by TANVI_MUNJAL | Oct 11, 2023 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The cotton sectors in Kenya and Uganda have encountered significant obstacles, impeding their progress despite their promising potential. The potential reorganization within the highest levels of the Kenyan government holds promise for the country’s textile...
by Manali bhanushali | Jun 22, 2021 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
In the 1980s and early 1990s, the Rift Valley cities of Eldoret and Nakuru had a thriving textile industry that employed thousands of people. The government, on the other hand, is eager to revitalise the textile industry and turn them into important textile hubs in...
by Manali bhanushali | May 26, 2021 | Country Report, In-Depth Analysis, Market Reports
Abstract Most of those clothes are in fact donations from the US and Europe. More than 70% of all repurposed clothing in the UK is exported and sold. Approximately two million Kenyans work in the Mitumba market. Since the second-hand clothing industry and the formal...
by thaifilatex | Mar 24, 2021 | News & Insights
MOSCOW – Around 45% of the US paraxylene (PX) capacity was affected as the winter storms hit the US Gulf Coast. However, it has since come to light that 73% of US capacity was affected by the extreme weather, with INEOS Texas City declaring force majeure the...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 29, 2020 | Fashion
Kenyan fashion designers have cited the unregulated importation of second-hand clothes, popularly known as mitumba, as the biggest threat to the industry. According to a new study on the current state of the fashion industry, players said besides the current Covid-19...
by Mahendira.K | Jul 20, 2020 | Featured, Global Textiles, Textile Articles
INTRODUCTION Kenya, country in East Africa famed for its scenic landscapes and vast wildlife preserves. Its Indian Ocean coast provided historically important ports by which goods from Arabian and Asian traders have entered the continent for many centuries. Along that...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Feb 8, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Kenya foresees no conflict in pursuing close ties with both the United States and China, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said yesterday, as he meets US President Donald Trump today in Washington, DC, to start talks on a potential free trade agreement (FTA). Kenya is...
