African textiles

African Textiles Positioned as Strategic Alternative to Asian Sourcing in Europe

Africa Elham Habibi - 0
African textile production is emerging as a credible and increasingly competitive alternative to Asian sourcing, according to industry leaders and policymakers who gathered at...
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Africa

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...
Africa

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...
Economy News

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...
Africa

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...

Nigeria Losing Revenue Due to Influx of Cheap Textiles

Middle East and Africa
Nigeria’s cumulative value of textiles and garments imported or smuggled into the country is worth $4.2 billion, according to minister of state for industry,...

Continental free trade area to boost e-com in Africa

Middle East and Africa
Opportunities abound for Africa to engage in and benefit from e-commerce and the digital economy as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) comes...

Yarn production increased in Q2/18 and fabric production slightly shrunk

Fiber & yarn
Global yarn production increased by +5% between Q1/18 and Q2/18. Higher output where observed in Egypt (+1.4%), the U.S.A. (+3.2%), South Africa (+3.3%), and...

Chinese textile unit in Jordan launched

Jordan
Chinese textile unit in Jordan :: Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz recently laid the foundation stone for a Chinese textile factory that will create hundreds of...

Record Cotton Production To Drive West Africa Exports

Algeria
Cotton exports from West Africa for 2018-19 are projected to surpass last year’s record, driven by record production, according to the US department of...

Nigeria Introduces Transgenic Cotton Varieties

Fiber & yarn
Nigeria recently introduced genetically-modified cotton varieties in the country to boost the textile industry. The country’s minister of science and technology Ogbonnaya Onu said...

Nigeria, China sign $2 bn MoU on cotton industry

Middle East and Africa
Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese firm Shandong Ruyi International Fashion Industry for an investment of $2 billion in Katsina, Kano,...

Kenyan Farmers to Grow Bt Cotton Commercially Starting

Fiber & yarn
Kenyan farmers will start commercially growing transgenic Bt cotton from next April after waiting for nearly two decades. The development is likely to spur...

Garments and textile mark 24% of Jordan’s exports

Garment & Fashion
Deputy Chairman of the Syndicate of Garments and Textile Factory Owners in Jordan, Ihab Qadri, said that the sector marks about 24% of the...

Ghana Forms Textile Import Management Body

Algeria
The Government of Ghana recently constituted a textile import management body to oversee textile imports, according to trade and industry minister Alan Kyerematen. Vetting...
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