Blogs
Addressing the Sweaty Elephant in the Room
While the sweltering heat of an African afternoon may have become commonplace and bearable to the continent’s inhabitants, we in the logistics industry are far more likely to...
Have eco-friendly businesses gone the ‘Gangnman Style’ way?
From the archive: this column first appeared in September 2013. Names, figures and rules are as they stood at the time. Can you recall the last time you heard the massively...
To Buy or Not to Buy: Online Shopping in the Age of Nigerian Princes
From the archive: this column first appeared in September 2013. Names, figures and rules are as they stood at the time. So you’ve found your fantasy smart phone on sale online,...
Car Import Duty in Kenya: How KRA Calculates It
A good friend once told me he had received a quotation for duty clearance from a clearing agent for a VW Jetta he wanted to import. "Duty comes to almost a million for that...
Eastern Africa’s Coalition of the Willing
From the archive: this column first appeared in September 2013. Names, figures and rules are as they stood at the time. Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala and Kigali have little in...
My Umrah Trip
From the archive: this column first appeared in August 2013. Names, figures and rules are as they stood at the time. Umrah is a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed by...
