Over the past few decades, the Chinese have invested millions of dollars building garment factories across [Africa]...As witnessed in waves across Asia and the Indian sub-continent, the textile industry can be an incredibly powerful catalyst for lifting people out of poverty. Thousands of jobs have already been created, providing income to people with few, if any, other work opportunities...Despite the potential, not everyone is welcoming these developments with open arms...The root cause of these issues is clear: culture and language barriers...The...challenge is to resist, at an industry level across the continent, the wholesale importation of the worst of Chinese labour practices.