Burgeoning trade lifts volumes at Air Care Cargo

ANNA COX BUSINESS AND investment opportunities into Africa are greater now than ever before. So say Sharon Minnaar and Erich Kopke of Air Care Cargo (ACC), which specialises in air transport into Africa. “The continent is opening up and there are numerous business opportunities in many different fields, from tourism and telecommunications to perishables, manufacturing and textiles,” said Minnaar. The company was started two years ago and although still ‘a newborn baby’, says Minnaar, it has already facilitated over 200 charters. “We specialise in transport into Africa, but also do European and US routes, in fact, anywhere in the world when the demand arises. We adapt to our customers’ requirements,” she said. The main routes into Africa are to Kigali, Lagos, Kinshasa and Luanda. ACC offers full logistical support from the handling of customs’ requirements to the streamlining of documents. Project cargo is one of its fields of expertise, having recently been involved in the transportation of building materials for two complete hotels to Kigali, moving everything from the cement and tiles to furnishings and fittings. “Many people are using South African transporters because we have been identified as one of the best logistical providers into Africa in the world,” said Kopke. There has been an increase in the movement of goods to South East Asia, Reunion and Madagascar. Many manufacturing plants are now being established in Madagascar, he said. “Being a smaller company, we have the flexibility to work on short notice,” he added.