PRESS RELEASE: Since its inception on 2001, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), has strengthened USA — Africa trade relations and increased exports from the continent to this major market.

The fertile ground of African apparel sourcing is finally turning from seed to sprout after years of its potential lying dormant. Driven in part by a desire among companies to diversify their ...

NAIROBI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Norah Nasimiyu knows the future of Kenya's garment trade, which has employed her for 13 years and helped her put six children through school and university, lies in the ...

AFA copy 39088019762160 is a gift from Janet Stanley. "Featuring fifty-five pieces of African textiles, clothing, headwear, and jewelry, African Apparel: Threaded Transformations across the 20th ...

Business is brisk at the African clothing store Kutula in Los Angeles. It’s owned by sisters Kay and Bo Anuluoha. You won’t find your grandmother’s traditional church outfit here; Kutula sells fashion ...

The US African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) opens the door to West Africa to fill the void created by uncertainties in existing US fashion industry apparel supply chains, DTRT Apparel co-founder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leading global textile manufacturing and end-to-end solutions company CherryField Apparel has acquired the Africa Apparels EPZ Ltd ...

In a tour of the African Fashion exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, designer Reni Folawiyo posed a question: “What does it look like creatively, economically, and politically for us to decide to stand ...

When Ifafunke Oladigbolu moved to Berkeley from Nigeria in 1991, she missed the vibrancy and vividness of Nigerian fashion. Knowing the impact of clothing on one’s self esteem, Oladigbolu said she ...

The make-up of our culture can include — but is not limited to — the things we eat, do and wear. For many Africans and African Americans, African textiles have been around for as long as they can ...