The COMESA-Leather and Leather Product Institute’s Executive Director, Prof. Mwinyikione Mwinyihija, who is in Madagascar for a COMESA meeting, visited a group called Ts'art Fibre Association, that belongs to a greater Cluster Group known as the Chambre D'Artisanat D'Antananarivo (C.A.A). C.A.A has more than 500 members that encompass cottage based tanners, women fiber spinners from the rural areas of Madagascar, artisans who weave the artifacts and producing leather products.
Prof. Mwinyihija noted with appreciation that the Cluster’s intervention areas have strong similarities with LLPI’s mandated responsibilities to develop the leather sector in the COMESA region. Thus, Prof. Mwinyihija will be meeting with the relevant Government officials to discuss on the best way forward for possible establishment of linkages and collaborations between COMESA/LLPI and the C.A.A Cluster, as well as other leather sector players in Madagascar.
