Kenya has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s largest importer of second-hand clothes, with imports surging to KSh 38.5 billion ...

Latest trade data compiled by MIT, Kenya imported second-hand clothes and textiles worth Sh38.5 billion ($298 million) in ...

The government needs to curb dumping. Mitumba imports were banned to protect local industry in the 1960s. This was eased in the 1980s to enable donation of clothes to refugees. The restriction was ...

Research in the Fashion and Textile Research Centre is creative, critical and courageous. Working across three interconnecting research groups and drawing on an array of creative, technical and ...

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South Africa’s clothing and textile sector plays a role in its industrialisation strategy, contributing about 2% to total manufacturing output and employing over 90 000 people in manufacturing ...

Graduate Diploma in Textile Design at Chelsea College of Arts is a one year pre-masters course which prepares you for further study in this area of practice. From October 2024, you can only apply for ...

The use of drones by several African countries in their fight against armed groups is causing significant harm to civilians, according to a new report. More than 943 civilians have been killed in ...

Budget announcements are rarely memorable events in South Africa. But the statement on March 12th by Enoch Godongwana, the finance minister, was one of the most notable since the end of white rule ...

Ms. Lerato Mataboge (South Africa) was elected as the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy (I&E) department. Ms. Mataboge is a global policy and trade and investment facilitation expert and is ...

Tue, March 11, 2025 Published on Mar. 10, 2025 Published on 2025-03-10T10:26:49+07:00 T Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex), one of Southeast Asia’s largest integrated textile manufacturers, officially ...