The global manufacturing map is changing fast, raising questions about the future of the Nigerian textile industry. On one hand, the country’s manufacturing sector faces higher costs at home, cheaper competition abroad and a global economic slowdown, compelling some textile firms to outsource and offshore lower skilled production to cheaper labor markets in Africa. On […]Read more

(CNN) — Teta Isibo had always had a flair for design but she didn’t realize she could make a career out of it until the time she asked an artisan to craft a pair of earrings she’d drawn. “My friends all loved them,” recalls the Rwandan designer. “So friends started placing orders, and then friends […]Read more

Reuse. Reduce. Recycle. That is the mantra of environmentalists. This should also be our collective mantra as humans. From the fig leaves and animal hides used as clothing for the early man, the linen of ancient Egypt, the silks developed in the Chinese dynasty and finally to the denims, polyester and a whole lot of […]Read more