supply chain – Perspective

Carrefour in Cote D’Ivoire: Thinking global; acting local

By Niti Bhan | January 23, 2016

Unusually, for a global retail brand like the French Carrefour chain, their range of products in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire include numerous locally sourced products. News has it that they signed as many as 170 different supplier agreements in their bid to source indigenously. …local products like pineapple from Bonoua (south-east), yam from Bondoukou (east), rice… Read More »

Quality of service at the last mile will make or break African e-commerce startups

By Niti Bhan | April 14, 2015

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With new e-commerce startups sprouting up everyday, competitive advantage in the urban African context will boil down to their quality of delivery and logistics managment. Given the lack of infrastructure such as home addresses, post codes with embedded information, or as is the case in India – the last mile of delivery in the form… Read More »