AllAfrica News: Trade

[Bird Story Agency] Once primarily worn as wrappers and ceremonial dress, Akwete cloth is finding new life in contemporary clothing and university training. Weavers, educators and heritage specialists say expanding its market could preserve generations of knowledge while creating new livelihoods.

[allAfrica] There was a time when cotton was more than just another crop in Kenya. In parts of the country, it was white gold. Farmers planted it knowing that the harvest could pay school fees, put food on the table and keep money circulating in rural communities. Cooperatives provided a link between farmers and markets, ginneries kept workers employed and textile mills had a re...

[This Day] The Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE), has secured a licence from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to facilitate the trading and clearing of petroleum liquids, in a development expected to deepen price discovery, transparency and investment in Nigeria's energy market.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Morocco made further progress on Tuesday (11) in Rabat on the process of creating the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an initiative aimed at strengthening economic and commercial ties between the two countries.

[Bird Story Agency] Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers into a regional textile industry.