July 29, 2020
SITA organized a webinar on The Future of the Textile and Apparel Sector – an Indo-African Perspective in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry […]
July 16, 2020
Sustainability is essential for East African businesses to be competitive. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the Fashion and Leather Sectors, which have faced serious […]
March 30, 2020
In March 2020, a Tanzanian agri-business made its first exports of cardamom to India through business linkages established at the 2019 International Spice Conference (ISC 2019) […]
November 13, 2019
By Candice Ungerer 32 local designers are participating in SITA’s Mitreeki fashion incubator programmes Kenya and Ethiopia which focus on developing their technical and business skills […]
November 13, 2019
SITA facilitated the participation of nine tanneries from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda in the International Shoes and Leather Exhibition, which took place in Ho Chi Minh […]
November 13, 2019
On 13 May 2019, KPR Export – a garment unit in Mekelle Industrial Park established by India’s KPR Mill Ltd – was officially inaugurated The investment […]
July 22, 2019
In April 2019, the results of a SITA commissioned study on the chemical composition of East African virgin sunflower oil were published in the International Journal […]
June 21, 2019
By Vandana Prakash Nair SITA organized for a delegation of six East African tanneries to attend the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) held in Hong Kong […]
June 19, 2019
By Devika Jyothi For the third year in a row, SITA facilitated the participation of a 16-member delegation from the East African spices sector at the […]
June 19, 2019
By Vandana Prakash Nair During the months of February and March, participants of the Mitreeki Fashion Incubator Programme in Kenya focused on the practicalities of fashion […]
April 29, 2019
By Devika Jyothi SITA organised an investment promotion mission to East Africa comprising four firms from India’s pulses sector from 2 to 9 March 2019. Apart […]
April 4, 2019
By Vandana Prakash Nair ITC participated in the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 20th-22nd March 2019. At […]
April 3, 2019
By Devika Jyothi SITA organised a training session in natural dyeing in association with Moi University, Kenya for a total of 18 participants from Kenya and […]
March 28, 2019
By Devika Jyothi Twenty Kenyan weavers, including 12 women artisans, participated in a six-day hand-weaving training in Nairobi. The training was organised in collaboration with the […]
March 26, 2019
By Vandana Prakash Nair SITA led a delegation of 10 East African tanneries from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to the India International Leather Fair (IILF) […]
February 18, 2019
By Devika Jyothi SITA launched Mitreeki’s 10-month Fashion Incubator Programme in Nairobi. Nineteen Kenyan female fashion designers participated in the first module held from 14-22 January […]
February 15, 2019
By Devika Jyothi SITA facilitated the participation of 13 East African companies at GTTES 2019, where they attended business-to-business meetings and gained exposure to the latest […]
January 24, 2019
By Ben Naturinda In December 2018, SITA organised investment promotion visits across India for high-level delegates from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. The mission targeted the pulses, […]
December 22, 2018
By Vandana Prakash Nair SITA featured at the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) Global Textiles Conclave (27-28 November) as well as the Council for Leather […]
November 23, 2018
By Devika Jyothi In November 2018, India’s DesiCrew and Kenya’s HomeBoyz Foundation signed an MOU to establish a Digital Operations Centre in Nairobi. The centre will […]