African textiles
UAE and Central African Republic CEPA to Boost Trade Beyond AED3.67 Billion
The UAE and the Central African Republic (CAR) have signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investment, with...
Africa
We Know Africa: Driving Defence Innovation at the Global Strategies Conference
The African market is now of great interest to the Turkish defence and textile industries. In our effort...
Garment & Fashion
Indonesia’s Textile Giant Sritex to Lay Off Thousands Amid Financial Struggles
PT Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex), one of Indonesia's leading textile manufacturers, is set to close its operations and...
Egypt
SCZONE Chairman Signs $4.5 Million Deal for Gold Star Fashion Ready-Made Garment Project in Qantara West Industrial Zone
In a major development for Egypt's textile and garment industry, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone...
Egypt
Jeanologia Reinvents Textile Finishing at Egypt Stitch & Tex with Advanced Laser and G2 Indra Technologies
The Spanish company showcased cutting-edge technologies aimed at transforming the growing textile industry in the region.These innovations empower...
US apparel brands challenged on Jordan migrant workers
US apparel
A UK organisation that aims to advance human rights in business has released a report today which claims that many US apparel brands...
Dubai textile firm plans garment unit in Kenya’s Naivasha
Dubai-based textile company United Aryan plans to build a garment factory that could employ up to 10,000 workers at Olkaria geothermal fields in Naivasha town of...
Kenya to create 70,000 jobs in leather industry: Official
Kenya is looking forward to the leather sector to create 70,000 jobs by 2022 and boost the economy from Sh 14 billion now to...
Nigeria should opt for mass production: fashion designers
Many Nigerian fashion designers feel their country, one of the biggest consumers of fashion in Africa, can boost the economy, meet rising domestic demand, raise...
Cotton export dents industrialisation: Nigerian Minister
Continued export of raw cotton with little or no value addition by the African producers is unsustainable due to global instability in the prices of the...
Nigerian should opt for mass production: fashion designers
Many Nigerian fashion designers feel their country, one of the biggest consumers of fashion in Africa, can boost the economy, meet rising domestic demand,...
Global interest in African cotton growing
Global interest in Africa is growing. The US and Russia don’t want to be sidelined in the Dark Continent by strategic super-investor China. At...
Moroccan artisans and handicrafts in the spotlight in Abu Dhabi
Moroccan craftsmen are showcasing their handicrafts in a new exhibition titled ‘Morocco in Abu Dhabi’ at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre until March...
Pilot production begins at Algeria-Turkey textile factory
The Algerian Ministry of Industry and Mines announced yesterday the beginning of a one month pilot production phase at the country’s largest textile factory...
Algeria Textile and Fashion Fair in CCO Oran
Algeria Textile
An interview with Insaf Choual / " Textyle-Expo " Project manager
By: Mahboobeh Ghayedi / Kohan Textile Journal1) Please let us know about your textile exhibition...