Domitexka's mill in Kaolack has the markets, the know-how and the partnerships to compete globally. What it still needs — like nearly every manufacturer on the continent — is patient capital.
The thread comes off the spool white, clean and taut. Inside the Domitexka workshop in Kaolack, … read more
RESOURCE: Domitexka - A missed opportunity for African capital?
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Lagos Fashion Week Looks Beyond The Catwalk To Fashion's Future
A new coalition is challenging African fashion to turn its long traditions of repair, reuse and community production into a modern industrial strategy… read more
For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is short of affordable capital. This week, that case took a ta… read more
COTTON farmers have been urged to adopt good agricultural practices, to increase productivity and improve crop quality. The call was made on Wednesday in Ilemela Municipality by Cotton Board Agricultural Officer Onesmo Kiwang… read more
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Joyce Njogu, head of Consulting and Business Development at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM)
Cotton Board Targets Fivefold Yield Increase
THE Tanzania Cotton Board (TCB) is targeting a fivefold increase in cotton yields through improved farming technologies and fertiliser use, aiming to raise average production from 200 kilogrammes to 1,000 kilogrammes per acre.
According to the board, higher productivity will improve farm profitability, raise rural incomes and strengthen the cotton sector's contribution to the national economy.
Speaking at the ongoing Nane Nane Agricultural Exhibition at Nyamhongolo grounds in Mwanza yesterday, TCB
Northshore Apparel is turning industrial ambition into formal jobs in Savelugu. Its next phases could connect those sewing lines to northern Ghana’s farmers and build a fuller local value chain.
For years, Kausara Alhassan’s search for wo…… read more
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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama at the inauguration of the Northshore Apparel Hub in Savelugu, in Ghana's Northern Region
RESOURCE: Introduction BT cotton revives farming in Lamu as yields and farmer incomes rise
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Bonventer Baraza, Manager at Luanda Farmers Cooperative Union Ginnery explains one of the process of cotton linting
Africa's industrial moment is not waiting for more money. It is waiting for the right kind of capital, structured correctly, sequenced intelligently and deployed at the right stage of a project's life. Afreximbank's Oluranti Doherty explains why the continent's financing problem is, in reality, a co… read more
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MS Oluranti Doherty - MD Export Development - Afreximbank
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Loza Maléombho Is Building An Industry From African Stories
Internationally recognised after Beyoncé wore her designs, Ivorian designer Loza Maléombho is now looking beyond fashion. Through Pokou,… read more
The Senior Presidential Advisor on Agri-business and Value Addition, Dr. Hillary Emmanuel Musoke, has urged African governments to accelerate industrialization and value addition, warning that the continued export of raw mate… read more
The Cotton Council of Malawi on Monday officially opened this year's cotton marketing season, which is expected to run for 90 days up to 27 August 2026.
Speaking during the announcement in Lilongwe, Apatsa Selemani said the c… read more
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It Is Time Tanzania Seized China's Zero-Tariff Opportunity
AS of May 1, 2026, the economic corridor between Africa and Asia has widened into a major highway of opportunity. China's decision to grant zero-tariff access to goods from 53 African nations, including Tanzania, marks a defining moment in South-South cooperation.
By opening duty-free access to nearly all imports through April 2028, Beijing has handed Tanzania a rare opportunity to deepen its foothold in the world's second-largest economy.
For Tanzania, this is far more than a technical trade adjustment.
Keynote Address to the 20th Anniversary of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on August 31, 2026
Africa can turn agriculture from a low-productivity employer of last resort into a growth engine. It cannot do so by expanding acreage. I…… read more
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Rasmata Kientega (foreground), 25, is part of a new generation of rural women farmers reinventing rural farming with passion and an entrepreneurial spirit who see the land not as a burden, but as a promise of dignity and a future.
Kenyan businesses and community groups are turning discarded cotton stalks, gin waste and textile offcuts into briquettes, household textiles and mattress filling. The emerging industry could create new income for farmers and women-led enterprises.
For years, Peterson Mwadau regarded the stalks and … read more
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At Africa Collect Company at Baba Dogo Business Park Nairobi on 25th August 2026.
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Garoua Textile Centre Takes Early Steps To Empower Young Women
A new training centre in Garoua is teaching young women to turn locally grown cotton thread into finished fabric. Still operating on a modest scale, G… read more
THE Turkish textile stakeholders expressed their readiness to undertake a working visit to Tanzania to explore investment prospects, the cotton market, and potential partnerships with local industries for mutual benefit.
This… read more
Compagnie Ivoirienne de Coton, chaired by Koné Daouda Soukpafolo, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Uniwax, listed on the BRVM under the ticker UNXC. The deal marks the return of the textile manufacturer to Ivo… read more
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Financing for Technical Assistance to Spur a Cotton Comeback in Northern Uganda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $2 million in technical assistance to support the Cotton Value Chain Project in Northern Uganda, a region where cotton is a vital cash crop.
The initiative, approved on 09 December, is financed by the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance - a Bank-hosted multi-donor trust fund, which provides grants for technical support to boost Africa's private sector. It will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
Cotton farmers in eastern Uganda are bypassing village middlemen and selling collectively or directly to ginneries. The emerging model is giving growers greater control over weighing, payment and market access - and helping women turn seasonal cotton…… read more
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Members of the Bukedea Cotton Farmers Association, cotton farmers, pose for a group photograph near their cotton garden in Bukedea District, Uganda, in July 2026.
Ghana’s geographical indication for kente could help weavers protect the celebrated cloth from imitation, reach new markets and earn more from generations of skill. Turning legal recognition into livelihoods will require collective standards, business support and the revival of local raw-mater… read more
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Naomi Panin, kente trader, displaying different kente designs, in Rawlings Park, Accra on August 10, 2026.
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How Benin Is Turning Its Cotton Wealth Into An Industrial Economy
Benin is using its position as West Africa’s largest cotton producer to pursue a bigger economic prize: processing more of what it grows at home… read more
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Large scale spinning and yarn preparation at Thika Cloth Mill ltd
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Phyllis Wakiaga - Eisenhower Fellow, Managing Partner at Wakiaga and Company Advocates & Advisory and a PhD candidate in Leadership and Governance, with expertise in public policy, international trade, investment, private sector development and governance.
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Akwete Weavers Carry An Igbo Textile Tradition Into Modern Fashion
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
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A Harvest That Keeps Zambia's Children Learningzm
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Africa Has Ideas - What It Lacks Is a Fair Hearing from Global Capital
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Textile Investment Helps Tanzania Sew its Manufacturing Gap Closed
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Nursema Cil Showroom C
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"A shared harvest, a shared hope. Mama Aisha Mohammed (left) and Julia Njuguna (right) hold freshly picked cotton in Mapenya Sub location, Mpeketoni, Lamu County, a symbol of how Bt cotton is restoring livelihoods, creating opportunities, and bringing renewed optimism to farming commuties"
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Africa's Next Cotton Export May Never Leave The Farm
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How Women Are Revitalising Nigeria's Aso Oke Industry
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A portable mini ginnery is helping Kenyan farmers earn more from cotton
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The apparel by Ropafadzo Kuki Mapira founder and director of SOLEIL.
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Assimi Guindo, Bogolan fan
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Yossef Tewelde
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Frederica Williams - Founder of Just Fabulous Heritage and president of the Fashion Design and Textiles Association (FDTA)
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Medlina Magwenzi, Acting Provincial Director Agricultural and Rural Development · Ministry of Lands Agriculture Fisheries Water and Rural Development
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Nien Hsing Garments factory during knock off time.
