DSV Helping To Unlock Africa’s Economic Potential

The fledgling African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) agreement and global crises such as Covid19 and the invasion of Ukraine are catalysing development opportunities in Africa – and the movement of goods and services is critical to this development succeeding for the continent’s 54 countries and 1.3 billion people.

DSV Africa Services (DAS) is playing an increasingly large role in sub-Saharan Africa to ensure the logistics capability – estimated at around 28 billion US dollars* – is in place to help economic development. Apart from helping build transport capability and logistics infrastructure, DAS is also contributing to trends** already evident across the continent, such as bridging the gap between urban and rural communities, accelerating the digitisation of logistics and growing B2B logistics.

Our single point of contact, linked to more than 80 global offices working off one system and built over 21 years of successfully moving cargo around the continent,  means we can deliver end-to-end solutions throughout Africa.

Information moves seamlessly throughout the supply chain, and myDSV, PO Management and our tracking loggers, who provide “live” information, are significant differentiators for DSV in the African market. All of this means customers can retrieve information anywhere in the world at any time. Exception management is key for customers’ supply chains when it comes to planning.

DSV works in key Africa’s economic drivers, including Oil and Gas, Mining, Power and Energy, Hi-value chain, Healthcare, Retail and Automotive.

DSV started clearing for a copper mine in Zambia’s North-Western province in late 2021 and was awarded a one year contract in March 2022 because our service more than met expectations. The foundation for our success begins with clearly understanding the client’s requirements, and making sure our processes – which are IOP/SOP – work to deliver agreed KPIs.

Key services include freight forwarding (Ocean, Road, Air and Rail), customs brokerage (compliance, execution, management), project management, cross-dock and material handling.

DAS’s single point of contact for the SSA region provides both exporters and importers with significant advantages, which include:

• The ability to negotiate preferential freight rates
• A dedicated pricing desk for cargo into and out of SSA
• Dedicated freight forwarders in each country ensuring standard operating procedures are implemented and maintained
• US Dollar based payments and remittances
• Daily updates of all cargo being moved across Africa
• A centralised transport desk
• Work closely with agent linked with CargoWise 1 (DSV’s Global Operating System)

DAS tranships goods from six hubs around the continent – Mombasa in Kenya, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Beira and Nacale in Mocambique, Durban in South Africa and Walvis Bay in Namibia. Countries served from these ports include Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mocambique, Botswana and Namibia.

The countries DSV operates in.