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Nigeria launches new programme to revive its cotton, textile and garment industry

The federal government of Nigeria has launched a new initiative to revitalize its cotton, textile, and garment (CTG) industry as it aims to reposition the sector as a hub for employment, industrial growth, and export competitiveness. Also known as the National Cotton, Textile and Garment Industrial Transformation Programme (NCTG-ITP), the...

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Putting priorities back into production

How can garment manufacturers enable environmental transformation? And how can they do this in a nationally coordinated, structured and country-specific way? This is why the manufacturer-led ATTI platform (Apparel and Textile Transformation Initiative) was conceived a couple of years ago and officially established as an organisation in 2025. Its...

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Ethiopian textile and garment sector facing boom times

As part of a manufacturing boom, Ethiopia, dubbed by some as "Africa's Bangladesh", is set to give its textile and garment sector a major boost, planning to increase its export capacity from 21.8 million birr (1.06 million US dollars) in 2009/10 to 100 million birr (4.89 million US dollars) by 2014/15. According to the government's latest Growth...