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DESPITE CHALLENGES IN PRIVATE EDUCATION, AFRICA HAS PROMISING FUTURE AS YOUNGEST CONTINENT SAYS GROUP CEO OF HONORIS UNITED UNIVERSITIES
Africa is the continent with the youngest population in the world, and so needs to expand effective higher education, Dr Jonathan Louw, group CEO of Honoris United Universities (HUU), the largest pan-African tertiary education network, has told UWN.
In an exclusive interview in Tunis, Tunisia, Dr Louw noted how the fact that almost 60% of Africa’s population is under 25 years old presents a huge opportunity for higher education in Africa.…
RESEARCHERS STRUGGLE TO GET POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
African environmental academics are struggling to get political and social support for their solutions to problems such as the desertification in North Africa and the Sahel region.
In Africa, there is a “disconnect” between policymakers and researchers, and “to some extent, even the community”, including research findings released by academics and even research institutes, said Sanusi Bello Shamaki, professor at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, north-west Nigeria.…
DIGITAL INNOVATORS LOOK TO SPEAK GROWTH IN AFRICAN COTTON PRODUCTION AND TERADE
INTRODUCTION
With the textile industry under pressure from consumers, regulators and standards to become more sustainable, companies are looking at all aspects of the supply chain – including upstream to fibre production. Digitalisation has a key role to play here, especially in supplier countries where the use of such technology is weak – such as in Africa.…
EUROPEAN MINIMUM WAGE RULE IMPACTS CLOTHING SOURCING DECISIONS
The striking of a political agreement over a European Union (EU) directive that will guide how its 27 member states set minimum wages, with the goal of increasing pay in low salary sectors such as clothing and textile manufacturing, is being watched closely by the fashion industry.…
NORTH AFRICA’S TEXTILE SECTOR TARGETS LONG TERM GROWTH WITH DIGITAL PRINTING INVESTMENT
The Covid-19 pandemic may have been disruptive for the international textile sector, but in emerging regional outsourcing hubs such as north Africa, the potential offered by digital printing is so clear that investment into this modern finishing segment has continued.
Tunisia is a case in point.…
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND TRIBUNALS BEING DEVELOPED TO SOLVE ISLAMIC FINANCE DISPUTES
International legal arbitration systems and judicial standards are emerging to help solve complex Islamic finance disputes, while national judicial and informal dispute resolution systems continue to develop – in civil and religious law institutions.
Informal dispute resolution processes can, of course, resolve disagreements without recourse to the payment of damage and potentially without damaging valuable reputations.…
SMART TEXTILES TARIFFS AND DUTIES – DEEP DIVE
INTRODUCTION
In the competitive and innovative world of smart textile manufacturing and sale, companies strive to maximise functionality and minimise costs. Their ingenuity is the basis of their competitiveness. But as with all industries, some costs are out of their control.…
MOROCCO CLOTHING INDUSTRY WORKS TO DEEPEN BACKWARD LINKAGES AS IT EYES NEAR-SOURCING BUSINESS
The Moroccan Textile and Clothing Industry Association (AMITH) is pushing ahead with a new strategic programme to develop backward linkages for its clothing industry command to enable it to grab more business as European and American brands consider nearsourcing their products.…
THE OUTSOURCING/NEARSOURCING/RESHORING STRUGGLE WITHIN THE PROTECTIVE AND PERFORMANCE TEXTILE SEGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a reassessment of the model of relying on one or two outsourcing locations. It has demonstrated that when there is a major disruption caused by an emergency as serious as a pandemic, shipping and industrial processing can be disrupted.…
THE POTENTIAL OF ITALY’S HALAL FOOD MARKET EMERGING POST-PANDEMIC
When France’s fast-food chain O’Tacos (www.o-tacos.fr) announced in 2020 that it would be selling in Italy its halal-certified French-style meat and vegetable wraps, Italian Muslims took this as a sign that halal was going mainstream in their country. O’Tacos’ first Italian outpost will open in January 2022 in Rome (delayed by Covid-19) and more openings in 2022 are planned in major Italian cities, including Milan and Bologna, said Yassin Baradai, founder of Milan-based Meem Communication (https://meemcommunication.com/…