Source: The Guardian Nigeria
Full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area could add more than US$450 billion to Africa’s GDP by 2035.
However, realising this opportunity will ultimately require Africa to strengthen the cross-border infrastructure required to move goods, money and data at scale.
At the centre of this growth is logistics.
While digital platforms make it easier than ever for a small business in South Africa to sell to a customer in Kenya or Nigeria, the transaction only succeeds if the physical movement of goods is reliable, predictable and fast.
Read the rest of this opinion piece by Nelson Teixeira, managing director of Operations for FedEx in sub-Saharan Africa, in our “Columns”” section.
Logistics at the centre of Africa’s growth – FedEx | Freight News
