With acute skills shortages in the logistics sector, it is imperative that companies invest in training. Securing funding and finding reputable, accredited training providers, however, remains the biggest challenge, says Nombulelo Moja, group HR manager at CFR Freight.
South Africa’s Justin John Goedhart has been announced as the winner for the Africa and Middle East region of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA).
East Africa remains one of Africa’s good news stories – even in the airfreight sector where capacity is under severe pressure. According to Stephen Bishop, airfreight director at CFR Freight, East Africa at present accounts for two of the company’s top ten lanes.