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...

How Can Africa’s Fashion Entrepreneurs Access Finance to Grow Their Businesses?

African Development Bank (Abidjan) : The first edition of the Fashionomics Africa competition is an excellent opportunity for the Bank to showcase the immense...

Fashioning with Waste: Turning Fast Fashion into an Opportunity in Africa

Written By: Richard Munang / Robert Mgendi Human capital, embodied in the skills, talents, energy, aptitudes, creativity of the human race, has propelled the global...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation Launches Four-Part Documentary Series on West African Cotton Sector

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2020/APO Group/  The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...

TOGO Fashion and Textile Industry Rely on WAX Printing

Togo, country of western Africa. lome, the capital, is situated in the southwest of the country and is the largest city and port. Until...

First organic cotton ginning plant in West Africa

West and Central Africa have their first organic cotton ginning plant, a move designed to boost the regions textile industries. Inaugurated by the President of...

The Nonwoven Tech Africa Will be Held on Virtual Platform

The Nonwoven Tech Africa Exhibition and Conference will be held on virtual platform globally during 19-20-21-22-23-24-25 October 2020 ‘iRadeecal ‘is a unique virtual platform launched...

Angola: Alassola Factory to Produce 500k Masks/Month

The Alassola textile factory in Benguela, located in the centre-west of Angola, has begun large-scale production of face masks as part of the national...

Importance of Global Markets for Domestic Producers and Global Markets Strategies

Authors: Dr. Rahman Abedinzadeh Niasser,  Vahid Agha Babaei Strategist and Management Consultant. There is a lot to be said about entering global markets and they...

Ethiopia: COVID-19 and the Economic Impact in Ethiopia

Today, we face a major economic upheaval particularly more severe than we have ever witnessed before. The coronavirus pandemic is a different kind of...

IMPORTED CLOTHES IN THE REGION TO COST MORE AFTER TAX REVIEW

East African citizens will pay more for imported clothes should governments go ahead with plans raise taxes on imported textiles by between 30 and...
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