Cotton

Nigeria Urged to Act as 180 Textile Factories Shut Down

Africa Elham Habibi - 0
Nigeria’s Federal Government has been urged to take immediate action to protect the country’s remaining cotton, textile and garment production assets following the reported...
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Africa

Can Africa Turn Its Cotton Strength Into a Global Textile Industry?

Africa is an important supplier of raw cotton to the global economy, yet it captures only a limited...
Nonwovens

Trützschler Highlights Cotton Technologies for Premium Nonwovens

Marking World Cotton Day, Trützschler Nonwovens has highlighted the opportunities cotton offers for producing premium spunlace nonwovens, alongside...
Exhibition News

Cork Meets Cotton: Textile Innovation at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026

Drink your wine… then make fabric from the cork! One of the materials that really caught my attention at...
Fiber & yarn

Kenya’s Cotton Revival Shifts Focus From Farming to Textile Manufacturing

Thika Cloth Mills says Kenya’s renewed cotton production could support a wider industrial value chain encompassing ginning, spinning,...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa
Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that begins far before the spinning mill...

Benin Plans to Triple Local Cotton Processing as Textile Industry Expands

Africa
Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of a broader strategy to transform locally...

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

Africa
Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation if more cotton is processed locally...

Cameroon Partners with Tunisia to Strengthen Cotton and Textile Value Chain

Middle East and Africa
Cameroon is seeking to strengthen its textile and apparel industry by drawing on Tunisia's industrial expertise, as the Chamber of Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock and...

Cotton made in Africa Receives Top “Excellent” Rating from Germany’s Siegelklarheit Platform

Africa
Cotton made in Africa has received the highest possible rating of “Excellent” from Siegelklarheit, Germany’s sustainability label assessment platform, recognizing the cotton standard for...

Recycled Fibers: The Vital Data For Quality and Profitability

Sustainability
Uster’s new Recycling Opening Index guides spinners to the perfect blend Uster AFIS 6 now offers the key data for better decisions when blending recycled...

Jeff Bezos Invests $34 Million in Lab-Grown Fashion Fibers to Challenge Cotton and Polyester

Sustainability
Jeff Bezos is expanding his climate and sustainability efforts into the fashion industry with a new $34 million investment aimed at accelerating the development...

Egyptian Cotton Festival Targets Textile SMEs Across Egypt

Egypt
A new initiative aimed at strengthening Egypt’s cotton and textile value chain has been launched through the Egyptian Cotton Festival, offering support to small...

Industry Shows Signs of Growth Through Expanding Cotton Trade and Regional Cooperation

Fiber & yarn
Afghanistan’s textile and cotton sector is showing renewed signs of growth as the country intensifies regional trade cooperation with Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Russia, Türkiye, and...

Afreximbank Urges Bold Action to Transform Africa’s Cotton Sector

Middle East and Africa
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has called for urgent and coordinated action to transform Africa’s cotton sector from a raw material supplier into a...
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