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Logistics in Africa

Logistics in Africa

From the reforms needed to refloat Transnet, to new bridges in Nigeria and the cooperation between Egyptair and Ethiopian Airlines.

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Still competitors

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How Egyptair is collaborating with Ethiopian Airlines despite tensions The prolonged tensions between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam did not prevent Egyptair, Africa’s number two airline, f...

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conglomerate loading

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Nigeria: Improved results, Niger bridge brightens Julius Berger’s outlook Nigerian construction firm Julius Berger’s latest promising results, as well as big projects like the popular Second Niger Bridge, have brightened its...

© A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS

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‘A LONG GAME’

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South Africa: Logistics firm Transnet too risky for private investors The African Rail Industry Association (ARIA) has accused Transnet of running a “deeply flawed” third-party access process, urging the government to re...

© Mesfin Tasew, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines (photo: @flyethiopian)

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Profile

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Ethiopian Airlines boss Mesfin Tasew, man of few words and big feats In charge of Ethiopian Airlines (EA) new development plan, Mesfin Tasew, who took the helm at Africa’s largest national carrier last year, is as discr...

Aboubaker Omar Hadi, president of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, on 20 October 2020. © Vincent Fournier for JA

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Maritime advancement

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Bolloré, MSC..‘In Africa, the big shipowners have become the masters of the game’ Aboubaker Omar Hadi, the all-powerful head of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (DPFZA), looks back at the main developments in the maritime...

© Signage is seen for BP (British Petroleum) at a service station on January 30, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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appeasing putin?

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BP quits South Africa aviation sector under cloud of Russia sanctions Last year, South Africa’s authorities were enraged when BP refused to refuel Russian planes at South African airports out of fear of Western sanctions...

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