Inside Africa’s thrift boom: Top second-hand clothing importers and the multi-million dollar economy

From Nairobi’s Gikomba to Accra’s Kantamanto, to Lagos’s Katangua, bales of second-hand clothes power a fast-growing retail ecosystem worth hundreds of millions of dollars each year, even as they fuel fierce debate over jobs, waste, and …
Inside Africa’s thrift boom: Top second-hand clothing importers and the multi-million dollar economy