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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – KENYA OPENED UP AS KNITWEAR SOURCING CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN BUYERS



Kenya is being opened as a potential outsourcing centre for European Union (EU) knitwear brands by a new EU-Kenya Economic Partnership agreement, now being considered for ratification by the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament (1). Once implemented, the deal will remove 12% and 9.6% EU duties charged on many knitted apparel exports from Kenya, potentially boosting a knitted apparel and accessory trade, growing in recent years.…

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KENYA GOVERNMENT MULLS TEXTILE PROTECTIONISM, BUT INDUSTRY LEADERS WARN THIS COULD BE A MISTAKE



Kenya’s government has proposed imposing a 25% tariff increase on imported clothing and textiles, a move designed to wean Kenyans off luxury imported clothes, supporting a domestic clothing and textile industry that has been harmed deeply by foreign-made garment sales.

Confirming the intention to introduce the new tax measures, investments, trade and industry cabinet secretary (minister) Moses Kuria said the new taxes would help Kenya’s textile and clothing industry: “The country has a rich textile sector that should be expanded,” said Kuria on August 14, while addressing Kenyan textile investors.…

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KENYA PUSHES AHEAD AS EAST AFRICA’S PAINT SECTOR POWERHOUSE



Kenya remains east Africa’s economic powerhouse and its ability to supply and encourage the region’s paint and coatings sector remains strong. Sales in paints, varnishes, pigments and other related coatings are expected to grow by 2.86% annually until 2028, according to insights from Statista (1), a Germany-based provider of market intelligence and business solutions.…

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COVID 19 CREATES E-LEARNING SYSTEMS THAT COULD DELIVER TERTIARY EDUCATION TO PRISONS



The Covid-19 pandemic’s expansion of online learning has created new higher education opportunities to teach African prison inmates, even if some jail administrators and government officials have often been reluctant to take advantage of these options. The idea that prison can deliver personal growth and reform as well as punishment and justice is not universally accepted across the continent, restricting the potential of higher online learning for inmates.…

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AFRICAN UNIVERSTIES START WORK TO IMPROVE DISABLED ACCESS, SO ALL ACADEMIC TALENT GETS A CHANCE



A growing number of successful good practice case studies in Africa are helping guide universities and colleges into how best to boost access to higher education across the continent. More than 80 million Africans have disabilities, according to the UN (1).…

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AFRICA’S SECONDHAND CLOTHING MARKET UNDERMINES APPAREL MANUFACTURING



Concerns continue to be raised about the negative impact of the used-clothing trade with sub-Saharan Africa, hobbling the development of the region’s clothing and textile sector, although some experts warn its removal will not be easy.

According to the most recent UN data, the world’s used clothing exports increased from only USD2.5 billion in 2009 to over USD4.2 billion in 2019, noted Dr Sheng Lu, associate Professor at the Department of Fashion & Apparel Studies, University of Delaware, USA.…

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KENYA’S HALAL FOOD MARKET AND INDUSTRY IS GROWING, BUT EXPANSION COULD BE MADE MORE SUSTAINABLE



The halal food market and industry in Kenya, east Africa’s economic hub, is growing, say experts, although reforms in regulation and certification are needed to underpin the sustainability of this growth.

As elsewhere, said Eugene Jernigan, director of International Trade Policy and Development at the Action Green for Trade and Sustainable Development (AGTSD) organisation, that serves small businesses in Kenya, Covid-19 hit food service sales in Kenya, and that included halal outlets.…

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AML LAW ‘NOT GEARED UP’ FOR DECENTRALISED FINANCE



Decentralised finance – DeFi for short -is a growing variety of blockchain-based financial services, such as loans and insurance, that can operate without central control from an intermediary. While some say DeFi will democratise finance and liberate the under-banked, it is also an increasing area of interest for anti-money laundering (AML) authorities, who rely on the existence of intermediaries to enforce AML procedures.…

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KENYA BUSINESS LEADERS CALL FOR STRENGTHENING OF KENYA TEXTILE BACKWARD LINKAGES TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE TO SECONDHAND CLOTHES



The Kenyan government is being urged to strengthen the country’s backward linkages in clothing and textile production to ease poorer Kenyans’ reliance on imports of commercial second-hand clothing, factory and shop rejects.
Phyllis Wakiaga, chief executive officer at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM),  stressed to just-style how the textile, apparel and cotton sub-sector has been identified as a key priority, with the potential for high growth and economic impact.…

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IMAGINATION AND INNOVATION PUSHES SMALL-SCALE RENEWABLES INTO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA



Sub-Saharan Africa has natural resources that aids the development of renewable energy, it has lots of sun, plentiful wind, and much potentially sustainable biomass. With the development of small-scale affordable renewable energy technologies, such systems have been promoted by major aid agencies keen to prevent deforestation and excessive reliance on fossil fuels, that – even where they are plentiful, have not usually led to widespread economic development.…

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