Cotton

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

Africa Elham Habibi - 0
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...
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Africa

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

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...
Middle East and Africa

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...
Africa

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...

Acute cotton shortage cripples Nigeria’s revamped Rivatex

Fiber & yarn
Nigeria’s Rivatex textile factory, revamped at a cost of Sh6 billion, is operating below capacity due to acute shortage of cotton, according to its...

Egyptian Cotton Exports Rise 45% Amid Sustainability Drive

Egypt
Egyptian Cotton recorded strong export growth as sustainability initiatives across the country's cotton supply chain contributed to higher production, improved resource efficiency and stronger...

Egyptian cotton; Sustainability Drive Boosts

Economy News
Following a renewed period of emphasis on improving sustainability, Egyptian cotton production and exports are at their highest for five years, with season 2018-2019...

Egyptian Govt Allocated EGP 21 bn to Boost Cotton

Egypt
Egyptian cotton-Egypt's ministry of public business sector has allocated EGP 21 billion to increase the added value in the Egyptian cotton industry, as per...

Cotton Council International executive delegation visits Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam

Fiber & yarn
Cotton Council International (CCI) president Hank Reichle led a delegation of 8 US cotton executives to Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam including ACSA chairman Tim...

Several Australian brands switch to Better Cotton

Fiber & yarn
Several Australian brands have switched to sustainable cotton sourcing and are keen to learn about where their raw materials are grown, said Michael Kobori...

World Bank offers Sh1.2b to boost Kenya’s cotton sector

Fiber & yarn
Kenya’s Kisumu National Polytechnic has received Sh1.2 billion funding from the World Bank to create centres of excellence for value addition in the cotton...

Bottom UP! Creating a sustainable value chain in Ethiopia

Ethiopia
Creating a sustainable and transparent garment value chain is the need of the hour in Ethiopia. Initiated by Cotton made in Africa, Solidaridad, Danish Ethical...

Mali expects record cotton output in 2019-20 season

Fiber & yarn
Mali, a land-locked country in west Africa, is expecting record cotton output of around 800,000 tonnes during the ongoing season 2019-20, according to the...

Bangladesh Decreases Dependency on India’s Cotton

Fiber & yarn
Once accounting for more than 50 per cent of Bangladesh’s total cotton imports, India apparently is losing the favourite tag from the former’s perspective...
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