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By: Fatima Muktar The volume of production and consumption of cotton in the country rose by at least 7.5 per cent in 2020 after the …
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Africa Needs Focus on Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Skills
By: Dipesh Satapathy The textile and apparel industry in Africa has grown rapidly in the past couple of years, and is estimated to grow at …
Read More »Moroccan Textile Industry Must Adapt to Post-Pandemic World
By Toms Dumpis Agadir – The Moroccan textile industry today faces two major constraints: Over-reliance on the traditional textile markets, and the dependency on imported …
Read More »Ethiopia: Ethnic Conflict Could Unravel Ethiopia’s Garment Industry
By Dorothee Baumann-Pauly – The Conversation Africa (Johannesburg) Ethiopia has long been considered one of Africa’s economic wunderkinder. Until recently, it had relative political stability in …
Read More »Technical textile industry in the middle east and Africa
The technical textile is a different set of textiles with high performance and special functionalities, which is defined as a product manufactured mainly for technical …
Read More »AfCTA Could Reset US-Africa Trade Relations
The new African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will bring economic development across the continent, as well as significant opportunities for US companies looking to …
Read More »How Can Africa’s Fashion Entrepreneurs Access Finance to Grow Their Businesses?
African Development Bank (Abidjan) : The first edition of the Fashionomics Africa competition is an excellent opportunity for the Bank to showcase the immense talent …
Read More »Fashioning with Waste: Turning Fast Fashion into an Opportunity in Africa
Written By: Richard Munang / Robert Mgendi Human capital, embodied in the skills, talents, energy, aptitudes, creativity of the human race, has propelled the global …
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By: Amy Musgrave Photographer: Barry Christianson Some employees received their full salaries during lockdown whereas others got no pay. Is the ability to survive during …
Read More »The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation Launches Four-Part Documentary Series on West African Cotton Sector
JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2020/APO Group/ The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, …
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 …
Read More »Tunisia: Industrial production posts 7.4% decline at end July
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 …
Read More »Arab African countries export textiles to Brazil
Last year saw clothing sales from Morocco and Tunisia to Brazil go up. This year should be a different story, with sales slowing down as …
Read More »In Sonia Gomes’s Hands, Textiles Evoke Resilience
By: Ela Bittencourt With her New York debut on the horizon, the Afro-Brazilian artist, known for her seductive, textile-based sculptures, is finally, and rightfully, receiving …
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