Africa Grows the Cotton. A Dakar Gathering Asks Who Profits.

Attendees and exhibitors at Africa Sourcing & Fashion Week (ASFW) Dakar 2026, the continental trade fair on textile sourcing and fashion industrialisation

The most important fashion event in Dakar this year had less to do with fashion than with industry. For three days in March, the Centre des Expositions de Diamniadio drew manufacturers, policymakers, textile producers, leather experts, investors, designers, entrepreneurs and development partners from across Africa and beyond, gathered for the inaugural Africa Sourcing & Fashion […]