African textiles

Nigerian Government Launches Textile Revival Plan to Create 1.5 Million Jobs

Africa Elham Habibi - June 5, 2026 0

The Nigerian government has stepped up efforts to revive the country’s Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) industry as part of a broader strategy to...

Algeria

TAYAL Highlights Growing Algeria–Türkiye Textile Partnership at Ankara Business Forum

TAYAL, one of Algeria’s leading textile manufacturers and a prominent example of Algerian–Turkish industrial cooperation, participated in the...

Economy News

China Expands Zero-Tariff Access to 53 African Countries

China has fully implemented zero-tariff treatment for 53 African countries, marking a significant milestone in global trade relations...

Middle East and Africa

India Pledges Support for Nigeria’s Textile Industry Revival

India has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Nigeria’s cotton, textile, and garment industry through technology transfer, investment partnerships,...

Kenya

Kenya Targets $3 Billion Investment with Dubai-Backed Special Economic Zone

Kenya is accelerating its industrial transformation strategy with the launch of the Vipingo Special Economic Zone (VSEZ), a...

Kenya’s Firm Basra Textiles Opens Factory In Zanzibar

Kenya February 1, 2022

Kenya’s firm Basra Textiles Ltd is setting up a U$51.3 million factory in Zanzibar as it targets to get a pie of the regions...

SGS Celebrates A Decade of Testing Textile Products In Morocco

Middle East and Africa February 1, 2022

SGS Maroc offers conformity assessment certificates to industrial Moroccan businesses aiming to boost their presence in global markets. SGS Maroc, the Moroccan arm of the...

Top Five Companies Producing Textile Goods in Morocco

Middle East and Africa January 31, 2022

Morocco is the north westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is known for its famous rugs, traditionally handcrafted by tribal...

Polish fashion group LPP teams up with African cotton

Fiber & yarn January 20, 2022

LPP, a Polish fashion company, has partnered with Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) to begin another year of growth towards international standards for sustainable...

Polimoda partners with the Ethical Fashion Initiative’s Accelerator to award scholarships to Kenyan fashion designers

Garment & Fashion January 19, 2022

The Kenyan designers will participate in 8 weeks of tailor-made training at the institution’s renowned campus in Italy. Ethical Fashion Initiative and Polimoda have announced...

French Textile Equipment Manufacturers’ Association

Middle East and Africa January 4, 2022

Morocco welcomes French Textile Equipment Morocco and France have very strong and historical ties in the textile and apparel industries. Moroccan entrepreneurs have been trained...

Top 5 Producers of Women’s Clothing in Egypt

Garment & Fashion January 3, 2022

Paris, Milan, London, and the United States are well-known as the birthplace and primary influencers of fashion. On the other hand, Ancient Egypt is...

(SITA) launches fresh reports and serves up sustainability solutions to textile and leather companies

Kenya January 1, 2022

Supporting Indian Trade and Investment in Africa (SITA) launches two fresh reports and serves up sustainability solutions to textile and leather companies at Going4Green...

AMITH, Dutch CBI Sign Deal to Promote Moroccan Textile Items in Europe

Middle East and Africa December 26, 2021

The Moroccan Association for Textile Manufacturing (AMITH) has signed a strategic agreement in Casablanca with the Netherlands’ Agency for Promoting Imports from Developing Countries...