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Sportswear manufacturing is one of the focuses of an International Trade Centre-led project in Egypt, which will create jobs and increase exports. The clothing sector …
Read More »Swedish and Swiss funds Egypt’s sportswear makers
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 35 …
Read More »ANGOLA SPENDS $235 MN ON APPAREL IMPORTS IN 2019
Angola spent $170 million on new imported clothes and $65 million on import of used clothing (bales) in 2019, resources that could be saved if the country’s textile industry …
Read More »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 recycling …
Read More »Egypt’s textile exports fall to $257 mn in Jan 2020
Egypt’s textile exports fell to $257 million in January, down by 0.4 per cent from $258 million in the same month last year. Over 2019, …
Read More »Swissmem companies make a mark at ITME Africa
Swiss textile machinery companies made a major impact at the recently held ITME Africa trade show, with 12 member companies from Swissmem (the Swiss Textile …
Read More »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 visitors …
Read More »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 is …
Read More »INDIAN FIRMS EYEING AFRICA FOR APPAREL MANUFACTURING
Abundant young talent, simple trade agreements, income tax breaks, cheap labour and power, friendly tax laws, strategic geographical position and the announcement of African Continental free …
Read More »LONDON STARTS TO TAKE AFRICA SERIOUSLY
The UK has perhaps the widest range of economic, political, cultural and historical ties with Sub-Saharan Africa of any non-African state. Yet successive British governments …
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