Destination Africa, OETI and OEKO-TEX^®: Driving Ecology and Sustainability in Africa

In its third edition, Destination Africa is an annual B2B sourcing exhibition of readymade garments, textiles and home textiles, bringing together international buyers from the USA and Europe to meet African vendors in the hub of African trade: Cairo, Egypt. This year’s event will take place November 17-19, 2018

OETI sponsors the event

As one of the OEKO-TEX^® Association founding members OETI has high interest in deepening the cooperation of high-potential African manufacturers with European and American buyers who are interested in ecological products and sustainable production.

Many of the STANARD 100 by OEKO-TEX^® certified African factories are attending the event. They are going to depict the OEKO-TEX^® logo at their stand to signal to international buyers their high interest in serving their customers with high quality products.

Destination Africa Conference

The Destination Africa Conference will take place on Monday, November 19, 2019 at The Excelsior Ballroom – Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Hotel – Cairo – Egypt. The conference will focus on “Mega Trends in The Global Textile and Apparel Industry& Implications on African Supply Chain”.

OETI's OEKO-TEX^® expert Heleen Melnitzky is scheduled to speak at the conference.