Supply Chain – African Marketing Confederation

As trade volumes rise, Namibia must strengthen its logistics systems

The country’s ports are seeing substantially increased container throughput and land borders are busy. But there are concerns.

Nigeria reportedly has less than 4% of its cold chain capacity requirement. Much of Africa faces a similar challenge.

As Angola works to diversify its economy, the upgraded terminal will provide increased container-handling and vehicle-handling capacity.

International project to develop Banana Port has the potential to reshape the trade, logistics and supply chain landscape of the country.

Strategically located port is already showing strong growth in shipping and cargo handling, which will be enhanced by additional expansion.

Project is part of planned improvements to the Northern Corridor linking landlocked East African nations with Mombasa Port.

Much-delayed Standard Gauge Railway set to modernise country’s ageing rail infrastructure and enhance supply chain efficiency.

Critical processing facilities in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are again cutting output as they can’t afford to buy cocoa beans.

An import-export gateway for Malawi and Zambia, the revamped port is one of the supply chain alternatives to Durban and Richards Bay.

Returns by online shoppers are rising by around 40%. E-tailers need a more customer-focused and environmentally friendly returns process.