Teboho Kobeli
Teboho Kobeli is the founder of Afri-Expo Textiles, a clothing manufacturer in Lesotho that employs around 2,000 people and is significantly impacted by recent US tariffs. He has been vocal about the devastating effects these tariffs will have on his business and the broader Lesotho economy, emphasizing the need to maintain access to the crucial US market.
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Teboho Kobeli is the owner of Afri-Expo, which makes jeans for export and has had to dismiss 200 workers due to the tariffs.
Lesotho’s textile industry in disaster after Trump tariffs
Canada· 2025-07-09
Teboho Kobeli, founder of Afri-Expo Textiles, expressed concern over the impact of tariffs on Lesotho.
Trump: Zoll-Hammer trifft Lesotho hart
Switzerland· 2025-04-07
Teboho Kobeli, who founded Afri-Expo Textiles and employs 2,000 people in the country, could barely disguise his distress as he told the BBC about the impact of potentially losing a huge chunk of the US market.
Agoa trade deal's future in question
United Kingdom· 2025-04-05
Teboho Kobeli, founder of Lesotho clothes manufacturer Afri-Expo Textiles, described the tariffs as devastating for his business.
This is why Lesotho is the world's second worst-hit country by Trump's tariffs
Ghana· 2025-04-04
