May 18, 2021: Hong Kong-based neutral air cargo solutions group, Aero Africa, has recently launched its digital airfreight rate platform to cater to the needs of the African freight & logistics community. The new airfreight gateway and consolidation portal will be available exclusively to freight forwarders and transport-related companies, providing instant air freight wholesale rates, consolidation schedules, and bookings from major global hubs to 84 airports in Africa starting in Southern Africa by June 2021.

“Combining our extensive experience and expertise in air freight, with our new technological capabilities, will open up new and innovative ways for African logistics providers to conduct airfreight business, which will transform traditional notions of efficiency and routes to market. This is the first of many initiatives we are planning to release this year, which will bring enhanced value to the African logistics community as a whole. Aero Africa operates neutral scheduled air freight consolidations services from Asia and Europe to selected gateways in Africa. The new portal will enable us to digitise effectively the air cargo logistics B2B community, and to provide full visibility and transparency to our client’s airfreight import business .The new digital portal has been built tailored to the needs of the African logistics market, taken into consideration every small detail of the air freight procurement and consolidation management model at each gateway and African destination,” said CCO Jade Da Costa.