Transforming Africa’s Logistics Landscape: trends shaping 2024

As the continent embraces the digital age wholeheartedly, several trends have emerged, shaping the logistics landscape and laying the groundwork for a more efficient and interconnected supply chain. Looking ahead to 2024, these trends are expected to continue, steering the industry toward greater innovation and adaptability. Digital Transformation and CybersecurityCompanies are increasingly turning to digital […]

Africa’s Unsung “Industrial Revolution”

There is an industrial revolution underway in sub-Saharan Africa’s most entrepreneurial economies—places such as Ghana, Uganda, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire. So far, it has failed to garner much attention, perhaps because it doesn’t fit the expected mould of large-scale structural transformation. But viewed through the kind of close-up ethnographic lens I describe in a recent CGD […]

How to Drive Safely in Africa

While traffic safety professionals in North America and Western Europe often lament the state of their roads, most African countries can only dream of reaching a fraction of the safety standards of their global peers. Case in point: The death rate in Western sub-Saharan Africa averages 27 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to just 9 in […]

African Supply Chains: Challenges; Opportunities; and Strategies for Success

Africa is home to the next major world economy, and African supply chains will make that possible. Despite the impact of the recent pandemic, Africa’s economy is doing better than expected. According to the African Development Bank (AFDB), Africa is set to outperform the rest of the world in economic growth over the next two years […]