Despite challenges like energy supply, customs procedures, lack of backward linkages and insufficient skills, Ethiopia has the potential to become a global textile manufacturing hub …
Read More »CHINESE TEXTILE FIRM INAUGURATES $220-MN PLANT IN ETHIOPIA
Chinese textile manufacturing giant Wuxi No. 1 Cotton Textile PLC recently opened its Ethiopian unit, with an aim to export most of its products to …
Read More »CHINESE TEXTILE MANUFACTURER’S INVESTMENT THRIVES IN ETHIOPIA
“The reason we chose Ethiopia as our first overseas factory is that it is relatively stable throughout Africa,” Zhao Jiang, director of operations of Sunshine …
Read More »ASFW 2019 themed as ‘Sustainable Fashion for World Market’
The Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) will open its doors to the entire cotton, textile, apparel and fashion industry from November 9-12 at Millennium …
Read More »Japan’s efforts to support Ethiopian textile sector continue! Itochu to enhance productivity
Though there are only 12 Japanese firms in Ethiopia (as of October 2017) compared to 282 in South Africa, Japan has been lately putting efforts …
Read More »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. And the soon-to-be-launched Bottom UP could perfectly fit the …
Read More »Ananta Apparels Limited eyes Ethiopia for duty benefits, skilled labour
Ananta Apparels Limited , a subsidiary of Ananta Group, Bangladesh, has expressed its intent to invest US $ 8 million in setting up an apparel …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Textile-Garment park inaugurated in Jimma
Ethiopia’s Textile park :: President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, President Ismail Omar of Djibouti and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recently inaugurated an Ethiopia’s Textile-Garment park …
Read More »Italian textile factory inaugurated in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Italian fashion company ITACA recently inaugurated a $15-million textile factory at Ashegodain of Tigray state in Ethiopia. The factory has already started exporting clothes to …
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