Amid US Tariffs, Africa’s Fashion Industry Looks to China
The end of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is no longer a distant concern. It is fast becoming a lived reality for countries like Ethiopia and Lesotho, where shifting U.S. trade policies are already taking a toll. Ethiopia was suspended from AGOA in 2022 due to political concerns. Lesotho, once a model beneficiary […]
AFRICAN FASHION MAKING EVEN DEEPER INROADS INTO THE CHINESE MARKET AT THE FOURTH CHINA-AFRICA ECONOMIC AND TRADE EXPO
Date published: July 7, 2025. From 12th June to 15th June 2025, Africa Reimagined in partnership with Brand South Africa and the Africarise multi-brand fashion store from Johannesburg, showcased 17 African brands from 7 different African countries at the 4th China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) in a 100sqm “Africa Reimagined Showroom”. The “Africa Reimagined […]
Press Release: Development Reimagined Returns To China-Africa Economic And Trade Expo With Over 15 African Designers
Changsha, China – June 09, 2025 – Development Reimagined (DR) is excited to announce its participation in the upcoming China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE), which will take place from June 12 to 15, 2025, in Changsha, China. This year, DR collaborates with Brand South Africa and Africa Rise to enhance the visibility and influence […]
Africa Reimagined Takes Center Stage at FW25 Shanghai Fashion Week
Africa Reimagined Showcases Cross-Cultural Dialogue and the Power of SustainableFashion.From March 25 to 29, as part of the official AW25 Shanghai Fashion Week curatorialprogram, Africa Reimagined, a pivotal work stream of Development Reimagined, madeits debut in China. Supported by Afreximbank, the project showcased Africa’s rich anddiverse fashion landscape through two high-level panel discussions, an exhibitionfeaturing […]
Infographic: Is China’s new 100% duty-free trade pledge for African LDCs a big deal?
The 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held in Beijing from September 4-6, 2024, resulted in many new plans to enhance China-Africa cooperation, especially on trade. At the Summit, the most attention-grabbing trade-related announcement was China’s pledge to remove 100% of tariffs on all exports from Africa’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that have diplomatic ties […]
Infographic: China’s tariff scheme for African LDC countries is now 21 years old. What next?
Two years after its own accession into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), China initiated a scheme to allow 190 products from 30 African Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enter China duty-free. The announcement of the scheme was made at the 2nd Forum of China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting in 2003 and implemented in 2005. At the time, […]
Press Release: Fostering Prosperity: Boosting & Diversifying Africa’s Exports to China
The African Union Permanent Mission to China and Development Reimagined (DR) organised a roundtable discussion on the theme “Fostering Prosperity: Boosting & Diversifying Africa’s Exports to China” on June 25, 2024, at the African Union’s Permanent Mission in Beijing. This hybrid event aimed to create a platform for discussions and reflections on strategic and practical […]
African Members’ Position at WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference
This briefing reviews African positions put forward at The World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) earlier this year and the potential impact of the meetings on internal and external African trade. It will also examine Africa’s broader relationship with the WTO and to what degree African members are able to participate in and […]
President Bio’s China visit charts a more holistic path for China -Sierra Leone relations
From 27 February to 2 March 2024, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, paid a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit marked the first presidential African leadership visit to China of 2024. Our past research shows that the frequent, African high-level visits to […]
Development Reimagined and the UN ECA sign MOU to boost value-added trade between China and Africa
Development Reimagined (DR) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have established a partnership that began on 22nd February 2023 after the signing of a joint MOU at the ECA office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The purpose of the ECA and DR partnering is to leverage their networks and expertise to promote African-made […]
