Africa – The Supply Chain Lab

Newsletter 2021/05

Scale of the cash economy in the South African townships surprises Size of the cash economy: According to FirstRand, the

Women in last-mile Last-mile: Women in rural Rajasthan in Dina, where ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart do not deliver, are becoming

Copia Global is a B2C ecommerce startup — enabling people in rural and peri-urban areas to purchase products online, without

In emerging markets, modern trade is still in the early stages of development, especially in some less developed economies in

South Africa’s Nomanini provides a retail point-of-sale device — allowing informal traders to sell digital goods such as electricity and

In African markets, supply chain visibility remains a big challenge. A CIPS survey highlighted that 65% of South African companies

With a population of 100 million and an outlet base of 400,000, servicing Egypt retail market is not an easy

With over 20 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP coming from agriculture, and more than 60 percent of the population engaged

Servicing mom-and-pop stores or micro-retailers in Africa is no easy undertaking. Whether you’re importing products or have a local manufacturing

Servicing mom-and-pop shops with low volume and limited space is difficult and often expensive. But traditional outlets also have a