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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. The M-Pesa mobile application now represents 30% of GDP in Kenya with 60,000 outlets. Internet of Things As an Enabler.

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Ivalua Announces Carbon Footprint Innovation Cup Winners at Ivalua NOW 2022: How digitally enabled smart procurement can help organizations reduce scope 3 carbon emissions

ivalua

The winning solution presented by PwC & Ivalua proposes an integrated and centralized Carbon Center allowing for real-time carbon impact tracking across the full Source-to-Pay process and with the ability to design and implement carbon reduction plans. Second place was awarded to the Capgemini / Ivalua team for their CO2 Data Compounder.

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Health Supply Chains: Checking in with Deborah Dull

Logistics Bureau

Health Supply Chains Present Complex Challenges. Kenya is a big exception. So if you’re one of those people who can absorb information more readily by reading, and have an interest in what’s happening in the world of healthcare logistics, the following transcript should be a valuable source of enlightenment for you.

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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. Investors and research groups are optimistic about countries like Nigeria and Kenya, whose burgeoning middle classes have the capital to spend on foreign-made goods.

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Supply Chains have always shaped the World

Enterra Insights

Paul Simpson reports, “Excavations of the dry bed of the ancient Lake Olorgesailie, in southern Kenya, led by American paleoanthropologist Rick Potts, suggest that our ancestors created the first supply chain between 305,000 and 320,000 years ago, at least 80,000 years older than we previously thought.”[1]

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International Industrial Trade Fairs

Exapro Hub

The main goal of the annual event will be to consolidate trade and industrial relations and to present new industrial projects to potential investors. Revolutionary technologies will be presented to audience of visitors and industry experts. Indusmach Kenya. The event has been held annually since 1998.

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Manufacturing Pulse Report 2016

Supply Chain Movement

If they do decide to support omni-channel shopping, then a change of approach is needed to ensure their supply chain operations are evolved to address both the challenges and opportunities presented. >>Please >>Please click on the red button and fill in the fields to activate the green download button. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan.