The Nigerian government has stepped up efforts to revive the country’s Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) industry as part of a broader strategy to accelerate industrialization, reduce import dependence,...
Nigeria recently introduced genetically-modified cotton varieties in the country to boost the textile industry. The country’s minister of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu said...
The Intertex Tunisia exhibition will be organised between 4-6 April 2019 in Sousse International Fairground in Tunisia. The event is an international platform where...
Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese firm Shandong Ruyi International Fashion Industry for an investment of $2 billion in Katsina, Kano,...
Saudi Aramco recently signed an agreement with the Chinese province of Zhejiang during the second International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference (IPEC) at...
Italian fashion company ITACA recently inaugurated a $15-million textile factory at Ashegodain of Tigray state in Ethiopia. The factory has already started exporting clothes...
Zimbabwe's textile industry: The Zimbabwe Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (ZCMA) plans to employ 35,000 people in the next five years, largely because of the sector’s...
Turkish textile firm Eurotay, a member of the Tai Group, is building a manufacturing plant spanning 30,000 square metres in Serbia’s Kraljevo that will...
Kenyan farmers will start commercially growing transgenic Bt cotton from next April after waiting for nearly two decades. The development is likely to spur...