Thursday, December 7, 2023

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Africa must tackle huge infrastructure gap to unlock opportunities for transformation – Report

Africa’s significant road infrastructure deficit creates increased production and transaction costs that must be addressed to scale opportunities envisaged under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, a new report...

The Role of Supply Chain in Knowledge Transfer: A Case Study of South African Automotive Industry

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries can help increase the productivity of local firms by transmitting advanced...

How to choose the best recruitment agency while hiring candidates

It is extremely challenging for companies to find the ideal candidates for their positions so it is important...

Slight economic slowdown for Ghana from boisterous start in 2023

Increasing warehousing and transportation capacity combined with decreasing prices in both metrics are driving an economic slowdown in...

Africa has the potential to become new global supply chain force: UNCTAD

African economies can become major participants in global supply chains by harnessing their vast resources of materials needed...

Transition Towards Green Compliant Ship Recycling Facilities in South Africa

Growing environmental and labour concerns in the global ship breaking industry present a desperate need for green compliant ship...

Corruption and tax-dodging ‘rampant’, urgent reforms needed: UN panel

Tax abuse, money laundering and corruption, plague the global financial system, a high-level UN panel reported on Thursday, launching...

Connecting people with finance: new digital core in banks

By Vincent Chen In the banking industry, the stable running of IT systems is imperative. This is what drove the...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing companies must handle returned drugs better

University of South Africa Pharmaceutical manufacturers should focus on reducing faults and working closely with pharmacies to manage medicine...

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies

By Muazu Ibrahim, University for Development Studies Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa’s...

The hard task of combating counterfeits

Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Authority, an agency tasked with combating counterfeits recently released a report on the extend of illicit trade...

Top 10 largest airlines in Africa

Although African airlines have faced major financial problems, the continent has something to smile about when albeit in some...

The impact of Covid-19 on global supply chains

As globalisation has increased, the world’s supply chains have become substantially more interconnected. Moreover, as emerging market economies have...

Covid-19: South Africa is racing to produce the masks needed to fight the virus

By, Raymond Joseph, Groundup A race against the clock is underway to source vitally needed masks and other personal protection...

Nigerian Ship-owners position for $3.5bn oil freight contracts, seek vessel financing from China

After many decades of posing akimbo, indications have emerged that Nigerian ship-owners are taking vessel acquisition financing into their...

Top 25 Global Logistics Providers

In a world where manufacturers are outputting more goods than ever, it is essential that the third party logistics...

Top ten world’s largest shipping companies by TEU

Counting down from number ten, view the world's largest shipping companies by TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit), and their vast...

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