Benin bets on turning its cotton crop into clothes at home
Published on: Saturday 12 September 2026
The “Made in Benin” tags on Fatoumata Dosso’s fabrics represent an ambition much bigger than her fashion business: keeping more of the value of Africa’s largest cotton producer at home. The founder of DAF Collection said that the tag means her country is trying to take full advantage of the abundant raw material produced in Benin. “I am more focused on promoting the traditional fabric of northern Benin,” she said inside her showroom in the northern city of Parakou.
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/benin-bets-turning-cotton-crop-041355294.html
