AFRICAN GARMENT MAKERS SEEK TIGHTER CONTINENTAL INTEGRATION OF THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS, EXPO PARTICIPANTS SAY

African garment and textile manufacturers are trying to create more synergy to better integrate the supply chain within the continent, but North African producers still dominate, and are expanding capacity, particularly in Egypt, say participants at a major regional industry meeting. At the Destination Africa exhibition (November 9-11) in Cairo, Egypt, which brought together Egyptian, Moroccan, Tunisian, Algerian, Ethiopian, South African and Rwandan manufacturers and delegations, there were buyers from all over the world, eyeing up new production hubs as labour ...


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