Africa – The Supply Chain Lab

Figuring it out: Africa supply chain in review

$49.4 million – Kenyan Airways has halved its pretax loss to 5 billion shillings ($49.4 million) over the past six

$2.2 billion – General Electric (GE) has expressed interest in acquiring a Nigeria railway concession project worth around $2 billion.

$4 billion – The construction of the $4 billion Chinese-funded electric railway, linking Ethiopia’s capital along its main trading route

$100m – Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is steaming ahead with its $100m tug building contract. The company recently launched

187 km – Nigeria unveiled the 187 km Abuja-Kaduna standard gauge railway (SGR) on Tuesday. The rail link is designed

1.5 billion – South Africa’s Transnet, plans to spend R21.8 billion ($1.5 billion) over the next seven years to increase

34th – SAA (South African Airways) has dropped seven places from position 34th in 2015 to 41st in 2016. The

Skytrax World Airline Awards, shows that SAA (South African Airways) has dropped seven places from position 34th in 2015 to

UN food agencies estimate, the number of people affected by El Niño/La Niña could reach 100 million globally, and 40 million

$700 million – Zimbabwe imports $700 million worth of goods from South Africa, the country’s largest importer. Zimbabwe is trying