COSCO SHIPPING brings construction vehicle carrier service to southeast Africa
With the delivery of a carrier loaded with tractors, tankers and mining trucks to southeast Africa, COSCO SHIPPING Specialised Carriers has marked its first entry...
October 2022
Advancing technology, new business models, and dramatic shifts in customer behaviour have reshaped the logistics industry in the first two decades of this millennium and there is a lot more to come AdobeStock 414319532Most logistics companies are investing in modern digital solutions to enhance their operations. (Image source: Adobe Stock) With cargo and freight volumes creeping up once more after the Covid-19 lockdowns, logistics operators are looking to strengthen systems and processes that can add value and improve efficiencies in the supply chain. Digital solutions such as 5G, Big Data, IoT, blockchain and automation can build transparency, reduce cost, enhance customer experience, among other potential benefits. The effort is well worth it in what is becoming an increasingly interconnected world. “The connection between a country’s digital capabilities and growth prospects is undeniable,” said Agility’s chief executive, Tarek Sultan, on the launch of the 2022 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index recently. The Index notes that those African economies that have worked to improve their infrastructure, business conditions and overall competitiveness are generally performing far better against other emerging markets. The same can be said perhaps for companies, large and small, who keep abreast of technology. It has already transformed how the big operators work across the continent.
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SITARAIL recently took delivery at the Port of Abidjan of a new tamping-levelling-lining machine for maintenance on the railway between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso The new...
Digital logistics disrupting the supply chain
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Advancing technology, new business models, and dramatic shifts in customer behaviour have reshaped the logistics industry in the first two decades of this millennium and...
Roam partners M-KOPA to make electric motorcycles more accessible
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Roam (previously Opibus), has signed a major supply agreement with M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides credit and digital financial services to underbanked consumers in...
Renault Trucks helps bring transport training centre to West Africa
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Renault Trucks has partnered with other global corporations and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to build a Transport Training Centre in Accra, Ghana,...
Cairo launches bike sharing project ahead of COP27
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Cairo Governorate has set up five docking stations for the pilot operation of the Cairo Bike Project in line with Egypt’s preparations for the 27th...
Nexum Foundation/HBK DOP and The Climate Group Africa to launch blockchain-based carbon exchange africa PrintEmail
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Nexum Foundation INC/ HBKDOP and The Climate Group Africa have collaborated to launch a new online carbon credits exchange distribution platform The companies will develop...
Starsight Energy concludes agreement with NIDF
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Starsight Energy, a Nigeria-based, Africa focused solar energy provider, has announced the conclusion of a competitive local currency agreement with Chapel Hill Denham Nigeria Infrastructure...
AfDB supports African Union’s implementation of Agenda 2063
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The African Development Bank has signed a protocol of agreement with the African Union to support reforms that will bolster the pan-African organisation’s implementation of...
IFU and Norfund invest in CBI
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IFU and Norfund have invested US$27.9mn in Continental Blue Investments Ghana Limited (CBI), to increase local production of cement in Ghana and install the world’s...
