THE KENYAN TEXTILE AND FASHION INDUSTRY

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The missing links Thus, despite the rising tide and the promising future, Kenya’s T&C industry remains disparate and fragmented. There exist few, if any, linkages between the EPZ and non-EPZ operators. Local fabrics, accessories and designs remain outside the export equation. Contrast this to the Mauritian experience, which has built an integrated industry over just 40 years, focusing on high content and value-addition. An overview of the Mauritian experience is provided at Annex 3. The flow chart below shows a Value-Addition Path in the T&C industry. Adapted from Gene. G and Frederick, S (2010); and Straits. C (2012) The Kenyan Textile And Fashion Industry Report 22
Compared to Mauritius, the Kenyan T&C industry is slowly gravitating towards low-value addition CMT operations . The textile industry is not able to support the export oriented activities, the EPZ sector is not linking with the Non-EPZ, and local designers and small operators are left out of the emerging F2F value-chain. Positioning of Kenya & Mauritius in the value chain Policy context today The Kenya Vision 2030 is Kenya’s development blueprint to create a robust, vibrant, globally competitive, and prosperous middle-income nation with high quality of life by 2030. Vision 2030 recognises the central role to be played by the manufacturing sector in spearheading the industrialisation of Kenya through local entrepreneurship development, more specifically the development of Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). MSMEs, in all countries, developed as well as developing, remain the engine of economic development and growth for jobs creation, income generation (including foreign exchange earnings), technology transfer, attracting investment (including Foreign Direct Investment), entrepreneurship development (including women and youth entrepreneurs), and strengthening the National Value-chain (NVC), Regional Value-chain (RVC) and Global Value-chain (GVC). The textile and clothing sector, despite its low present contribution to GDP, has been designated as a priority industry to drive Kenya’s industrialization. As a result, the Government has launched a host of policy measures to create a conducive environment for mobilising domestic investment and attracting higher levels of quality FDI. The policy measures include legal and regulatory reforms. infrastructure investments, human resource development, improving the ease of doing business, establishing appropriate The Kenyan Textile And Fashion Industry Report 23
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Page 3 and 4: Introduction The economic developme
Page 5 and 6: The key challenges are: (i) Lack of
Page 7 and 8: @HivosEastAfrica Summary of proposa
Page 9 and 10: 1.2. Executive Summary: Global Mark
Page 11 and 12: 2. Apparel Market Demand To compete
Page 13 and 14: 2.2. The Global Apparel Market Whil
Page 15 and 16: Recent developments, however, with
Page 17 and 18: PATHS TO MARKET FOR KENYAN BRANDS W
Page 19 and 20: 3. The Supply Side 3.1. Apparel Ind
Page 21: Lesotho, Madagascar and Mauritius.
Page 25 and 26: 1. The Kenyan National Chamber of C
Page 27 and 28: equires differentiating as an ethic
Page 29 and 30: concentration in Nairobi and Mombas
Page 31 and 32: 3. Capacity utilisation and out-sou
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Page 39 and 40: Political risk The final major chal
Page 41 and 42: 4. Solutions and Opportunities 27 S
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Page 47 and 48: Recommendations for global competit
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Page 51 and 52: 5. The Way Forward 5.1. Domestic Do
Page 53 and 54: 3.2 Improve Ease of Doing Business
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Page 59 and 60: 6. Conclusion The main conclusions
Page 61 and 62: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS APPENDIX A The dom
Page 63 and 64: GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS - GLOBAL TEAM
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Page 67 and 68: THE DELIVERABLES The main deliverab
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Global African Cotton & Textile Ind
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APPENDIX F The Results Of The Self-
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5. How products are sold? NOTE: Mos
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9. Workforce (48 businesses) NOTE:
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13. Annual Sales in KSH for 2013 &
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KikoRomeo / Kikoti / Kiko 10 3.3 3.
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17. Products manufactured by compan
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HS 61: (US$ Million) Source: UNCOMT
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Switzerland, Austarlia, Canada, Jap
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APPENDIX I LIST OF ATTENDEES TO WOR
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SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE 1.0 CONTACT DE
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9. What was the total annual sales
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3.7 HR Readiness QUESTION 1 Does yo
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