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Bold Designs, Green Futures: Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 Highlights African Innovation in Regenerative Fashion
05 Feb 2025 09:17 GMT
… by Bone, from RwandaBut beyond the stunning collections, … showcased at the event. “Africa and Africans have been known … African origin in their creations, including organic Senegalese cotton, raw cotton … local craftspeople to produce garments that reflect the …
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“Africa Should not Import any Food,” says President Museveni
04 Feb 2025 23:21 GMT
… Africa to achieve self-sufficiency in food production … agricultural products and earn more.
“If I sell a kilo of cotton … a group of Gabonese military officers who … food production, improving farming techniques, and ensuring sustainable agricultural development …
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Two decades on, Africa’s agricultural vision remains unfulfilled
28 Jan 2025 11:37 GMT
… celebrating. Countries like Rwanda stand out, showing … initiatives like the African Continental Free Trade … patented seeds by powerful multinational corporations locks farmers … threatens indigenous crops, undermining Africa’s rich agricultural heritage and …
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[Archive] Africa-Asia: More business than Bandung
28 Jan 2025 09:00 GMT
… increasing oil imports from African producers in Angola, Nigeria and … working and training farmers in Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, Madagascar and … on projects developing rice, cotton, solar energy and … commodities and related products. As with Africa’s EU and …
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Central African Republic interested in investments from Russia — president
16 Jan 2025 17:23 GMT
… Central African Republic (CAR) is interested in investments from Russia in agriculture … to agriculture and animal farming, to facilitate diversification of cotton and … raise cotton and produce sugar. As regards special machinery for agriculture development …
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COLONIAL AFRICA: Economic dependency and the legacy of exploitation
18 Jan 2025 13:48 GMT
… crops like cocoa, cotton, and coffee replaced subsistence farming, leaving African … as the Congo, were plundered … African agricultural products to compete in international markets. For instance, cotton farmers in West Africa … of Africa’s largest oil producers, …
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Ghana leads Africa with visa-free entry for all African passport holders
17 Jan 2025 15:10 GMT
… father and prominent Pan-Africanist Nkrumah, by continuing … Rwanda, Seychelles, and Benin, as the only African … Despite this, African nations consistently produce new innovative ideas … producing, and cotton-producing nations in Africa, amongst innumerable …
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Unlocking Africa’s Future with BRICS
15 Jan 2025 22:07 GMT
… given to Africans was mostly political … African development and growth. African farms were forced to change their crop … African industrialization, like cotton and seed oils production, were discouraged.
Some agricultural … of the Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe, …
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Agricultural Export Prices in Cemac Drop 14.3% by September 2024
10 Jan 2025 16:18 GMT
(Business in Cameroon) - The prices of agricultural exports in … to the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). The latest … dropped by 21.4%, cotton by 8.1%, … categories: energy products, metals and minerals, forest products, agricultural products, and fishery …
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Why Africa may remain poor even after 100 years
28 Dec 2024 11:32 GMT
… Democratic Republic of Congo, where decades of … . Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, has earned … Africans could be displaced due to climate-related issues (World Bank). Agriculture … African farmers to compete in global markets. For instance, cotton farmers …