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South Africa’s Economic Crossroads: How a Coalition Government Navigates the Perfect Storm

After two decades of covering emerging markets, I've rarely encountered an economy as paradoxical as South Africa's current state. The numbers tell a story of cautious optimism: GDP growth...

Africa’s Warehouses are Full: What’s Driving the Boom?

Africa's industrial landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation. In the first half of 2025, modern warehouse occupancy across...

Amazon Launches Louisiana’s First Same-Day Delivery Hub in Jefferson Parish

Amazon has officially opened the doors to its first-ever same-day delivery site in Louisiana, a move set to...

Walmart’s South African Gambit: The $358 Million Bet That Could Reshape Continental Retail

The announcement came with characteristic Walmart efficiency: a Tuesday morning press release confirming what retail analysts have anticipated...

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as Regional Tensions Persist

Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Tuesday, marking the completion of Africa's largest hydroelectric project...

Rwanda boosts logistics with high tech dry port in Kigali

Rwanda on Monday inaugurated a new modern inland cargo handling port that offers real-time cargo tracking services to customers. Dubbed...

South Africa improves economic competitiveness ranking

South Africa rose seven places in terms of economic competitiveness on a ranking released Wednesday by World Economic Forum...

New container terminal boosts capacity at Mombasa Port

Completion of phase one of the Second Container Terminal helped increase Mombasa Port's annual capacity by 550,000 TEUs, Kenya...

South Africa toughens its stowaway policy

According to information received from  P&I Associates (Pty) Ltd, South Africa has once again toughened its stowaway policy and...

Tigers South Africa unveils renewable energy vertical

Tigers South Africa has launched a renewable energy vertical to handle the import of solar panels from China. The company...

Equatorial Guinea mulls landmark LNG storage and regasification plant

Equatorial Guinea is set to construct the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification plant in West Africa,...

Tigers South Africa unveils e-commerce center in Johannesburg

Tigers South Africa, subsidiary of Hong Kong-based logistics company Tigers Logistics has announced the opening of an e-commerce center at...

EAIF boosts Gabon’s Owendo Port with major funding

Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) part of PIDG company, the has announced that it has arranged the long-term debt finance...

Shanghai is world’s best connected port-UNCTAD

The Shanghai port has topped UNCTAD’s 2019 ranking of the world’s best-connected ports, released on 7 August. The Chinese port garnered...

Namibia opens new port terminal at Walvis Bay

Namibian president, Hage Geingob has inaugurated a new $200 million port terminal at Walvis Bay, an extension that will...

South Africa mulls first LNG import terminal

State-owned freight logistics firm Transnet plans to launch a tender next year for South Africa’s first terminal to import...

Nippon Express sets foot in Morocco

Logistics provider Nippon Express France has opened a second operation in Morocco, a logistics centre in the port of...

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