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Interview with Funmi Lawal – Clip-Knix Founder By Behnam Ghasemi – Kohan Textile Journal Clip-Knix is a Patented Front Fastening Underwear for Women Award winning-Specialist Clothing …
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‘Nigeria exports to Indonesia over $700m’
Director of the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre, Hendro Jonathan, said Nigeria exported goods worth 700 million dollars to Indonesia last year. He explained that while …
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ARTICLE WRITTEN BY: Ndubuaku Kanayo The textile industry remains a significant player in the global economy, by providing employment for millions of people around the …
Read More »Ooni trains 100 women in tie and dye fabrics
The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, in his unique gesture, recently spent the day which was for the …
Read More »Nigeria textile sector can compete with China
Signature founder, Michael Eyeh, has called for a revamping of the indigenous infrastructure in Nigeria in order to make actors in the fashion and creative …
Read More »Nigeria’s cotton market sees rebound after textile forex ban
By: Fatima Muktar The volume of production and consumption of cotton in the country rose by at least 7.5 per cent in 2020 after the …
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By: Dipesh Satapathy The textile and apparel industry in Africa has grown rapidly in the past couple of years, and is estimated to grow at …
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By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Recently, Nigeria economy has not been in its best shape. To say that Nigeria economy is limping is an understatement. The …
Read More »Nigeria’s Traditional Textiles Threatened by Chinese Imports
By Ifiok Ettang JOS, NIGERIA – Nigeria has been producing traditional, handmade, beautiful fabric designs for centuries. But preservers of ancient art say modern manufacturing …
Read More »Africa’s fashion industry must embrace technology to increase digital economy
“Embracing technology is the key to unlocking the potential of Africa’s fashion industry in a digital economy. Going digital, for African fashion entrepreneurs, is not …
Read More »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 its …
Read More »The Nigerian Textile and Fashion Industry in Perspective
Textile industry has been an age-long cottage industry in Nigeria, considering that Aso-Oke, Akwete as well as the dyeing pits of Kano constitute part of …
Read More »Nigeria’s Funtua mill expansion to revive cotton farming
Farmers in the Funtua area of Nigeria’s Katsina state are happy over a joint plan by the state and central governments to convert the Funtua …
Read More »Nigeria’s Zamfara state to boost cotton production
The Zamfara state government in Nigeria recently received approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to finance 60,000 cotton and rice farmers, according to …
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