MAURITIUS CLOTHING SECTOR NEEDS TO RECOVER DYNAMISM POST-COVID THROUGH ACCESS TO LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, SAYS NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN

A new Mauritius government plan designed to pull the country’s manufacturing industry into rude health after being buffeted by Covid-19 has proposed that the clothing and textile sector invests in the latest technology and uses it to leverage local design talent. This expenditure would be supported by a new government-backed modernisation fund. This Industrial Policy and Strategic Plan (IPSP) for 2020-25 was developed by Mauritius’ industrial development, SMEs and cooperatives ministry, working with the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development ...


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