Logistics Parks News

Geoffrey White, CEO of Agility Africa, dropped into The C Suite to talk with Bronwyn Nielsen of The Nielsen Network. In this interview, Geoffrey discusses how the pandemic has slowed down global trade yet the demand for warehousing is strong as ecommerce picks up across the African continent. He also mentions how in Africa the pandemic wasn’t as devastating as predicted, paving the way for emerging markets there to make a sharp recovery.

Agility Africa CEO Geoffrey White joins Andrew Skipper from Hogan Lovells for The A Perspective, a wide-ranging podcast that is now in its fourth season. In the interview, Geoffrey discusses the strategy and reasoning behind Agility’s investments into Africa, how companies in Africa can navigate infrastructure challenges through simple logistical solutions and the positive impact this is having on future growth and development. Geoffrey shares his thoughts on how the AfCFTA could make a substantial difference in intra-African trade and value addition. The podcast also contains Geoffrey’s views on the main barriers to success within the logistics business in Africa, along with opportunities and challenges caused by Covid-19 in the short and long term. Listen to this podcast below.

In its annual Emerging Markets Logistics Index Agility says the global recession and COVID-19 pandemic disrupted supply chains and forced logistics professionals to adapt to new realities.

Maersk has chosen the new Agility warehouse project in Abidjan to house its new storage, deconsolidation and distribution facility in the economic capital of Cote D’Ivoire.

Geoffrey White tells CNBC Africa that investors’ view of Africa as the riskiest place to do business will change in light of rising risks elsewhere and Africa’s increasingly inviting prospects. Originally published on the CNBCAfrica

Agility, a leading global logistics and warehousing provider, has leased warehouse space in the Agility Logistics Park (ALP) in Abidjan to CDCI, Cote D’Ivoire’s top retailer, for a new nationwide warehousing and distribution center.

Geoffrey White, CEO at Agility Africa, speaks to CNN at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town in September 2019.

For Africa, successful implementation of the AfCFTA is a game changer with the potential to move millions from a rural subsistence agriculture-based society to an early stage industrial society.