August 06
Tanzania: Textile Investment Helps Tanzania Close Its Manufacturing Gap
Tanzania produces more cotton than its textile industry can process, exporting most of its lint while garment factories and fashion designers import fabric. New investment could… Read more »
Africa: Why Africa's Textile Story Is Bigger Than the Numbers Suggest
Africa is beginning to reverse an age-old equation: exporting raw cotton and importing the value created from it. The challenge is to close the “missing middle”,… Read more »
July 30
Malawi: Women Turn Cotton Profits Into Year-Round Businesses
A women's farming group in southern Malawi is reinvesting cotton earnings in poultry, livestock, shops and savings schemes—turning a seasonal crop into year-round income, new… Read more »
Africa: Cotton Farmers Could Earn From Soil Carbon Credits
A scheme tested in Uzbekistan could let African cotton farmers earn twice over, once for the fibre and once for the carbon stored in the soil beneath their fields. Read more »
July 29
Nigeria: Aso-Oke's Global Rise Masks Struggles to Preserve a Centuries-Old Craft
Aso-Oke has never been more fashionable, appearing on international runways and in luxury collections. But behind the vibrant fabric lies a quieter story: the women who built… Read more »
Kenya: Portable Ginnery Helps Cotton Farmers Keep More Value on the Farm
A locally developed portable ginnery is helping Kenyan cotton farmers process their harvests closer to home, reduce losses and earn more by selling lint and seed separately. Its… Read more »
July 27
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Designers Stitch Heritage, Identity and Enterprise into Global Fashion
As Zimbabwean designers take their work to Africa Fashion Week London, they are showcasing far more than fashion. Their collections tell stories of heritage, identity and… Read more »
July 25
Mali: How Mali's Ancient Craft Is Building New Economic Futures
Mali's iconic mud-dyed textile, bogolan, is creating new opportunities beyond its cultural significance. As the centuries-old craft gains protected status, women artisans and… Read more »
July 24
Africa: Can Ethiopia Weave Africa's Complete Cotton-to-Clothing Value Chain?
As Africa seeks to capture more value from its natural resources, Ethiopia is building one of the continent's most ambitious cotton-to-clothing value chains. By linking farmers,… Read more »
Sierra Leone: How Sierra Leone's Traditional Textiles Are Weaving a Modern Fashion Economy
Sierra Leone’s traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local… Read more »
July 23
Zimbabwe: Hybrid Seed Leading Revival of Cotton Farming in Zimbabwe
A new generation of hybrid cotton seeds is giving Zimbabwean farmers fresh reason for optimism. Developed to deliver higher yields and withstand climate shocks and pests, the seeds… Read more »
Lesotho: Stitching Lesotho into the Global Economy
How a small country used trade, discipline and the hard work of thousands of women to become one of Africa's top garment exporters Read more »
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