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...

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...

SA’S FIRST PLASTIC ROAD OFFICIALLY OPENS

Motorists will finally be able to make use of South Africa’s first and only plastic road as of March, 2020. The project aimed at...

EAC to increase taxes on imported textiles

The East African Community (EAC) recently announced plans to increase taxes on imported textiles to between 30 and 35 per cent to protect and...

ITME AFRICA 2020 Exhibition – “Prosperity through Technology” Opens to a great response in Addis Ababa

ITME AFRICA 2020, the first of its kind business and technology Exhibition opened on 14th February 2020 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia receiving 1791 unique...

CALLING ALL AFRICAN FASHION DESIGNERS: SCOUTING FOR AFRICA PROJECT LAUNCHED

Vogue Talents, Vogue Italia’s fashion talent scouting arm, has announced a new project dedicated to African creatives. Named Scouting for Africa 2020, the project...

GHANA WASTE EXPOSÉ: RECYCLING ASSOCIATION LAMBASTS DUMPING

The UK’s Textile Recycling Association (TRA) has reiterated that there should be no waste within shipments of clothes sent to African retail markets, after...
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