Africa
How Buyers Are Rebuilding Sourcing Portfolios
A look at why Africa and emerging markets are back on the table.
China Grants Duty-Free Access for Nearly All Products From Africa
Weeks after the United States Congress approved a bill extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act…
Examining Africa as a Sourcing Alternative
One issue is not that export demand is unimportant, but that it is treated as the only factor that matters.
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Ways and Means Committee Shows Bipartisan Support for Three-Year Renewal of AGOA, Haiti HOPE-HELP
Both trade preference programs lapsed in late September without a renewal despite widespread and bipartisan…
What Now? Legacy Africa Trade Preference Program Expires
AGOA, which provided duty-free treatment for 1,800 exports from 32 Sub-Saharan African nations, lapsed…
Kantamanto’s Women Sellers Are Tired of Dealing With the Global North’s Textile Trash
Women, many of them single mothers, make up the majority of the secondhand clothing market's retailers, yet…
Trump’s Policies Are Roiling Africa’s Garment and Textiles Industry
Between the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the potential implementation of tariffs…
African Designers Want Chinese Market, and Investment, to Grow Local Fashion Industry
Some 22 designer brands from 12 African countries came to Shanghai Fashion Week to attract Chinese buyers and…
US Lawmakers Protest African, Latin American Aid Agencies’ Dissolution
USADF and IAF play a "crucial role" supporting community-driven development, economic growth and democratic…
Trade Trends: Tariff Tension and the Rise of the Global South
Kearney's latest reporting shows that economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America are rapidly rising to…
Shein Consolidates Charitable Efforts
Between 2021 and 2024, Shein reportedly disbursed $26 million-plus toward ESG and CSR initiatives. Now, those…
To Renew or Not to Renew? What AGOA Means to Apparel Sourcing
How does the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act fit into supply chain diversification in the wake of impending…
Only Doubles African Organic Cotton Volume
The Bestseller brand sourced the cotton using a direct-to-farm model.
Frasers Set to Expand Into Malta and Africa
Frasers' non-controlling stake in Hudson Malta allows for the expansion of Sports Direct and other Frasers'…
CmiA Partners Power 2023 Sustainability Successes for African Cotton
The aggregated validation report confirms progress across the sustainably grown African cotton initiative's…