Africa should build shared value chains instead of exporting raw materials: Kenyan expert.
By working together, Africa can distribute through professional logistics throughout Africa, with the backing of the AfCTA, help the production of yarns and fabrics and then clothes and fashion, and so on, Director General of Trade and Fairs East Africa Ltd., Shalilat Skander, told Sputnik Africa at the edge of Africa Source and Addis Fashion Week 2026.
"Cotton in West Africa is exported to China. And the Chinese have these technologies that can clean the cotton. And this cleaned cotton returns as fiber to Africa with fringes that go to Asia. ".
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