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Fried-chicken stores in Angola and Zambia hungry for cloud-based inventory planning

StockTrim

South African start-up, Supply Run provide supply chain and operations support for clients across Africa. Hungry Lion has restaurants across the African continent, and Supply Run’s Alex de Sousa supports staff at their Zambia and Angola franchises. One of their clients is Hungry Lion – a popular fast-food, fried-chicken franchise.

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Illegal Supply Chains: selling stolen and counterfeit drugs

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

billion between 2006 and 2012 to fight Malaria in Africa that kills 600,000 annually.    Despite Novartis’ efforts in distributing its malaria drug (Coartem) on a non-profit basis, they discovered most of the drugs were stolen and then resold in the black market and counterfeited Coartem was sold throughout Africa

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Agility to invest $100m in Africa this year

Logistics Middle East

The company is looking to expand its footprint in Ghana, Mozambique, Angola and Nigeria this year.'

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Sustainable Hardwood use in Namibia – A 200-Year Plan

DynaSys

As you drive along the long straight tarred road that runs from Namibia’s northern border with Angola to the capital Windhoek and the west African coast you see many roadside craft stalls. “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit” – origin unknown and disputed.

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Logistics and Supply Chain Management in Africa

SCM Research

As you might know, I had the great opportunity to travel to East Africa several times, where I gave logistics and supply chain management lectures ( see my previous post ). Indeed, although Africa – a continent with more than one billion people – certainly faces huge challenges, the situation is changing rapidly.

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Do Tariffs Really Impact China’s Global Supply Chain?

NC State SCRC

For instance China developed a large port in Angola, after which the race to extend rail lines and truck routes through Zambia to Congo to export cobalt from mines they also control was quick to follow. At that point, Chinese state-controlled enterprises are in a position to exert a significant amount of pressure on host economies.

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White paper: Are the weakest link in your supply chain?

Supply Chain Movement

South Africa. White paper: What if you are the weakest link in your supply chain? Please fill in the following fields to activate the download button. Choose country. Afghanistan. Åland Islands. American Samoa. Antarctica. Antigua and Barbuda. Azerbaijan. Bangladesh. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines. San Marino. Sao Tome and Principe.