Africa / Middle East
Coty appoints Jerome Dubois as Managing Director, Africa
The U.S. beauty maker has announced the promotion of Jerome Dubois as Managing Director, Africa. With 25 years’ global experience,...
The shea butter sector, a real instrument of economic development in Africa
Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa), a tree indigenous to Africa, and whose fruit – collected almost entirely by women – is used to produce one...
Argeville opens a new development centre in South Africa
After a recent establishment in Vietnam, the French company specialising in the production of fragrance compositions (more than 80% of...
Tunisia: Prickly pear producers predict cacti cosmetics cash-in
Rows of sprawling cacti fill a valley in central Tunisia, where producers are hoping the spiky fruit can fuel a cosmetics cash-in....
Brazilian companies expand their presence in the Middle Eastern CT&F market
Supported by the Beautycare Brazil sectoral project, 55 companies participated in the Middle East’s largest fair of the CT&F sector,...
Beautycare Brazil takes 52 companies to Beautyworld Middle East 2022
Beautycare Brazil, the Internationalization Project of the Brazilian Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Industry and its correlates,...
Skin whitening products remain popular in Cameroon despite risks
Back in the spotlight when Cameroon’s health ministry on August 19 banned the import, production and distribution of cosmetic and...
Despite very low collection rates, Nigeria tries to recycle wastes
While Nigerian lawmakers are being discussing the adoption of an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to make manufacturers or...
Short hair, don’t care: Saudi working women embrace cropped locks
When Saudi doctor Safi took a new job at a hospital in the capital, she decided to offset her standard white lab coat with a look she...
Rihanna set to launch Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin across Africa
Starting May 27, the brands Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin will be available for purchase in several African countries. "Every launch is...
