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3SC Solutions brings on
MSC completes Bolloré board Ozlem Ongun as

Africa acquisition for €5.7bn Director - Middle East & Africa

SC Solutions, a leading supply chain
olloré announced the release from Bolloré SE."The Bolloré 3solutions company, has announced the
Bcompletion of a 100 percent Group will remain strongly involved appointment of Ozlem Ongun as Director
sale of Bolloré Africa Logistics, in Africa, notably through Canal+, of Middle East and Africa. With a deep
comprising all of the Bolloré Group and will also continue to develop on understanding of supply chain practices
transport and logistics activities in this continent its activities in many both globally and regionally, she has been
Africa, to the MSC Group on the fields such as communications, working as a Sales Management, Business
basis of an enterprise value of €5.7 entertainment, telecommunications, Development, and Partner Management
billion, net of minority interests. and publishing." MSC, in an official expert since 1999 at brands like IBM,
"The sale price of the shares is statement, reiterated that it will Motorola, Gartner, and DemandTex
€5.1 billion, and 600 million euros operate Bolloré Africa Logistics Consulting Group. As such, she possesses
of shareholder loans were also Group as an autonomous entity with a bevy of experience in leading large-
repaid," says a its portfolio of diversified partners scale operational and expansion projects
under a new brand to be unveiled in several domains. During her long
in 2023. career, she has conducted business
engagements with many top retailers and
manufacturers in Turkey and the Middle
East, working primarily with C-Level
enterprises. She also has
a retail industry
experience at Best
Buy, where she
managed the
country-level
entry of a global
brand into
the Turkish
Market.

Ozlem
Ongun

Concerted actions must for air transport sustainability: AFRAA

he African Airlines Association (AFRAA)
Tand Air Senegal concluded the 54th
annual general assembly in Dakar, Senegal
recently. "The assembly, which brought
together 456 delegates from 42 countries
under the theme Acing the Roadmap
to Sustainable African Aviation, called
upon African airlines and air transport
stakeholders to act on initiatives and
strategies that will drive the sustainability
of the air transport sector to realize its
potential," says a release from AFRAA. The
plan includes the air transport sustainability
roadmap, the effective implementation of
the Single African Air Transport Market
(SAATM), the Continental Free Trade
Agreement (AfCFTA), and the Free
Movement Protocol, the release added.

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