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1 sie 2015 · What is the true potential of East Africa to grow into a major garment-sourcing hub? To find out, we visited factories in the region; interviewed stakeholders, including manufacturers and buyers; and analyzed market data.
Tesco—began sourcing some of their garments from Ethiopia. The rest of the apparel industry took notice: since 2013, there has been rising interest in not just Ethiopia but also other East African countries as potential sourcing destinations for apparel. Also contributing to the buzz is the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity
markets are leading apparel players to rethink their sourcing and supply chain setups. The rise of omnichannel and fast fashion require players to adapt to higher flexibility, more collections, the ability to deal with small batch sizes, and quick responses.
25 sie 2021 · As wages rise in Asia (AfDB, 2018), initiatives have tended to focus on enhancing productivity and capitalising on cheaper labour in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s textiles and apparel sector, primarily associated with producing basic clothing items in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) (Kobia et al., 2017).
Challenge #1: Limited industry upgrading and local textile production capacity. Textile to apparel export ratio. Source: UN Comtrade (2019)
29 lip 2019 · Apparel exports from Africa to the U.S. and EU are seeing steady growth and it could soon become a substantial player in global sourcing.
27 lip 2022 · As we have seen with recent moves to the continent by Twitter, Google, and others, there is large scope for fashion retailers to use manufacturing in West Africa as a launchpad into this growing continental market, with free movement of goods and services under AfCFTA.
