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Climate change and deforestation mean your morning cup of coffee may face extinction by 2050 according to reports from the Fairtrade Foundation, this comes at a time when the world’s demand for coffee is already outstripping supply. Logistics support for a booming Kenyan coffee industry has never been more critical to ensure the world’s demands […]
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By Mahmood Al-Bastaki, Chief Operating Officer of DT World, part of DP World Since 2020, we’ve witnessed African markets embracing the e-commerce revolution. Thanks to rising disposable incomes, growing internet penetration, and emerging cross-border e-commerce markets, the continent is poised to become the world’s next big online retail destination. To realise this ambition, e-commerce platforms […]
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Xolani Sithole rises from the dusty townships of KwaZulu-Natal to become one of the logistics industry’s most important figures Xolani Sithole remembers his mother lining the walls of their shack with old newspapers and using the remaining pages as toilet paper. He had been made to read them first, of course. His mother insisted on […]
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Once known mainly for Mount Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar, Tanzania is seeing a change in the balance between the number of tourists and investors coming to the country. Driving from the airport, my taxi driver explains how he used to see more backpacks and sleeping bags but now briefcases and laptops are more common. Here are […]
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Two businessmen on their iPhones argue over Congolese economic policy at Le Café Conc, an expensive French restaurant in the middle of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) The businessmen – Joseph and Patrice – are small-scale investors from the city. They are sending emails to their brothers in France and […]
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