Cotton

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

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

Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of...

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

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

Cameroon Partners with Tunisia to Strengthen Cotton and Textile Value Chain

Cameroon is seeking to strengthen its textile and apparel industry by drawing on Tunisia's industrial expertise, as the...

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

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

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol joins the Cotton 2024 coalition

Memphis – The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol has been recognized by the Cotton 2040 partnership, which is encouraging more sustainably produced cotton. Convened by sustainability...

Malawi: Gwengwe Commends Cotton Investment Companies

Minister of Trade, Sosten Gwengwe says he is impressed with the contribution cotton investment companies are making to boost the cotton industry in the...

Cameroon: Government announces strategic merger between Sodecoton and Cicam to create an industrial cotton-textile pole by 2030

(Business in Cameroon) - In the framework of its 2020-2030 national development strategy, Cameroon announces that there will be a strategic merger between Société...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation Launches Four-Part Documentary Series on West African Cotton Sector

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, November 5, 2020/APO Group/  The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)...

The organic cotton sewing thread certified GOTS

Do you want to seam SUSTAINABLE? Do you want to embroider BIOLOGICAL? The sewing thread you are using now is not CERTIFIED? BIO-COTTON IS MIC SEWING THREAD...

CBN invests N120 bn to revive Nigeria’s textile sector

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently said it had invested over N120 billion across the cotton, textile and garment (CTG) value chain since...

Australian Cotton Industry Upset with China’s Export Shift

Cotton Australia and Australian Cotton Shippers Association, have announced that Australian cotton industry is working to understand apparent changes for cotton export conditions to...

Cotton is Superior in Destabilizing Coronavirus

By: Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA Porous cotton substrates are better in destabilizing the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With global COVID-19 cases over 37 million...

ZIMBABWE TO ACCELERATE COTTON INDUSTRY GROWTH

The Zimbabwe government recently released its vision for the country’s cotton industry that aims to accelerate growth in the sector besides enhancing sustainability. In the...

Kenya: To Grow Kenya’s Textile Industry, We Must Revive Cotton Farming

Cotton lint is the most important input in the textile industry. Cottonseed is crucial in the vegetable oil and animal feed industries. Cotton grows...
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