Hellen Munyasa founded Helton Traders in 2022 with $3,000 (Shs11 million) from a United Nations Development Programme Fund. The company recycles plastic waste to produce polyester sewing threads.

Analysts say the new tariffs suggest that the renewal of the initiative is extremely unlikely COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & ...

Every year, 92 million tonnes of textile waste is produced globally ... Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uganda, and the USA. The International Day of Zero Waste was adopted by the UN General Assembly ...

Trump’s 10 percent tariff on Ugandan exports is set to raise trade costs and hurt exports, especially after Uganda’s removal ...

South Africa followed at Sh29.4 billion, with Uganda at Sh27.2 billion ... Additionally, other used textiles such as bedding, ...

As the world marks the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, environmental advocacy groups Global Alliance for Incinerator ...

Di 50% rate for Lesotho na part of wetin Trump describe as "reciprocal tariffs" wey dey put on imports from dozens of kontris ...

On April 2, 2025, US President Donald Trump during his 'Liberation Day' Speech announced the intention to impose reciprocal ...

Kenya has overtaken Nigeria as Africa’s largest importer of second-hand clothes, with imports surging to KSh 38.5 billion ...

Businesses in Africa will be facing a higher cost of doing business, and a difficult path to American market, inflation will ...

Lesotho was slapped with the White House's highest tariff rates in the list released by US President Donald Trump on ...