Last mile-delivery tech predictions for 2023

Transport and logistics are soaring in Africa, with further rapid growth predicted for years to come. That’s the word from the World Economic Forum and African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) organisation in a new forecast report released in Davos, Switzerland in January. By AFCFTA estimates, maritime trade will increase from 58-million to 132-million tons by 2030, while the region will increase intra-African freight demand by 28% by the same year. Some two-million trucks, 100 000 rail wagons, 250 planes and more than 100 vessels will be required to meet the demand. At the same time it’s hardly a secret that global supply chains have been severely disrupted in the three years since Covid-19’s unwelcome arrival. READ MORE