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Read More »Africa: Adorn Africa Introduces Sportswear
Botswana Daily News (Gaborone) Adorn Africa fashion designs owner, Ms Tumisang Santudu, has introduced sportswear in order to expand her business. In an interview, Ms Santudu …
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Tunisia>>>Industrial production went down by 7.4% until end July 2020, compared to the same period of 2019, the National Institute of Statistics (French: INS) announced …
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West and Central Africa have their first organic cotton ginning plant, a move designed to boost the regions textile industries. Inaugurated by the President of …
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Farmers in the Funtua area of Nigeria’s Katsina state are happy over a joint plan by the state and central governments to convert the Funtua …
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The Nonwoven Tech Africa Exhibition and Conference will be held on virtual platform globally during 19-20-21-22-23-24-25 October 2020 ‘iRadeecal ‘is a unique virtual platform launched …
Read More »Angola: Alassola Factory to Produce 500k Masks/Month
Benguela — The Alassola textile factory, located in the city of Benguela, country’s centre-west, will produce 500,000 face masks per month, as part of the …
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Authors: Dr. Rahman Abedinzadeh Niasser, Vahid Agha Babaei Strategist and Management Consultant. There is a lot to be said about entering global markets and they …
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