Figuring it out: Africa supply chain in review
Gabon Gabon’s Owendo Port has launched a new multi-purpose container terminal in a ceremony on October 14, 2017. French logistics
Author: Tielman Nieuwoudt
You will more likely see me in Lagos, Pune or Tehran, than London, Paris or New York. Our factory to village supply chain solutions have taken me to more than thirty emerging market economies in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. I have also been involved in a number of inclusive business and M4P projects, focused on SMEs and BoP.
I have been a contributor to Strategic Marketing Africa, How We Made It In Africa, Logistics Insight Asia, Logistics Times India, CHaINA (China) and Vietnam Supply Chain Insights.
Figuring it out: Africa supply chain in review
$14.2 billion – Tanzania is building an electric rail at half the price of Kenya’s diesel Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)
Figuring it out: Africa supply chain in review
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Figuring it out: Africa supply chain in review
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Kenyan startup Olivine Technology focuses on SME inventory management
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Rwanda launches drone delivery to transport blood supplies
Rwanda has launched a drone delivery network to transport blood supplies to rural areas in the country. Drone deliveries will initially focus
