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EVENT REPORT

Nick Mwaura of International Procurement & Logistics (IPL), Raphael Kiptis, of Sian Flowers,
Parit Shah of Silpack Industries and Reji John of Logistics Update Africa Parit Shah, Owner, Silpack Industries
Mombasa is going to be overwhelmed
in the next few years. Because by 2030,
we want to have 50 percent of the fresh
produce grown in Kenya exported by sea.
So if half of all the flowers and half of all
the vegetables go down to Mombasa, it's
going to be a challenge.
Meanwhile, Kenya is also improving
its airport infrastructure to handle the
incoming cargo growth. Jacob Bwana, GM
Marketing and Business Development,
Kenya Airports Authority, gave an update
about the infrastructural developments
and strategies at Kenyan airports.
“Decongesting JKIA is a priority. JKIA
is poised to increase the cargo freight area
so that we will be able to handle more
widebody aircraft.”
He informed that Moi International
Airport at Mombasa is getting expanded to Raghav Gandhi, CEO, Africa Logistics Properties
embrace the sea-air strategy. “So that we
can increase not only our perishables but Speaking about Kisumu International Jamwa of KFC also spoke about how
also the transit cargo and decongest the Airport, Bwana said, “The Airport is the Port of Mombasa is spearheading
Port of Mombasa.” coming up so that we can capitalise on the innovative measures. Their plan includes
He also spoke about how the Lamu multimodal distribution in the landlocked shifting 50 percent of freight from
Port can feed into the Isiolo International hinterland of eastern central Africa. air to sea by 2030, aiming to reduce
Airport with the sea-air cargo and “African Continental Free Trade Area CO2 emissions and enhance efficiency
compared it with how Ethiopia uses (AfCFTA) is going to come and our through automation and technology
Djibouti. “Djibouti is a port country but infra-Africa trade is going to improve our integration. This move aligns with the
Ethiopia is already using Djibouti for sea- GDP further than even trading across EU-funded Business Environment and
air which is a longer distance than we have the seas because of speed as the value Export Enhancement Program (BEEP),
between Lamu and Isiolo. proposition,” he added. focusing on sustainability across crucial

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