Continent’s basic needs create opportunity

While donor funding is clearly a significant obstacle to Africa’s growth, the continent’s population still needs to eat, sleep, drink, not get sick and make calls – which creates opportunities for airfreight operators into the region. That’s according to one of the operators who preferred to remain unnamed, and who believes the difficult economic circumstances will spawn more and more entrepreneurial business. “We are already seeing a range of farming supplies moving into the DRC and land being made available to ex-South African farmers in the country.” For airfreight operators, price is a growing concern, according to our commentator. “We’re offering clients alternatives to airfreight only. With combinations of air/road or sea/ air, prices can be kept down.”