8th IABW - Italy Africa Business Week

Rome, Italy - 24th January 2025

8th IABW - Italy Africa Business Week

On 24th January 2025 UNIDO ITPO Italy joined the 8th edition of the Italy Africa Business Week (IABW) by taking part as panelist in the panel session “Fashion without borders: Afro-Italian synergies in the fashion sector“.

During the session, several representatives of the textile entrepreneurship shared their experiences in the Italy-Africa exchange, and focused on the need for greater synergies at institutional and private level, especially to enhance the role of diasporas around the world.

UNIDO ITPO Italy highlighted its role in supporting the fashion and textile sectors in Egypt and Ghana, as well as the potential for further collaborations in the framework of the Mattei Plan. Finally, among the various guests, the Ambassador of Niger, H.E. Fatimata Cheiffou, underlined the key role of Italian cooperation in the Mediterranean, in order to guarantee support and prosperity to the Sahel region.