Monday, December 9African Digital Business Magazine

Tag: Local Suppliers

Business, South Africa News

Building resilience into the Supply Chain

The supply chain sector, and the adjacent global freight and transport spaces, are complex as well as crucial. A reliable supply chain prefigures a nation’s overall economic competitiveness and is a key enabler at the macro-economic level, as most other industries rely on the inflow of various goods. Since last year, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused major hurdles and disruptions for the supply chains around the world. Restrictions on non-essential commodities, additional health, and safety checks, and reduced staff levels led to bottlenecks and shortages of certain goods. In their attempts to adapt to these challenges, businesses are responding with ingenuity and innovation, often facilitated by rapid digitization. Given the looming threat of the pandemic’s 3rd wave, companies continue to ...
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Makers of Plumpy’nut® to Invest $5.8 Million in African Companies to Fight Severe Acute Malnutrition Through Local Suppliers

French food manufacturer to significantly increase its total investment since 2005 to support sustainable food production systems MALAUNAY, France, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nutriset, the inventor and manufacturer of Plumpy'nut® – the highly fortified peanut-based paste that revolutionized the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) – today announced the company will contribute an additional $5.8 million over the next two years to combat severe acute malnutrition in the developing world and especially in the Sahel region of Africa. Announced during the Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines in conjunction with the awarding of the 2012 World Food Prize, Nutriset's $5.8 million commitment will go to members of the PlumpyField® network, a network of locally based private manufactu...