EMPOWERING BASOTHO AND WOMEN IS IN OUR HEARTS AFRI EXPO

EMPOWERING BASOTHO AND WOMEN IS IN OUR HEARTS AFRI EXPO TEXTILE 

AFRI EXPO TEXTILE is a factory located in Tikoe industrial estate, the village in the outskirt of Maseru. It's aim is to indiginalise the textile industry  to Lesotho and Basotho. To create employment to Basotho while reducing poverty and developing local textile skills both managerial and workforce. AFRI EXPO TEXTILE is also willing to emerge ten to twenty Basotho textile by the year 2030 and develop cooperatives at both district and village level for what is called CMT sub-contract (cottage industry). By 2030 the organisation wants to have employed 20,000 Basotho and roll out the model throughout all the district councils.

AFRI EXPO TEXTILE values responsibility and accountability for team and individual goals, success and drawbacks within the organisation. To honour the commitment of the company to one another by operating and communicating openly without fear of victimisation (trust). The organisation goes further to value respect for staff members, partners and suppliers in all business activities because their contribution is valuable, and also strive to help or assist and improve communities where it operates  (social responsibility ). Integrity is essential trait for successful employee-employer relationship, so AFRI EXPO TEXTILE believes that honesty,  uptight and fairness in all interaction shapes with one another earn reputation by adhering moral and ethical standards.

As people, we may think that for an organisation to up and run the government may have contributed, but with AFRI EXPO TEXTILE, it is different, the company has succeeded to be established without the government assistance or policy being specific/targeted to indiginous people. It has risen from one hundred  and thirty employees to four hundred and thirty, within the space of three to four years and managed to employ Taiwanese and Chinese nationals in the establishment and employment entity. Covid-19 pandemic has driven to closing of many industries within the short period of time but AFRI EXPO TEXTILE has managed to survive it and it's effects.

As the saying goes, " no matter where you are, inspire and empower women around you. Success is never reached alone,  and, wisdom and wealth are sweeter shared". AFRI EXPO TEXTILE has successfully empowered a lot of women such that within the ownership of the company there is a woman. Not only that it is co-owned by a woman, the production manager is a woman. Moreover, ninety-five percent of its managerial team and ninety-six percent of supervisors are women. Most of all ninety percent of labour force are women too.