Africa

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF): To Help People Help Themselves Through Trade

Interview with Ms. Tina Stridde - Managing Director At Aid by Trade Foundation The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) was established in 2005 by the...

GOTS: Creating opportunities for Africa

GOTS welcomed 112 attendees from 21 countries, including twelve within Africa, to the first GOTS Conference in Africa, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The...

Global Textile Industry Situations and Expectations Have Turned Negative

Results of the 16th ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey The 16th ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS, formerly known as ITMF Corona-Survey) shows deteriorating business...

Cameroon joins Africa Finance Corporation to boost manufacturing investment

Cameroon officially became yesterday September 22, 2022, the 36th member of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The latter is a multilateral financial institution established...

International Marketing Study of Textile Products under the Export Strategies to COMESA

BY: Eng. Mohamed M El Hosainy, Dr.Abla Kamal El Din, and Dr.Tamer Farouk Khalifa- Faculty of Applied Arts, Textile and Weaving Department- Helwan University-...

Trade with Africa exceeds $520m in 4 Months

Iran traded 890,287 tons of non-oil commodities worth $526.35 million with African countries during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year...

How to Know Successful Textile Agencies in Africa: A Promoting Sector in 3 Decades

Although the African textile market is diverse, cotton seems to be consistent. Nowadays, cotton is grown and sold in many African nations. With 450,000 Africans...

European textile industry needs to grow its role on global markets

On the occasion of the EU-Africa Business Summit, EURATEX is re-iterating the ambition of the European textile industry to grow its role in global...

African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa, Partners, Launch New Sustainable Fashion Competition With $6,000 in Cash Prizes

The African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa initiative's second online competition is offering $6,000 total in cash prizes, mentoring, new branding packages and other support...

Ankara-Mogadishu Bilateral Ties Propel Somali Businesses

The special relationship Somalia and Turkey share, which extends to trade, is encouraging the Somali business community to travel to Turkey to import everything...
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