Day: 22 July 2022

Press Release : New customers announced by Egyptian digital logistics startup Khazenly

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Baraka Group, Arrow Food Trading and Magma Sportswear among the new customers Multiple industry-leading merchants participate in exclusive event at Sultan Hussein Kamel Palace, The Company hopes to grow the number of merchant customers by six times in the next 12 months Cairo, Egypt: Khazenly, the Cairo-based on-demand digital warehousing and fulfillment platform, announcing multiple new merchant customers at an exclusive event held at Sultan Hussein Kamel Palace in Heliopolis. Khazenly is becoming the partner of choice for a rapidly growing number of merchants for some of Egypt’s most exciting companies…

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Yamaha Partners MAX – Africa’s Largest, Low-to-Zero Emission Vehicle Platform

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To Provide Vehicle Subscriptions, Electric Vehicles and Service Centres to 50,000 GIG Drivers in Nigeria Moto Business Service Nigeria (MBSN), a subsidiary of Japan’s Yamaha Motor Corporation,  has announced a strategic partnership with Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX) – Africa’s first mobility technology platform,  to finance and maintain over 50,000 vehicles over the next two years. The partnership will expand Max’s operations in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon and fast track their goal to serve 100,000 independent commercial drivers by the end of 2023. MBSN provides services for tech startup companies…

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WFP and partners bring first-of-its-kind transport training centre to West Africa

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DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is partnering with global corporations to build a world-class Transport Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, aimed at enhancing transport and logistics capacities across West Africa. The centre will inject new expertise into local transport markets, equipping them to deliver life-saving goods like food and medicine more efficiently throughout the region. Bringing together leading players in the sector, such as Carrier Global Corporation, Renault Trucks and Toyota Tsusho, the Government of Ghana and WFP will set up a first-of-its-kind centre which will…

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INAUGURAL AFRICA SUPPLY CHAIN EXCELLENCE AWARDS SHOWCASED THE RESILIENT, INNOVATIVE, WORLD-CLASS AFRICAN SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSION

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The inaugural Africa Supply Chain Excellence Awards culminated in a gala event on Tuesday night (19 July 2022) at which the outstanding achievements of organisations and individuals working in the supply chain profession in Africa were recognised and celebrated. The organisers report that the successful competition attracted 67 entries, including 22 from outside South Africa. These were narrowed down to 21 finalists by a panel of judges who commended the high standard of entries. Judge David Crewe-Brown, who is a director of SAPICS (The Professional Body for Supply Chain Management)…

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Gambia: 33 new buses for urban transport in Banjul and its suburbs

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On Tuesday, July 19, Gambian President Adama Barrow took delivery of 33 new buses worth $2.7 million to expand the fleet of the Gambia Transport Services Corporation (GTSC). “The Greater Banjul region is home to the majority of the country’s population and must meet the mobility needs of the region’s residents in the face of rapid urbanization and population growth. It has become one of the main challenges of the national transport policy,” said President Adama Barrow at the ceremony. This purchase comes at the right time because “the demand…

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