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...

The Potential of the Nonwoven Industry in Africa

Middle East and Africa
Nonwovens are high-tech engineered fabrics that are employed in a wide range of products and applications. Flat, porous sheets manufactured directly from individual fibers...

South Africa’s eThekwini to Invest in Textile-Garment Units

Middle East and Africa
South Africa’s eThekwini Municipality, which includes Durban and surrounding towns, is planning to invest more than 12 million rand over the next three years...

How Palm Byproducts are Becoming a Springboard to the Future Circular Bioecomomy

Egypt
The International Association for Palm Byproducts and the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to organize the 2nd World Conference on Byproducts of Palms and their...

South Africa garment sector threatened by China’s illegal imports

Middle East and Africa
South Africa’s textile and garment sector is being undermined by illegal imports from China, unions have said, which are threatening the revival of the...

COVID-19 and Africa’s cotton production

Middle East and Africa
There are over 20 million smallholder cotton farmers in Africa Cotton is a commercial crop grown mainly for its fibre or lint, a raw material...

Ghana Textile Industry in 2026: From Heritage to Regional Powerhouse

Middle East and Africa
Ghana’s textile and apparel industry stands at a critical turning point in 2026. Long recognized for its rich textile heritage—particularly Kente cloth and traditional...

Can West Africa lead the way in creating a more sustainable textiles industry?

Middle East and Africa
Textile and fashion is the world’s second-largest industrial polluter, behind oil and gas. Concerted efforts are being made to create more sustainable business...

Adire Oodua Textile Hub empowers Ife youths , women

Middle East and Africa
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, is famous for his passion for the empowerment and advancement of young people and women. To...

Technical textile industry in the middle east and Africa

Technical Textile
The technical textile is a different set of textiles with high performance and special functionalities, which is defined as a product manufactured mainly for...

AfCTA Could Reset US-Africa Trade Relations

Middle East and Africa
The new African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will bring economic development across the continent, as well as significant opportunities for US companies looking...
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