Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry

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Cotton exporter Benin developing home-grown textile industry
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On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts - part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector.

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Benin has in the last few years become Africa's leading cotton producer, with annual production of 728,000 tonnes in 2020/21, according to government figures. It exports almost all of that raw, with the majority going to Bangladesh.

GDIZ started two years ago as the result of a partnership between the government and Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms , a pan-African venture partly owned by the Africa Finance Corporation.People work at a shirt-making factory in the Glo-Djigbe Industrial Zone in Abomey-Calavi, Benin October 13, 2022.

"When the Glo-Djigbe factory starts its activities, I am sure that we will earn more," said 46-year-old cotton farmer Leonard Madjaedou, who has benefited from government support to boost his yields.

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Why don’t you say “forced labor.” You always say forced labor for China.

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Forward!

well done Benin!

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