Benin Turns 30% of Its Cotton Into Jobs and Garments
Africa grows cotton but loses billions by exporting it raw instead of turning it into clothes and jobs. Now Benin is showing how keeping cotton processing local could create 300,000 jobs by 2030.
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Tanzania Invests in Textile Mills to Process Its Own Cotton
Tanzania grows thousands of tons of cotton each year but imports most of its fabric from China. New factories and investment zones are closing this gap, creating hundreds of jobs and keeping more money at home.
Africa Launches Hub to Tell Its Cotton-to-Cloth Story
A new journalism initiative aims to change how the world sees African manufacturing by telling the story of cotton that leaves Africa as raw fiber and returns as finished garments worth 50 times more. The project could help African nations save billions in borrowing costs driven by negative media coverage.
