Unlocking the immense potential of Africa’s fashion, textile, footwear, and leather sectors requires robust quality infrastructure alongside creativity. By harmonising standards, establishing unique African sizing systems, building technical capacity, and enabling accessible certification, ARSO and its partners are laying the foundation for an integrated continental market. The CANEX WKND 2026 high-level panel provides a timely platform to align policy, finance, and industry action—delivering on the vision to build an African fashion industry that creates for Africa, trades across Africa, and competes globally.