Africa has been the West’s dumping ground for far too long: a new recommerce enterprise aims to sell last season’s high fashion at significantly lower prices.
Countries exporting textiles to the EU market face new sustainability requirements. Kenya, with its growing textiles industry and ambition to become greener, can take advantage of this. Drawing from their research and looking back at a recent webinar, Nadia Ashraf and Jeske van Seters argue that Kenya and the EU can work together to support the transition towards circular textiles, building on a long-standing partnership.