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This paper focuses on the digital transformation of the textile and fashion design industry of developing countries in the Global South. Its goal is to describe the state of the art and determine the topical trends, challenges, and opportunities associated with the digital transformation of the textile industries in the Global South. We conducted a scoping review of 16 studies and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis and Scoping Reviews Protocols (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. The search string was composed, and searches were conducted on some selected digital libraries and databases. We summarised each study and analysed it based on emerging commonalities. We performed quantitative and qualitative analyses of the included studies. The results reveal that transition to sustainable and smart production is an ongoing slow process in the textile and fashion design industry in the Global South. Textile production is embracing Industry 4.0 in practice based on intelligence systems. Sustainability dimensions can be incorporated into the value chains with digital technologies. The study implies that emerging firms can leverage the recent development in textile production to achieve more sustainable production practices. The study can also be a reference for inspiring the digital transformation of the textiles and fashion industry in developing countries, Nigeria in particular.
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The authors thank the Africa Centre of Excellence, OAU ICT Knowledge Driven Park (ACE-OAKPARK), for support.
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This study is part of the digital textile ecosystem development project for the Nigerian textile industry funded by The Nigerian Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) 2020 (NRF/CC/EWC00049).
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Ogunyemi, A.A., Diyaolu, I.J., Awoyelu, I.O., Bakare, K.O., Oluwatope, A.O. (2023). Digital Transformation of the Textile and Fashion Design Industry in the Global South: A Scoping Review. In: Saeed, R.A., Bakari, A.D., Sheikh, Y.H. (eds) Towards new e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2022. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 499. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34896-9_24
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