Uganda Textile News Summaries

UGANDA: Picfare Group invests $28m in textile division
The Picfare Group of Industries has invested US$28 million in Southern Range Nyanza Ltd (SRNL), its textile arm of the business.The company has invested in state of the art knitting and dying machinery at a

UGANDA: Organic cotton firm wins best exporter award
President Y.K. Museveni has said that the fault lies with the ministries of Finance and Industry for the low exports earnings of the country as they have failed to effectively

UGANDA: Training to improve exhibition skills
THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has donated sh 17 m for imparting training to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to enhance their exhibition skills. The training's theme will be: "How to improve exhibition skills."

UGANDA: Need to develop the value chain of textile industry
Uganda must attract new investments into the collapsed textile industry if a revival of any kind is to be achieved in a sector that was once vibrant. The decline of the textile industry especially cotton sub-sector started in the

UGANDA: Textile workers sign agreement to improve working conditions
Textile workers have signed an agreement with their employers to improve their working conditions and benefits. Yuichi Kashiwada of Phenix Logistics and Velupillai Kananathan of the defunct Apparel Tri-Star signed the agreement on behalf

UGANDA: Growing organic cotton means no poverty
For many farmers growing organic cotton means no poverty. Every farmer wants to plant cotton. Cotton is the country’s lifeline. Alex Okello says “"In 2005 when I heard that Dunavant

UGANDA: Textile workers can join industry unions
The Textile Manufacturers Association of Uganda (TEMAU) has signed an agreement with the Uganda Textiles, Garments, Leather and Allied Workers' Union (UTGLAWU). The move is expected to reduce strikes in

UGANDA: Impose duty on Palm oil to boost cotton sector
Uganda Cotton Development Organization has asked the government to impose import duty on palm oil to help the country’s cotton sector.

UGANDA: Govt to acquire 47% shares in Phenix Logistics
The government plans to acquire 47% shares in the garment manufacturing company, Phenix Logistics at a cost of sh5b.

UGANDA: Cotton exports show reasonable growth
The Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) has said that this years exports generated sh49b as compared to sh34b the previous year.

UGANDA: Huge potential for cotton cultivation in North
Revenues from cotton exports increased by 44% to sh49b as compared with sh34b for the previous year. The higher cotton production in eastern Uganda

UGANDA: Dunavant awarded World's Most Ethical Award 2007
The Dunavant Enterprise has emerged as this years agricultural and food processing 2007 World's Most Ethical (WME) because of the true spirit of Ethisphere's credo: good, smart, business and profit.

UGANDA: TWG to boost organic cotton sector
Uganda’s organic cotton sector is likely to get a boost as the Washington based consultancy group Whitaker and 1888 mills company are exploring avenues in Africa.

UGANDA: Nyanza Textile Industries shareholders claim for compensation
Nytil was incorporated in Uganda in January 1949 and became a public company in 1968. In 1973, it was nationalised

UGANDA: Homegrown textiles not preferred by locals
Small children in Uganda wear shirts from Adidas, shorts from Nike, the socks from Brooks and the spiked shoes from Asics. The children are not American.

UGANDA: MP wants textile policy to be declared without delay
The Worker’s MP, Sam Lyomoki has requested the government to urgently implement the counterfeit bill to be complemented by the national textile policy.

UGANDA: Indian textile firm to open cotton factory in Uganda
An Indian textile company "ANGELIQUE International Limited" has asked the government for its help in setting up a cotton factory in Uganda's cotton industry.

UGANDA: Town Council joins HIHU to build textile factory
A textile factory worth $600,000 (about Shs1 billion) is to be established in Mukono Town Council. The project is a joint venture...

UGANDA: Policy to revive textile industry needed
The textile industry is the only economic sector in Uganda. But it has attracted the least investors for the last 20 years. It is the only area which hardly attracts donor support especially as far as technical and postgraduate training is concerned...

UGANDA: Financial support offered evolves legal question over funds
The financial support offered under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) to textile firms especially those exporting to the US by the Uganda government has evolved questions over...

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