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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Oeko-Tex updates Standard 100 test criteria for 2019

At the start of the year, the Oeko-Tex Association, developers of tailor-made solutions for textile sector, has updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for...

Tanzanian Textile Firms Gain Insights into US Market

Fifteen Tanzanian design enterprises took an important step toward global expansion after participating in a specialised workshop in Dar es Salaam, organised by the...

Iran Exports $490m Worth of Handicrafts in 9 Months

Iran has managed to export $490 million worth of handicrafts during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, said Head of...

ITM 2020 Mobile App Helps Textile Firms Apply for the Show

ITM 2020 show has launched the ITM 2020 mobile application, which will guide participants and visitors during the expo and also help make applications...

Ghana Suspends Tax Stamp Policy Implementation on Textile

The Ghanaian Government recently suspended plans to implement the tax stamp policy for the textile industry that was scheduled to start this month. The move is to ensure...

Nigerian Braiding Manufacturers to continue operations

Kano-based Nigerian Braiding Manufacturers Limited (NBML) will continue operations despite its indebtedness to the tune of more than N1 billion, the Asset Management Corporation...

SECOND-HAND CLOTHES, A THREAT TO AFRICAN TEXTILE

SECOND-HAND CLOTHES :: Several African countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso and Nigeria are major cotton producers. In spite of the honorary rank that this...

Tunisian textiles pursuing innovation to compete

As a labour-intensive and export-oriented industry, textiles was the first manufacturing segment to benefit from the creation of an offshore regime in 1972. For...

SGS Expands Textile Testing Service in Tunisia

SGS, world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has expanded its textile testing service in Tunisia. Its facilities in Tunisia not only ensure that...

S African Govt-funded programme revives cotton industry

A R200-million programme by South Africa has successfully revived the country’s cotton industry by unlocking private sector investments and buying power worth hundreds of millions. The programme,...
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