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Rwanda Heads Technology Revolution in Africa

The Network Effect

Rwanda is a tiny country in Africa, the fourth smallest to be exact, but one making giant strides in embracing the latest technology. Rwanda is at a distinct disadvantage. Take Rwanda’s embrace of drones for instance… Zipline Drones Testing in Rwanda. There’s not much in the way of natural resources.

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Zipline Adds Drone Delivery for GNC, Two Other Clients

Multichannel Merchant

The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and made its first flights delivering blood in Rwanda in 2016. It’s currently being used by sweetgreen, Michigan Medicine, MultiCare Health Systems, Intermountain Health and the government of Rwanda. GNC plans to expand drone service to a couple other U.S.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

The overall expansion was supported by the sharpest rise in new orders since June 2014. Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world. According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics startup Zipline has flown more than 38 million miles with its autonomous electric delivery drones since the company was founded in 2014. Zipline put its first fleet to work in Rwanda, delivering blood and other health supplies to clinics and hospitals.

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S.E.C. Approval of Conflict Minerals Rules: a landmark in supply chain disclosure requirements

EcoVadis

Countries covered by the new rules in addition to the DRC include South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. First specialized disclosure report to be filed on May 31, 2014 (for the 2013 calendar year) and annually on May 31 every year thereafter.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. However, Technavio’s analysts now forecast the 3PL market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 2.87% over the period 2014-2019. Acquisitions dominated the logistics headlines in 2014 and that trend is continuing this year.

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Ladies for Women International: Helping Females Survivors of War Rebuild Their Schedules

Veridian Solutions

Pushing sex equality, ladies for Women runs supportive programs for men and women in building countries, such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of this Congo, Rwanda, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and Kosovo. While they carry on expanding their unique programs, WfWI dreams to expand to other places where help is necessary.