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NEWS
Kwik unveils on-demand warehousing, Webb Fontaine
fulfilment service KwikShelf in Lagos partners with
Kentrade to
revamp Kenyan
Logistics via DLMP
he African delivery service company Oyingbo in the centre of Lagos. From
TKwik announced the launch of this safe, secure, and central location,
its on-demand warehousing and Nigerian merchants will be able to
fulfilment service KwikShelf with its book warehousing space on-demand
first e-commerce fulfillment center at and entirely outsource the storage and
Iddo House, Lagos. KwikShelf is a 1,150 fulfilment of their inventory in a scalable,
sqm facility located in Iddo House, affordable, and efficient manner.
MOL Group launches first warehouse
operation in Africa ebb Fontaine, a trade
Wtechnology solutions company,
itsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) partnered with Kenya Single
Mand its group company Window Parastatal Agency, also
MOL Logistics announced known as Kenya Trade Network
that they began operating a (Kentrade). This partnership aims
warehouse in Nairobi, the to reform the Kenyan logistics
MOL Group's first in Africa, landscape with the Digital Logistics
in July 2023. Market Place. DLMP is a first-
The Nairobi warehouse of-its-kind platform, structured
is licensed to handle food, to recompose logistics practices,
medicines and liquor as well. amplify trade volumes, catalyze
It is located for international e-commerce growth, and spark
logistics, a 15-minute drive to further development of this extensive
Jomo Kenyatta International trade marketplace.
Airport, Kenya's largest, and “The DLMP is an online
adjacent to Nairobi's Inland marketplace of trade,” said Alioune
Container Depot. Ciss, chief executive officer at Webb
The MOL Group's presence in Fontaine, adding that “It offers B2B
Kenya includes a local subsidiary, services to traders with seamless
MOL Shipping (Kenya), and search, find, and send capabilities,
its Nairobi branch, which also fostering growth, reliability, and
offers ocean and air forwarding empowerment.”
services to/from Africa.
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