on improving sustainability, Egyptian cotton production and exports are at their highest for five years, with season 2018-2019...

GCC’s Digital Textile Printing Sector to Reach $5bn by 2023

The digital textile printing industry in the GCC is expected to see a market growth Dh20 billion ($5.44 billion) by 2023 with a compounded...

Egyptian Govt Allocated EGP 21 bn to Boost Cotton

Egyptian cotton-Egypt's ministry of public business sector has allocated EGP 21 billion to increase the added value in the Egyptian cotton industry, as per...

Angola Concludes Recovery of Three Major Textile Factories

The Angolan Government officially completed the recovery of three strategic textile factories—Textang II (Luanda), África Têxtil (Benguela), and the former Satec unit (Dondo, Cuanza...

8 Chinese companies keen to invest in Pakistan textile sector

In this regard, a delegation of representatives from these companies, led by Huang Weiguo met Mian Aslam Iqbal, Provincial Minister of Industry, Trade, Information...

UAE and Japan Collaborate to Empower People of Determination

A ten-member delegation headed by H.E. Abdulla Al Humaidan, Secretary-General of Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination (ZHO) recently visited Japan to receive...

Maroc in Mode to Highlight Moroccan Textile Industry

From October 17-18, around 200 suppliers and CMT producers from Mediterranean area will present themselves at Maroc in Mode – Maroc Sourcing to buyers...

Lankan Teejay targets new apparel plants in Africa, S Asia

Sri Lanka's fabric company Teejay Lanka Plc is hopeful of increasing sales from new apparel factories being set up in the South Asian region...
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