Africa

Shared Utilities Help African Textile Hubs Expand Cotton Processing

Industrial parks in Africa are using shared water treatment, electricity connections and logistics services to reduce the infrastructure costs manufacturers face when establishing textile...

Textile Export Council of Egypt to Participate in GTR North Africa 2026

The Textile Export Council of Egypt (TEC) will participate in GTR North Africa 2026, a regional conference focused...

Comercial Arqué Sees Egypt as Textile Nearshoring Hub

Egypt’s established textile manufacturing base, proximity to Europe and long-standing cotton heritage could strengthen its position as a...

Nigeria Urged to Act as 180 Textile Factories Shut Down

Nigeria’s Federal Government has been urged to take immediate action to protect the country’s remaining cotton, textile and...

Can Africa Turn Its Cotton Strength Into a Global Textile Industry?

Africa is an important supplier of raw cotton to the global economy, yet it captures only a limited...

World Cotton Day—India to launch TAP for 5 African nations

India will be announcing the second phase of the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme (TAP) for Africa, Union textiles minister Smriti Irani said at the...

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...
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