Logistics Parks News

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.

Agility, a leading global logistics provider, today announced the opening of a new 900,000 square meter logistics park in Riyadh, part of a series of investments in the country valued at 1 billion Saudi riyals (SAR).

President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo was joined by former British prime minister Tony Blair on Thursday to talk economic development at the Togo-UK Investment Summit in London.

Agility has been selected as the Kuwait national winner in the Industrial Project of the Year category at the 2019 MEED Projects Awards, presented in association with Mashreq.

Geoffrey White, CEO at Agility Africa, speaks to CNBC Africa at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali at the end of March.