What's next

From cut-and-sew to cloth.

DIKAM is building a textile factory in Rwanda. When it opens, fabric and finished garment come from the same country — shorter lead times, fewer imports, and more of every order made in Rwanda.

The site of the new DIKAM textile factory
In progress

A textile factory, built in Rwanda

DIKAM already cuts and sews at scale — 500 machinists, eight knitting machines, and a 24-hour sampling turnaround. The next step is the cloth itself.

The new textile factory will produce fabric in Rwanda for our own production floor, closing the one gap that still sends orders overseas and back again before a garment is ever cut.

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What it means for your order

Shorter lead times

Most fabric used in Rwandan garment production is imported, and shipping it in is often the longest step in an order. Making cloth here removes that leg entirely.

Deeper Made-in-Rwanda content

When the fabric is Rwandan too, more of the finished garment's value is created in-country — which matters for Made in Rwanda certification and for AGOA rules of origin.

One accountable supplier

Fabric faults and garment faults stop being two suppliers blaming each other. One group owns the result from cloth to carton.

Firmer commitments

Controlling fabric supply means we can hold delivery dates on large orders instead of passing on a mill's delay.

The road ahead

Under construction

DIKAM Textile Factory In progress

A textile factory in Rwanda that will produce fabric locally, feeding our own cut-and-sew floor. Today most fabric is imported; once the mill runs, cloth and garment come from the same country — cutting weeks of shipping out of every order and deepening the “Made in Rwanda” content of what we produce.

Next

Vertically integrated production Planned

Fabric, cutting, sewing, knitting, embroidery, finishing and packing under one group — so a buyer can place one order and track it from yarn to carton, with a single point of accountability for quality.

Next

Expanded export capacity Planned

More fabric on hand means more capacity for large institutional and private-label orders, and firmer lead times for AGOA-bound and European buyers.

Ongoing

Growing the DIKAM Training Center In progress

A textile mill needs a new set of skills. The Training Center is expanding its programmes so the people who run the new lines are trained here, with priority for women and youth.

Want to be part of it?

We are talking to buyers, partners and investors who want capacity secured before the new lines come online. Start with a quote — or come and see the site.

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