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Africa year-end review 2025: Stress-testing and strategic shifts
05 Jan 2026 03:44 GMT
… Lesotho firms began pushing deeper into EU and intra-African … rules (including producer responsibility measures) and … , while cotton processors are adopting Better Cotton Initiative (BCI … programmes, aligning local production with European Green Deal …
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The Aliko Dangote phenomenon in Nigeria and Africa: A deeper perspective on industrial development potential
01 Jan 2026 11:39 GMT
… coast for export. Agricultural produce and minerals flowed outward … , given Nigeria’s cotton production and labour availability. … consistently emphasises that Africans must mobilise to … across Africa, including Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Despite its population, …
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How Zimbabwean Agriculture Can Harness AI to Boost Yields and Climate Resilience
30 Dec 2025 02:04 GMT
AS climate shocks intensify and input costs continue to rise, Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector is under growing pressure to produce more with fewer resources. From recurrent droughts in Matabeleland and parts of Mashonaland to fertiliser shortages and post- …
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Fashion industry shake-up lifts African manufacturers
26 Dec 2025 02:29 GMT
… rebuild vertical integration from
cotton growers to finished garments.
… on capacity requirements, productivity benchmarks and
delivery timelines …
triggered disruption. In Lesotho, 2025 tariff adjustments … to facilitate
intra-African sourcing of fabrics …
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Ghana Poised to Reclaim Leadership in Africa’s Textile Industry – Dr. Zankawah
19 Dec 2025 15:33 GMT
Dr. Sanusi Zankawah, a Ghanaian international trade expert, says Ghana is on the brink of a rare and strategic opportunity to reclaim its position as a continental leader in textile and apparel manufacturing.
He points to a proposal to establish two major …
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Global Sustainable Farming Gets Boost as Bonsucro and Better Cotton Partner on Climate Resilience Initiative
13 Dec 2025 07:17 GMT
Bonsucro, the global leader in promoting sustainable sugarcane, has announced a new partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) to advance the Climate Resilience Platform (CRP) and …
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2025 Staff Favorite Picks: African Music, Culture & Literature That Moved Us
13 Dec 2025 00:31 GMT
… colorism exists, many North Africans are proud Africans, and no country’s … of films like Khartoum and Cotton Queen, and books like … what else is bubbling in Southern Africa, and compiled a list of … our monthly list of top Southern African songs you need to …
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Modi on mission Africa, to visit Ethiopia next week
10 Dec 2025 20:06 GMT
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ethiopia on December 16-17, marking his third trip to Africa this year and strengthening India's role as a leader of the global south, said people familiar with the matter.
The PM will head for …
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The legacy of crop colonialism in Africa
07 Dec 2025 08:34 GMT
… . In Southern Africa, vast tobacco estates emerged in Zimbabwe and Malawi, while cotton fields spread … agricultural policy in Kenya, a regional food-production hub. By recognising farmer-managed seed …
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Africa’s shame: its hidden role in the slave trade
05 Dec 2025 15:12 GMT
… Civil War, supplies of cotton from the American south dropped … 1850 they had reached the Angolan coast.
The explorer David … Zanzibar in what is today Namibia';s Caprivi Strip. Travelling … the economy including in the production and dyeing of cloth.
In …