Ethiopia was selected to host the “Origin Africa’ textile exhibition because of its conducive investment and trade policy according to Rajeev Arora, Director of the African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation.
The exhibition will be held in Addis Ababa from April 25-28 2012.
Ethiopia should enhance the competitiveness of its textile and garments sector on the international market said Arora.
Enhancing the quality of products will enable the Ethiopian textile sector to establish itself on the global market he noted. The exhibition will help the sector earn more benefits for the significant development of the textile and garment sector explained Arora.The exhibition is expected to draw participants from 60 countries and enable Ethiopia to develop networks with other countries and benefit from the transfer of knowledge said Fasil Tadesse, President of the Ethiopian Textile and Garment and Association.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency
