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December 10, 2025

ITC’s Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI) launches an ambitious programme in Lesotho to help add value to the country’s wool and mohair sector, focusing on creating sustainable work opportunities, build local capacity, and rebrand the country’s iconic fibres for international markets.

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Our Stories, 2026 - Lesotho

Wool and Mohair Bootcamp starts November 2026

Calling all Basotho creative entrepreneurs: if you run a business or are ready to start one, this

Our Stories, 2026 - Lesotho

The Wool and Mohair Roadshow in Lesotho

Lesotho is the world’s second-largest exporter of mohair, a lifeline for tens of thousands of rural households

Our Stories, 2026 - Benin

Batik from Benin to Burkina Faso

Awa Tapsoba is a dyer based in Bobo-Dioulasso. When she left a five-day batik workshop in April

Our Stories, 2026 - Burkina Faso

Market-ready yarn in a week

‘If my thread could speak, it would say how happy I am today.’ Custom Caption. Fatoumata Maïga

Our Stories, 2026 - Benin

Passing on plant dyeing skills across West Africa

Burkina Faso is one of Africa’s largest cotton producers, with a centuries-old tradition of natural dyeing and

Our Stories, 2026 - Benin

Organic Cotton in Burkina Faso: Women at the Heart of the Supply Chain

“Everything men do, I can do too.” — Nare Mamounata, organic cotton producer Meeting women who chose

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