Archive for the ‘Transportation’ category
Logistics drives development of Africa’s breadbaskets
“We do not have a food supply problem; we have an access problem. So it is appropriate to focus today on the logistics of food security and getting food to people who need it most.”
Lack of parking space has negative economic impact on Nairobi
Drivers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi experience significant pain and frustration in their quest to find a parking spot, according to IBM’s global parking survey.
Piracy pulverising global supply chain
Pirating shenanigans by Hollywood’s “Jack Sparrow” undershoot today’s high seas reality by far. Romanticised pirating portrayals do not begin to give rise to modern day pirating violence and brutality, which extends across much of the western Indian Ocean.
Optimising southern Africa’s supply chain
The business case for infrastructural development in southern Africa is widely acknowledged. Yet supply chains continue to be constrained by a number of infrastructure backlogs, which require effective public-private sector collaboration to be rectified.
Container liners – a more efficient way of transporting commodities
Power Plastics, a South Africa-based company, is a major supplier of bulk shipping container liners in Africa.
Infrastructure development critical for in-demand Africa
Africa’s commodities and resources are in demand, yet moving goods within the continent is prohibitively expensive with supply chain management and freight logistics being particularly challenging.
Multi-modal logistics solutions key to driving regional competitiveness
“Solutions that optimise southern Africa’s end-to-end supply chain must be identified and critically, must be supported by cost effective and efficiency-driven infrastructure,” says Abrie de Swardt, IMPERIAL Logistics Marketing Director.
New breed of airlines opening up African skies
Africa’s airline industry has turned a page with a number of world-class carriers emerging, eager to capitalise on the continent’s growing income levels.
Making it in the male dominated trucking business
Monica Matiri is the founder and director of Workmanship Production Limited, a Kenyan trucking company. Matiri spoke to Regina Ekiru on how she has made it in a male dominated field.
DHL wins lucrative East African Breweries contract
International transportation and logistics company DHL has won an estimated Ksh2.28 billion (US$28 million) per annum contract to handle the distribution of East African Breweries Limited (EABL) brands in the region.
