African textiles

African Textiles Positioned as Strategic Alternative to Asian Sourcing in Europe

African textile production is emerging as a credible and increasingly competitive alternative to Asian sourcing, according to industry leaders and policymakers who gathered at...

Africa Textile Talks Launches Future Fabrics Student Challenge for Emerging Innovators

Africa Textile Talks 2026 has launched its inaugural Future Fabrics Student Challenge, inviting emerging designers, researchers, makers and...

Afreximbank: Africa’s Economy Grows 4.5% in 2025 Despite Global Trade Challenges

Africa strengthened its economic resilience in 2025, recording faster economic growth despite rising geopolitical tensions, slowing global demand...

Nigeria Textile Import Ban Proposal Raises Concerns Over ₦10 Trillion Garment Industry

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has cautioned that the Nigerian Senate’s proposal to ban...

Nigerian Government Launches Textile Revival Plan to Create 1.5 Million Jobs

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

Zimbabwe’s Export-Led Industrial Vision: From Local Empowerment to Global Competitiveness

As Zimbabwe charts its path toward becoming a prosperous and empowered upper-middle-income nation by 2030, the country is placing strong emphasis on industrialization, value...

New Chinese textile unit in Casablanca to create 650 jobs

A new high-tech textile industrial unit in Casablanca will start operations shortly, under an agreement signed this week by Minister of Industry and Trade,...

Innovative fabric brings together the vibrant spirit of African fashion

BemBAZIN™ innovative fabric by Brunello brings together the vibrant spirit of African fashion with Bemberg™ high-performative and responsible fiber The traditional African Damask fabric used to make...

US, Kenya launch negotiations for free trade agreement

United States trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Kenya Cabinet Secretary for industrialisation, trade, and enterprise development Betty Maina have formally launched trade agreement negotiations...

Nigeria’s Funtua mill expansion to revive cotton farming

Farmers in the Funtua area of Nigeria’s Katsina state are happy over a joint plan by the state and central governments to convert the...

Nigeria’s Zamfara state to boost cotton production

The Zamfara state government in Nigeria recently received approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to finance 60,000 cotton and rice farmers, according...

Nigeria CBN to Fund 1.6 mn Cotton Farmers This Season

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will fund 1.6 million farmers in the 2020 wet season to help raise farm output. The apex bank...

Textile Exchange : More African nations choosing GM cotton

According to a new Textile Exchange Pan-Africa Sourcing Working Group white paper, ‘Cotton in Africa: Sustainability at a Crossroads’, an increasing number of countries...

African Textile Industry

• Globally, the fashion industry is expected to double in the next 10 years, generating up to US$ 5 trillion annually. • Fashion is a...

Africa’s Fashion Industry Urges Investors To Embrace Innovation

With the fashion industry being one of the hardest-hit sectors in Africa due to the coronavirus pandemic, experts have urged investors in the sector...
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