Cotton

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 Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026 was...

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’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

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...

Global cotton yarn exports increasing from 2017

After registering a decline from 2013 to 2016, the global cotton yarn trade has been growing with a high CAGR (compound annual growth rate)...

Cotton made in Africa Announces Partnership with Hugo Boss

Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is expanding its network of cooperation partners and brands to include Hugo Boss. This partnership will see the premium-segment...

Acute cotton shortage cripples Nigeria’s revamped Rivatex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...
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