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EU clothing exports drive more than $100m in GDP in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique and support over 150,000 jobs, according to new research (Photo: Waldemar)

EU's secondhand clothes support African economy and green jobs, research finds

EU exports of secondhand clothes to Africa support thousands of jobs and a sustainable circular economy, according to new research by Oxford Economics published on Wednesday (9 October). 

The report which describes itself as “the first comprehensive analysis of the sector’s entire value chain” analyses t...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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So.... We have an Oxford Economics report - commissioned by clothes exporter Humana - saying EU's second-hand clothing exports "support African economy, green jobs" etc. against a Brussels report saying we are dumping this clothing at the cost of Africa's own textiles industry, as well as its environment.... Wow. Doing the right thing is hard, isn't it?

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EU clothing exports drive more than $100m in GDP in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique and support over 150,000 jobs, according to new research (Photo: Waldemar)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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