Middle East and Africa

Somalia Becomes 50th Country to Ratify AfCFTA Agreement

Somalia has formally ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, becoming the 50th country to deposit its instrument of ratification with the African Union. Minister of Commerce and Industry...

Nigeria Urged to Act as 180 Textile Factories Shut Down

Nigeria’s Federal Government has been urged to take immediate action to protect the country’s remaining cotton, textile and...

Can Africa Turn Its Cotton Strength Into a Global Textile Industry?

Africa is an important supplier of raw cotton to the global economy, yet it captures only a limited...

Türkiye Takes Major Step Towards Better Cotton Equivalency

Türkiye has taken an important step towards strengthening the international recognition of its cotton with the signing of...

US Extends AGOA Through 2028, Securing African Textile and Apparel Trade

The United States has extended the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) through December 31, 2028, preserving duty-free...

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Nigeria, China sign $2 bn MoU on cotton industry

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 signs agreement with Zhejiang Petrochemical

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 textile factory inaugurated in Ethiopia’s Tigray

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 targets 35,000 jobs in 5 yrs

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...

Turkey’s Eurotay to open a textile factory in Serbia

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 to Grow Bt Cotton Commercially Starting

Kenyan farmers will start commercially growing transgenic Bt cotton from next April after waiting for nearly two decades. The development is likely to spur...

Kordsa bags Industry 4.0 award in textile category

Kordsa has been named as one of the global 100 enterprises and granted the Industry 4.0 award in the textile category, according to a...

Dubai Set to Host International Apparel and Textile Fair

International Apparel and Textile Fair (IATF), the industry’s biggest showcase platform in the MENA region and the sourcing hub for fabrics, textile, apparels and...

Garments and textile mark 24% of Jordan’s exports

Deputy Chairman of the Syndicate of Garments and Textile Factory Owners in Jordan, Ihab Qadri, said that the sector marks about 24% of the...

Ghana Forms Textile Import Management Body

The Government of Ghana recently constituted a textile import management body to oversee textile imports, according to trade and industry minister Alan Kyerematen. Vetting...
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