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Out of Africa

Supply Chain Shaman

One of my favorite presentations at the event was by Francis Marabula, Executive head of Supply Chain, Safaricom, Kenya. He spoke of M-Pesa and the evolution of new models for mobile commerce in Kenya. Mobile penetration is forecasted to be 85% of the households in Afria by 2015.

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The introduction of E-Procurement.

ModusLink Corporation

Organizations in both public and private sectors are adopting systems such as the Electronic Data Interchange tool (EDI), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and of course the internet to benefit them when sourcing their goods (Adebayo, Dec 2015). & (Dec 2015). International Non-Governmental Organisations in Kenya.

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The Remarkable Supply Chain of the Coffee Bean

Unleashed

million 60-kilogram bags in 2015. Coffee retailers Campos Coffee source their beans from Kenya to Columbia to Brazil. For so many people, coffee is a staple of their everyday routine. And its popularity is apparent in the global market — global coffee production reached 158.6 million 60-kilogram bags in 2018, up from 148.6 kg in 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. And what a race it was.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

Smartphone use in countries like India and Kenya is growing rapidly as companies like Xiaomi offer more affordable models aimed at users in developing countries. In Indonesia, the number of web users jumped from 55 million in 2012 to 125 million in 2015. Smartphone users in India doubled from 2013-2014, from 51 million to 104 million.

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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

USD 2bn in annual VC funding) from 2015-2019. He also served as Director, Strategy and Business Development for Family Services at UBS Wealth Management, and led a UN financed market entry and financing program in Kenya. He was Head of Venture Investments at Momenta Partners and Managing Director at Touchstone Ventures.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Launched in 2014, Kilimall operates in Nigeria, Uganda and Kenya. In 2015, the marketplace launched KongaPay, a safe and convenient online payment method to tackle the issue of trust in Africa. Selling on Jumia can help you reach 80% African population that visit this marketplace.