18Dec 2024
A Rallying Call for Global Textile Reuse in 2025
MCAK Chairperson, Teresia Wairimu Njenga celebrates “our most successful and global advocacy campaign ever” but calls for global reuse and recyclers to unite in the face of extreme challenges ahead. […]
16Jul 2023
VOA News Podcast
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24Feb 2023
Kenya-China trade growing businesses in Kenya
Trade between the two countries has evolved over years, from the pre-Kenya independent era; the colonial era when Kenya was ruled by the British Empire, and the Cold War era, into modern-day trade.
01May 2022
Kenya’s mitumba dealers push for setting up of re-export facilities
Dealers in second-hand clothes (mitumba) in Kenya want the government to introduce sorting centres, saying such facilities would allow the country to export clothing to high-demand markets in the US and Europe.
22Apr 2022
Mitumba dealers plan sorting centres for exports
The sector launched a report on Thursday that shows that Kenya is well-positioned geographically to act as a global hub linking other markets throughout Africa to the US, and Europe.
04Jan 2022
Mitumba imports jump four-fold in the third quarter
Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that 49,176 tonnes of second-hand clothes were imported into the country in the third quarter of last year compared to 13,334 tonnes in 2020.
11Mar 2021
Mitumba not a threat to Kenya’s domestic textile industry: report
The think tank put the average spending on new clothes per household at Sh450 compared to Sh280 for mitumba, which is common with poor households, according to Kneyan media reports.