by Sentex | Dec 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Handloom weaving is one of the largest traditional handicraft sectors in Africa. Mostly informally organised, rudimentary working conditions, low wages and an outdated reputation are the usual attributes of hand weaving. But African design is experiencing a...
by Sentex | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Thanks to the support of the GIZ Invest for Jobs program, which operates in eight African countries, a delegation of African private companies and partners from the textile sector from Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal attended Munich Fabric Start on 2 and 3...
by Sentex | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Over the past 18 months, Rahma Couture in Diourbel (located in the center of Senegal) has trained young women in textile through tailoring, moving beyond basic cut-make-trim (CMT) operations to offer comprehensive skills in garment production. Unlike traditional...
by Sentex | May 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
On the Colobane market, an animated square in the heart of Dakar, second-hand clothes merchants negotiate daily amid hundreds of clothes called “feugue-diaye”, the term in wolof langage for second-hand clothes imported by the thousands of tons into Senegal...
by Sentex | Feb 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Traditional hand weaving has existed on the African continent for centuries. However, the example of Senegal shows the plight of the craft in recent decades. Cheap clothing from the Far East, second-hand clothing from Europe, unfavourable working conditions and a lack...
by Sentex | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
In order to continue and consolidate the significant progress already made, several operational workshops for the revival of the textile sector have been organized on a regular basis since December 2020. The dialogue brought together around twenty participants,...
