Africa

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

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Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation if more cotton is processed locally...
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Cotton made in Africa Receives Top “Excellent” Rating from Germany’s Siegelklarheit Platform

Cotton made in Africa has received the highest possible rating of “Excellent” from Siegelklarheit, Germany’s sustainability label assessment...
Africa

US Proposes New Tariffs on Seven African Countries Over Forced Labour Concerns

The United States is considering imposing an additional 12.5 percentage point tariff on imports from seven African countries...
Africa

Senegal Opens $10.45 Million Textile Factory as Turkish Investment Strengthens West Africa’s Cotton Value Chain

Senegal has taken another significant step toward industrializing its textile sector with the inauguration of a $10.45 million...
Africa

Experts Urge Africa to Leverage China’s Zero Tariff Opportunity

Trade experts are calling on African nations to move beyond raw material exports and accelerate industrialisation following China’s...

ASFW 2019 themed as ‘Sustainable Fashion for World Market’

Ethiopia
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!

Garment & Fashion
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

Economy News
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...

Japan’s efforts to support Ethiopian textile sector continue! Itochu to enhance productivity

Ethiopia
Though there are only 12 Japanese firms in Ethiopia (as of October 2017)  compared to 282 in South Africa, Japan has been lately putting...

50,000 new jobs! A new strategy to revive Uganda’s textile industry

Fiber & yarn
50,000 new jobs that earn a combined US $ 50 million every year! That’s what Uganda’s new textile development plan says. The new development...

Zimbabwe’s knitwear firm ventures into Zambia

Garment & Fashion
Navidale Textiles, a knitwear firm from Zimbabwe, plans to capture the market of Zambia. In the recently concluded Zambia Agriculture and Commercial Show (ZACS), Navidale...

Angola Concludes Recovery of Three Major Textile Factories

Economy News
The Angolan Government officially completed the recovery of three strategic textile factories—Textang II (Luanda), África Têxtil (Benguela), and the former Satec unit (Dondo, Cuanza...

Lankan Teejay targets new apparel plants in Africa, S Asia

Garment & Fashion
Sri Lanka's fabric company Teejay Lanka Plc is hopeful of increasing sales from new apparel factories being set up in the South Asian region...

How Tunisian Entrepreneur Hasna Kourda Is Making Fashion More Sustainable Through Tech And AI

Garment & Fashion
Hasna Kourda is making fashion more sustainable - but not in the way you’re thinking Hasna spent her whole life growing up in the North...

Mozambique looks for ways to monetize Textáfrica factory

Middle East and Africa
Mozambique is looking for ways to monetize the facilities of former textile factory Textáfrica–Sociedade Têxtil de Vila Pery, according to President Filipe Nyusi, who...
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