Africa

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 begins far before the spinning mill...

African Buyers Turn to Milano Fashion&Jewels for Premium Made in Italy Collections

Kenyan Retailers See Strong Growth Potential for Italian Fashion, Jewellery and Accessories As demand for premium fashion continues to...

Top 10 Leather Companies in Ethiopia: Leading Manufacturers and Brands

Ethiopia has one of Africa’s most distinctive leather industries, combining a strong raw-material base with tanneries, footwear factories...

Global Islamic Clothing Market to Reach $153.6 Billion by 2033

The global Islamic clothing market is projected to grow from $103.5 billion in 2026 to $153.6 billion by...

AfDB Invests €200 Million in Morocco’s Future Workforce

The African Development Bank Group has approved €200 million in financing to modernise Morocco’s vocational training system and...

Belarus-Uzbek Action Plan for Textile-Garment Cooperation

A 2019-20 action plan to implement the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom and Uztekstilprom Association was agreed...

E. African bloc seeks to spur demand for local textiles

An East African bloc’s decision to promote the wearing of locally made attire and annual exhibits in the member states will help the garments...

Tunisia: “Meuble Interieurs” improves its net profit by 16% in H1

The company Atelier du Meuble Interieurs has published its interim financial statements as of June 30, 2019. These statements show a net profit for the...

Tunisia inks 3 cooperation agreements with Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal

Three agreements with Niger, Burkina Faso and Senegal were inked on Wednesday to design a vision on the bilateral scientific, technological and economic co-operation...

Italian textile machinery companies on Cairo trade mission

Representatives from 16 Italian textile machinery companies are in Cairo on Tuesday and Wednesday to participate in a convention and meetings with Egyptian companies. The...

Tunisia: 72% of companies do not plan to hire in next 12 months

The Arab Institute of Business Managers (IACE) published on Monday, September 23, 2019, its National Report on Employment. The document takes stock of the labor...

CHINESE TEXTILE MANUFACTURER’S INVESTMENT THRIVES IN ETHIOPIA

“The reason we chose Ethiopia as our first overseas factory is that it is relatively stable throughout Africa,” Zhao Jiang, director of operations of...

ASFW 2019 themed as ‘Sustainable Fashion for World Market’

The Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) will open its doors to the entire cotton, textile, apparel and fashion industry from November 9-12 at...

GEPA focused on supporting Ghana’s textile exports!

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is committed to support Ghana’s textile industry. While substantiating on the same, Madam Afua Asabea Asare, CEO, GEPA, said...

US-Africa trade talks end in Abidjan, highlight AfCFTA

Talks between African and US officials to review the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) free-trade deal ended Thursday in Côte d’Ivoire with no...
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