21 Jun
21. June 2023
09:00 – 12:00
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Forum
Textile Buyers Forum 2023
Online Textile Buyers Forum 2023
East Africa has been developing into an additional focus for textile and garment manufacturing in East Asia for several years. Due to its low labour costs, flexible working hours and competitive labour-related tax structure, this region is the destination of choice for large, labour-intensive sectors, including textile and fashion production.
Together with the AFRICA SOURCING AND FASHION WEEK (ASFW) and GIZ, we would like to invite you to this important online forum where the most important producing countries in East Africa present themselves.
Representatives of the free trade zones and governments from Mauritius, Madagascar, Kenya and Ethiopia will present their countries. textile and fashion production.
- Date: 21 June
- Time: 9:00 am
Agenda:
09.00 Uhr | Opening Remarks
Skander Negasi, Organizer of 9th AFRICA SOURCING AND FASHION WEEK – ASFW and President of East Africa Textile and Apparel Center
Susanne Pass, Managing Director of Dialog Textil Bekleidung e.V. (DTB), Germany
09.15 Uhr | Outlook of Economy in East Africa
Mr. Carsten, Director East Africa German Trade and Invest – GTAI
09.35 Uhr | Introduction MAURITIUS
Mr. Jerome Couve, CEO of Tropic Knits Ltd and Chairperson of the Textile and Apparel Committee of MEXA
10.05 | Introduction MADAGASCAR
Mr. Ilann Hiridjee, General Manager, Actual Textiles
Mr. ShumaN Mahbub, General Manager, Best Brand Apparels
Ms. Jessie Andriamampianina, Independent
10.35 Uhr | Introduction KENYA
Mr. Hussein Adan Mohamed, Acting CEO Export Processing Zones Authority – EPZA
Mr. Heman Boodia, Managing Director, Mahalakshmi EPZ ltd
11.05 Uhr | Introduction ETHIOPIA
Mr. Hibret Lemma, CEO, Hawassa Industrial Park
11.30 Uhr | Q&A session
Mr. Hibret Lemma, CEO, Hawassa Industrial Park
12.00 Uhr | Closing Remarks
Ms. Anna Waldmann, Program Head Sustainable Industrial Clusters, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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