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Chinese investment in sub-Saharan Africa’s textile processing sector is creating new capacity for finishing, but progress is uneven. Whilst China’s growing presence in the region is far from universally popular, industry figures consulted by International Dyer across the continent were generally positive about the trend.…

Ethiopia’s booming textile industry is set to benefit from a new partnership between Chinese textile company Zhejiang Jinda Flax Llc and the Ethiopian ministry of industry.

A memorandum of understanding signed mid-May outlined how Zhejiang Jinda Flax and the ministry would form a joint company, the Kingdom Linen Textile Industrial Zone, which will be responsible for the construction and development of the textile industrial zone project.…

Final negotiations are under way to secure f a planned investment by Turkish textile manufacturer Akber to construct the biggest textile plant in Ethiopia so far.

A spokesperson at Ethiopia’s Textile Industry Development Institute (TIDI) confirmed to just-style that talks with Akber are taking place but stressed that a final agreement is yet to be signed, and that further details will be released soon.…

ETHIOPIA, whose large economy grew 8.5% in 2012, is cracking down on corruption. Ed Mckenna, reports from Addis Ababa.

LAST year saw Ethiopian authorities make their biggest move against corruption in more than 10 years, leading to the arrests of more than 50 high profile citizens, including government officials, businessmen and even a minister.…

Ethiopia’s large livestock industry is set to undergo a shakeup following a new livestock trading bill passed on January 21. The new law, due to be enforced in March, is designed to tighten Ethiopia’s livestock market, increasing its efficiency and value by eliminating middle-men, unregulated animal markets and illegal cross border trades.…

THE CIVIL conflict and political tension that has wracked South Sudan since December has delayed already difficult discussions about building a new oil pipeline to this troubled, oil-rich and landlocked country. As it stands, South Sudan – the world’s newest country – has only one option for exporting its crude: a pipeline cutting through Sudan – the country from which it seceded in 2011, following a decades-long civil war.…

British retailer Tesco is making efforts to raise working conditions and ethical standards in Ethiopia’s textile industry before it begins sourcing garments from the horn of Africa country.

“We think the garment industry in Ethiopia has great potential – both to produce good quality clothing for our customers and to create jobs and economic growth for the country.…

The Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) has said that the call by Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome in January for Chinese clothing and textile companies to invest in his country is grounded in good horse sense.

“Ethiopia offers cheap labor, free rent, cheap electricity, duty free import of machinery and goods, favorable rules and regulations, cheap air freight, quality and Ethiopian cotton, ” Bantihun Gessesse, institute spokesperson told just-style.…

Ethiopia’s Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA), the government agency responsible for quality assurance in the country’s higher education sector, is to implement new measures designed to lift standards at Ethiopia’s universities. The initiative comes amidst major concerns about the state of Ethiopia’s tertiary education.…

Ethiopia’s Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA), the government agency responsible for quality assurance in the country’s higher education sector, is to implement new measures designed to lift standards at Ethiopia’s universities. The initiative comes amidst major concerns about the state of Ethiopia’s tertiary education.…