STORY: On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people are cutting, stitching and assembling cotton shirts.
It’s part of a major push by the West African country to develop its textile sector.
Benin is Africa’s leading cotton producer.
But it exports almost all of that raw.
Now, an initiative is underway to create jobs and revenue by processing the cotton locally, with the goal of exporting apparel to consumer markets…
