3rd International Forum for Transformation of African Cotton, Textiles & Accessories
(FICOTA)
FORUM INTERNATIONAL DU COTTON, TEXTILE, & ACCESSOIRES
INTRODUCING OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Eric Trachtenberg
Executive Director of International Cotton Advisory Committee
FICOTA 2024 SPEAKERS
Mary Concilia Anchang
Founder and Chairperson for The African Chamber of Trade and Commerce
Jean-Roland Onana Nkoa
National Professional Officer for Culture at the UNESCO Regional Office for Central Africa
Bintou S. Diallo
Cultural and Creative Industries Expert - African Development Bank Group
Keshav Kranthi
Chief Scientist at the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC),
Dr. Guntram Kruger
Senior Researcher Textiles and Quality Control for Textechno Germany
Abdoul Aziz Yanogo
West Africa Regional Manager
Better Cotton
Axel Angeli
Digital Transformation Evangelist
Jane Okebugwu
Director of Operations for The African Chamber of Trade and Commision
Njeri Kimotho
Global Inclusion, Policy and Sustainable Fashion & Style Expert
Muktar Dodo
Representative in Africa at the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)
Dr. Lucy Surhyel Newman
Chief Executive Officer of
Africa Private Sector Summit
Abeer S. Arafa
Deputy Director of Cotton Research Institute Egypt
Valeria Mangani
President of Sustainable Fashion Innovation Society
Kanwar Muhammad Usman
Head of Textiles at the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC)
Jasper Bhaumick
CEO UMa Soft GmbH and Bizpando AG
Kalayu Gebru
Project Manager at Solidaridad
Alexis Rai Gaynor
Director of Strategy and Partnerships for The African Chamber of Trade and Commerce
Queen Ahneva Ahneva
Cultural Curator
​Founder of the New African Textile Museum
WHITE GOLD REVOLUTION:
RESHAPING AFRICA THROUGH SUSTAINABLE COTTON AND TEXTILES
FICOTA (International Forum for Cotton, Textiles and Accessories) is an African initiative aimed at improving the infrastructure and performance of the cotton value chain, textile and accessories. It also addresses concepts to include processing for better productivity in quality and quantity of goods and services. This an event organized by The African Chamber of Trade & Commerce (ACC), an African private sector initiative.
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This event offers a friendly atmosphere for interaction, networking, exhibitions, meetings, debates, B2B meetings, and discussions between policy makers, development partners, companies, individuals, experts, senior executives, participants, and exhibitors from the cotton textile industry in Cameroon, Africa and around the world.
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The forum is also an opportunity to highlight and make more visible the African cotton-textile economic sector for improvement and innovation at the heart of the stakes of the African economy (in the CEMAC zone in particular) with institutional partners and recognized companies. The CCA is convinced that the production and processing of local products and resources will promote the stable and sustainable economic growth of African States.
OBJECTIVES
To highlight the skills and know-how of local producers in the cotton/textile sector
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To enable stakeholders to join forces and acquire new markets
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To promote the creation and establishment of an ecosystem favorable to transformation in Kribi industrial, CEMAC Zone, and the continent at large.
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WHO FICOTA IS FOR
FICOTA works with multilateral collaborators and partners to accomplish the goal of making economic progress through the supply chain enhancement and development within the cotton textile industry. We engage private, public, and non-profit sectors in addition to governmental agencies.
Producers & processors of the cotton-textile sector
Suppliers of fertilizers, insecticides and industrial equipment
Trainers and mentors of the sector and related trades
Government institutions
Bankers, financiers and insurers
Entrepreneurs & business leaders in the fashion and agriculture industries
Corporations and institutions that focus on agriculture and fashion
Development partners
Donors and other international financing institutions
Citizens of the cotton producing cities