Congo-Brazzaville’s national airline ECAir plans to launch a new route to Dakar, Senegal in a bid to expand its services in West Africa
Logistics
Aireon secures deal to provide aircraft tracking services to ASECNA
Aircraft tracking firm Aireon has signed an agreement with the Agency for the Security of Aviation Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) to provide the company with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities
DHL Global Forwarding named Africa’s leading freight forwarder for the third time
Air and ocean freight company DHL Global Forwarding has been named Africa’s International Freight Forwarder of the Year for the third time at the STAT Times Awards held in Johannesburg, South Africa
19 companies submit bids to manage second terminal at Kenya’s Mombasa Port
Nineteen logistics companies have emerged bidders to manage the second container terminal at Kenya’s Mombasa Port, which has a capacity of 450,000 TEUs
Maersk helps build biggest African port in Ghana
Danish shipping and energy company Maersk will invest US$1.5bn for the expansion of Port of Tema in Ghana, touted to be the largest in Africa