Africa

Alt.FFF Launch Edition Puts Africa’s Materials, Makers and Fashion Value Chain Centre Stage in Accra

Africa Kohan Textile Journal Editorial Team - 0
The inaugural Alternative Fashion Fabric Fair (Alt.FFF) officially launched on Saturday, 19 September 2026, bringing together industry leaders, creative practitioners, manufacturers, material innovators, designers,...
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Africa

East Africa’s Textile Waste Could Become a New Source of Industrial Growth

East Africa’s textile industry has considerable untapped potential to reduce manufacturing waste, improve resource efficiency and create new...
Africa

Building Competitive Apparel Manufacturing in Africa: Lessons from the Factory Floor

Bernard Samaraweera explains why low labour costs alone cannot make Africa competitive — and why people, processes, technology...
Africa

Côte d’Ivoire Signs China Textile Partnership to Boost Local Cotton Processing

A new agreement between CCA-K and CCPIT-TEX aims to attract Chinese investment, technology and industrial expertise as Côte...
Middle East and Africa

Türkiye’s Textile Exports to Tunisia Rise as African Trade Gains Momentum

Turkish exports to Tunisia increased by 9.9% to $720.4 million during the first seven months of 2026, with...

EGYPT’S EXPORTS TO EAST ASIA HIT $4.3BN IN 2018

Economy News
The Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) has reported an increase in the value of exports to East Asian countries by...

Tunisia to host ”Prosper Africa” Summit in February 2020

Economy News
Tunisia will host on February 6, 2020 the “Prosper Africa” Summit, a U.S. Government Initiative that unlocks opportunities to do business in Africa —...

Tunisia: CEPEX Trade Representations in Africa at the service of exports

Economy News
Nearly 400 Tunisian companies wishing to go global took part in the open day with members of the network of commercial representations of the...

Myanmar to increase garment exports to Turkey

Garment & Fashion
Myanmar is eyeing more foreign investment and Turkey tops the country’s list with regard to the same. To further boost investments in education and airlines,...

Vietnam Textile Sector Orders Hit by African Competition

Garment & Fashion
▶︎ In Brief: Vietnam’s textile industry faces a sharp decline in orders as buyers shift to cheaper African nations. Rising raw material costs, limited tech...

Zimbabwe, Brazil sign agreement on cotton production

Fiber & yarn
Zimbabwe and Brazil recently signed an agreement to boost cotton production in the former, which will receive the latter’s production expertise in capacity building...

Ethiopia Can Turn Textile Manufacturing Hub

Ethiopia
Despite challenges like energy supply, customs procedures, lack of backward linkages and insufficient skills, Ethiopia has the potential to become a global textile manufacturing...

MERKEL URGES REFORMS IN AFRICA TO WOO GERMAN INVESTORS TO THE REGION

Economy News
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hosted African leaders for the third G20 Compact with Africa summit in Berlin. The initiative aims to boost private...

SA’S BIGGEST RETAILERS COMMIT TO LOCAL TEXTILES

Garment & Fashion
South Africa’s biggest clothing retailers have promised to purchase an additional 85 million units in locally manufactured clothes, shoes, and leather goods over the...

Canadian Firms Explore Investment Opportunities in Egypt

Economy News
Egyptian industry minister Amr Nassar and immigration minister Nabila Makram recently held extensive discussions with a delegation of five Canadian firms to discuss investment...
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