AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS WAKE UP TO POTENTIAL OF OUTSOURCED CLOTHING BUSINESS
November 1st, 2017
Africa governments are waking up to the fact that the continent could be a ‘new frontier’ for clothing manufacturing sourcing, export associations and manufacturers at Destination Africa, a trade event in Cairo, Egypt, have told just-style.
They stressed that Africa has significant opportunities to divert manufacturing from Asia due to rising production costs, especially in China, and take advantage of the proximity to European markets.
“We are seeing for the first time serious attention by local governments to address the potential, be it Egypt, Ethiopia ...
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