Cotton made in Africa news and archive

Cotton made in Africa benefits more than one million farmers

For the first time since its inception in 2005, the sustainable cotton initiative Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) cooperates with more than one million cotton farmers, 17 percent of whom are women. In 2017, a record sum of 90 million textiles bore the CmiA quality label. This was announced by the initiative in a press release on Thursday. “Africa...

People

Laura Chaplin is new CmiA ambassador

Laura Chaplin, granddaughter of world-famous actor Charlie Chaplin, is the new ambassador of Cotton made in Africa (CmiA). The young fashion designer wants to support the initiative for sustainable cotton farming through her label 'Smile by Laura Chaplin'. “I really wanted to be ambassador for Cotton made in Africa, because we share the same...

Business

Hakro joins CmiA initiative

The German Hakro GmbH, supplier of clothing for corporate fashion, work, leisure and sport, has recently signed a partnership agreement with Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) and will be buying CmiA-certified cotton in the future. About 30 retailers and brands are currently part of the Demand Alliance. The sourced cotton is produced in accordance...

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“The farmers profit in any case“- Tina Stridde, Aid by Trade Foundation

FashionUnited is always on the lookout for interesting companies, initiatives and people in fashion and related areas. Recently, we talked with Tina Stridde, CEO, Aid by Trade Foundation and Cotton made in Africa. At the interface of fashion and the exciting field of development cooperation, she works in an area that is gaining steadily in...

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Uganda joins Cotton made in Africa initiative

After Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, Uganda is the ninth country to support sustainable cotton farming through Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), an initiative by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF). Around Ugandan 5,400 smallholder farmers, verified by the Western Uganda Cotton Company (WUCC), are...

Fashion

CmiA Conference in Cologne presents African cotton

More than 150 experts across the textile value chain from nearly 20 countries participated last week in the 8th CmiA and Compaci Stakeholder Conference, which took place from 24th to 26th September in Cologne. The main goals of the two initiatives is to make African cotton competitive and to provide a sustainable basis for people and nature. In...

Apparel

Cotton made in Africa now in Cameroon

Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), an initiative by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) that helps African cotton farmers help themselves, now also includes Cameroon as seventh African nation after Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, according to yesterday’s press release by the initiative. The extension means that after...

Fashion

Rösch offers first 100 percent CmiA collection

German textile and apparel company Rösch believes in maximum transparency in the textile value chain and is the first company to offer a sleepwear collection made of 100 percent CmiA cotton that can be traced back to the African cotton growing region. Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is an initiative by the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) that...