Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Political leaders are speaking out on behalf of Kenya‘s textile industry and issuing warnings about a government plan to allow ...

STORY: An economist says Kenya's textile industry may face renewed pressure amid changes to U.S. trade policy under President Donald Trump. The country is facing a 10% tariff on exports from August 1.

The Kenyan government plans to invest 200 million shillings ($1.6 million) to revamp and reopen closed garment factories in the East African nation. Mukhwana spoke to these plans during a weekend ...

Kenya has often been hailed as a leading exporter of textiles and apparel to the United States through the Africa Growth Opportunities Act (Agoa). This notion was underlined in last week’s annual ...

Nairobi — Agoa earned Kenya about Sh21.5 billion last year. But much remained to be done to broaden exports to the US, a top American trade official said yesterday. However, the African Growth and ...

Kenya is reaching out to Chinese entrepreneurs for help in reviving its moribund textile and apparel sector. The country believes the business community can offer insights that will enable it to scale ...

Political leaders are speaking out on behalf of Kenya‘s textile industry and issuing warnings about a government plan to allow duty-free fabric imports. Lawmakers and manufacturers from 24 of the ...