Designer Joselyne Umutoniwase, founder of the Rwanda Clothing brand, in her production workshop in Kigali in October 2021. SIMON MAINA / AFP Nestled on a hillside in a posh Kigali neighborhood ...

The ongoing preparations for Rwanda Cultural Fashion Show that will be held in July this year will feature natural dyed clothes that are rare in the fashion industry in Rwanda.

Africa wants to be a player in the luxury fashion world, and it’s coming into the game strong. Last week alone, Lagos, Nigeria, was host to two separate fashion weeks featuring African designers.

Historic connections. The impact of traditional architecture on modern day Rwanda is everywhere. The modern Kigali Convention Centre – an iconic landmark in the middle of the capital – takes ...

Within two years, Rwanda is going to ban the sale of second-hand clothes. This will disproportionately affect the country's poor and puts it at odds with the United States.

Rwanda has raised tariffs on clothing in defiance of US pressure; in response, US says it will suspend duty-free status for clothing manufactured in Rwanda under AGOA. Accessibility links.

The used-clothing market in Rwanda employs more than 22,000 people in 2016 and was worth $17m (£12m). That ecosystem is struggling since President Kagame's ban.

While Rwanda was only exporting about $1.5m of clothing per year to the US at the time, this stopped that overnight, and meant that the African nation could not hope to increase it.

The used clothes cast off by Americans and sold in bulk in African nations, a multimillion-dollar business, have been blamed in part for undermining local textile industries. Now Rwanda has taken ...