Through its key partnerships with NRZ National Railways of Zimbabwe, CFM Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique and Traxtion, Unitrans Africa is spurring trade in Africa by offering a dedicated rail link between Maputo Port and three major Zimbabwean trade hubs, Harare, Bulawayo and Gweru. Until now this key section of […]
Scarcely one year since moving into its 16,152 square metre state-of-the-art warehousing facility in Durban, Rhenus South Africa is expanding its storage space and diversifying its warehouse operations. Its Durban warehouse space has grown by a massive 53 percent in just two years. Increased demand for warehouse space, as well […]
Calling all female entrepreneurs! Nominations are open for women entrepreneurs for the “Run With It – Navigating a business through a crisis” Programme. This new initiative is fully funded and aimed at female micro business and SME entrepreneurs in the logistics, transport, supply chain and/or warehousing/operations industries. Successful applicants will […]
The Commercial Transport Academy, a multi-accredited and internationally recognised academy with a focus on women upliftment, has secured funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID – from the American People) to launch an exciting transport and logistics programme in South Africa for women in transport-related businesses. Women completing […]
Imperial has been awarded the contract to implement an optimal handset demand, supply planning and balancing process that is aligned to best practices for mobile telecommunications network provider, MTN, in South Africa. The scoping phase of the contract commenced at the end of 2020 and full implementation is expected to […]
Effective 1 February 2021, Imperial acquired 60% of eCommerce logistics business, ParcelNinja. ParcelNinja offers an outsourced warehousing and fulfilment business to South African online shops, using its custom-developed best-of-breed warehouse system and fulfilment network to ensure that clients benefit from scalable infrastructure and an innovative costing model. “Imperial’s purpose is […]
Humanitarian crises will always have significant implications for businesses. Covid-19 has put pressure on economic growth, causing a massive slowdown in world trade and disruptions across global supply chains. What is more, companies that built markets on the back of an integrated global trade network have felt the vulnerabilities that […]
While Bridgestone South Africa’s (BSSA) consumer-facing retail business, as well as its manufacturing facilities have suspended their operations during the National Lockdown, the company’s small, medial and large (SML) commercial unit continues to support key industrial customers to ensure essential food and medical supplies are delivered on time around the […]
The Road Freight Association (RFA) is urging Government to open up all sectors of the economy to lessen the already devastating economic impact of lockdown and COVID-19. “The movement of both goods and people is vital for the wheels of South Africa’s economy to keep turning,” says the RFA’s Chief […]
The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) market in Kenya is a unique space that faces challenges seen nowhere else in the world. The secondary distribution network in particular is where many issues arise, as the space is dominated by an informal main market where visibility and line of sight are […]
