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Rivatex banks on dye innovation to revive ailing textile sector
Workers at Rivatex East Africa Limited in Eldoret, which is owned by Moi University, make garments. The textiles firm is betting on innovations like new dyes to boost sales. File
Like most casual garments, African printed shirts hardly stir the kind of passion that outfits like kitenge, sarong or even dashiki have evoked in some societies.
But for Moi University’s vice chancellor Richard Mibey, an African shirt printed by Rivatex East Africa is a first pick despite the occasion.