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THE FINAL WORD
To round off each issue, we ask our contributing business leaders for their views on the same question
What is your greatest success story of initiating change within your company?
David El Bez
Terminal Director for Africa, TiL “LCT has accomplished a great deal in its young history and has played a significant role in TiL’s Africa portfolio, and in supporting MSC’s shipping network. Thanks to the efforts of the LCT team and management, the terminal is continuing to roll out the results of pre-existing investment commitments with a view to growing capacity and always seeking to improve productivity, efficiency and safety.”
Ms. Lliane M. Ndananeze
CEO and Co-Founder, WidEnergy “In an effort to make diversity and inclusion a reality, our sales agents own the sales and the on-boarding process. This strategy has enabled our female sales team to leverage their natural ability to Are you a CEO/Director interested in telling your story? Contact Africa Outlook now!
relate with the social context of our customers, gain confidence in their contribution to building better communities and establish solid and long-lasting relationships with our customers. "That’s a WidEnergy story I am proud of: from dreaming of women as agents of change to seeing them become real agents of change.”
Herman Franken
Country Manager, AB InBev Namibia “Entering Namibia, I inherited a team that lived through tough times during COVID-19, economic recession, and multiple shifts in management. As a management team we changed our routines, started working together closely, and built a local AB InBev Namibian team identity and purpose. Critically we decided to invest into training for middle management and spent time and effort in aligning the broader company to the goals and plans for the year. During this time a change in reporting lines happened, shifting from Botswana to South Africa.
“We have tried in many small ways to shift the way Namibia works and how we look at our operations as a team – with still a road ahead to grow. At the end of the day a manager is not responsible for the results in a direct way, but rather responsible for the people who are responsible for the results. That is a change I am proud to drive every day to empower my team and have them empower their teams.”
Rukesh Raghubir
Director, M&D Construction “I am proud of the role that I have played in helping to build a robust and resilient management team and sufficient cash reserves to weather tumultuous episodes.”
LOMÉ CONTAINER TERMINAL
SUPPLY CHAIN
TOGO’S TERMINAL
With strategic access to the continent and abroad, Togo is a West African maritime & logistics hub. We take a look at Lomé Container Terminal, and speak to executive members of its associated businesses, to learn more about the port, the country and the wider MSC Africa network.
Writer: Marcus Kääpä | Project Manager: Kyle Livingstone
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West Africa is one of the continent’s primary regions of maritime trade and activity.
With easy access to Europe and a direct path to the Americas, West Africa has grown to develop a multitude of bustling hubs across the many countries that make up its vast coastline.
Among these, Togo has been a rising star. Sitting on the underbelly of the region, Togo’s capital city of Lomé is
LOMÉ CONTAINER TERMINAL
SUPPLY CHAIN
driven by the Aponte family. As the world’s largest container carrier, MSC today is on top of a fascinating growth story. It has evolved from a one vessel operation into a globally reputed business with a fleet of 700 vessels and more than 110,000 people spanning its 155 countries, including 40 African nations.
MSC GROUP AT A GLANCE
situated in a strategic location that has access to Central and Southern Africa and is able to facilitate the shipping of goods from all over the continent to those abroad, such as East Asia.
With an office based in Lomé, the aptly named Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) is one of the many terminals under the banner of Terminal Investment Limited (TiL).
TiL is the terminals arm of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a global leader in
MSC has also developed over decades a logistics offering that transportation and logistics. MSC also includes the trucking, rail and barge owns MEDLOG, the inland transport networks operated by MSC and by its subsidiary MEDLOG, as well as and logistics provider.essential cargo storage facilities. MSC created TiL in 2000 to secure berths and terminal capacity MARITIME WORLDWIDE in the major ports used by MSC. That company evolved into one Present in 155 countries, MSC of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse container facilitates international trade between terminal managing investors, handling the world’s major economies, and over 53 million TEUs per year, for both TiL and MSC terminals, and serving among emerging markets across all multiple shipping lines at different locations around the world. continents.MSC’s COMMITMENT TO AFRICA
Founded in 1970 and headquartered “Since the very first MSC ‘liner’ service called in East Africa in 1971, the in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978, company has demonstrated a longterm commitment to the continent MSC is a privately-owned organisation and it continues to invest in shipping, logistics and infrastructure,” begins Giles Broom, a global spokesman for the business. “MSC has, over Africa Outlookthe years, invested in local teams, issue 96 | 3 inland networks and container terminals to bring international trade opportunities to businesses across
Today, the MSC Group employs more than 110,000 people across a range of business activities and is a benchmark for customer service within the transportation industries. MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company encompasses:
CARGO DIVISION:
• • • MSC TiL MEDLOG the African continent.” Recognised and respected as a global leader in container shipping, PASSENGER DIVISION: the company’s roots as a family • • • MSC Cruises Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) SNAV enterprise set it apart in a competitive marketplace. According to Broom, MSC is a business founded on a genuine passion for the sea, on MSC IN AFRICA - AT A GLANCE: longstanding nautical heritage, and • Present in 40 countries on a sense of commitment to people and communities. • 50 ocean services and local MSC’s consistent growth has also feeders seen it strategically and successfully • 123 weekly calls at 60 different manoeuvre into an increased portfolio
African ports of transportation solutions. This • Road and rail transport solutions expansion has not only been at sea • Hinterland logistics: Feeder but also in rail, road and port terminal services, Rail, Truck in West infrastructure, through subsidiaries
Africa, South Africa, East Africa MEDLOG and TiL. Its executives speak of a clear • Warehousing and storage ambition and vision to grow its solutions presence in Africa. Today, MSC • Active partner for exporters of operates almost 50 weekly ocean soft agricultural commodities services connecting Africa to the such as cocoa, cotton, cashew rest of the world. It invests in, and nuts, sesame, among many other manages, state-of-the-art terminals types of cargo. which, combined with trucking solutions, depots and warehouses, enable the transportation of goods to, from and around the continent.
6 | Africa Outlook issue 96 As a key partner of Lomé Container Terminal (LCT) & Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), Antea Group recently conducted a detailed study of the evolution of the Togolese coastline in the context of more than 50 years of coastal development. Therefore, providing necessary inputs to the stakeholders for the design of a futureready Togolese coastline, open for business and offering state-of-the-art environmental and social protection.
“Do what you promise, do it with boundless effort, and always try to improve yourself” was the remarkable quote that accompanied Antea Group when its story started in 1951.
a new terminal, quay wall renovation or maintenance dredging. • Long term technical assistance including preparation of procurement processes for contractors and engineering firms • ESIA or QHSE studies, trainings, or audits • Soil and sediment characterization for geotechnical investigations. • Numerical modeling (hydrological, nautical, sediment,…) to evaluate the impacts of current activities and future developments and optimize dredging strategies. • Create positive impact for the community and environment by adopting water stewardship, develop green energy or thrive in the blue economy.
Today with more than 3,300 engineers and consultants all around the world, we keep our promise and deliver the technical input managers need to keep their organizations prosperous, safe, and sustainable.
Present on the African continent for more than 30 years, Antea Group combines a strong knowledge of local markets and an international in-house experts’ network to assist your organization in its activities. Depending on the specificity of your project, Antea Group will put together the perfect team of local experts, expat professionals, and desktop engineers to deliver what is needed and when it’s needed. We bring flexible and sustainable answers, build a strong trust relationship with our clients, and can operate worldwide thanks to our global presence.
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Whether you are representing a port authority or a terminal operator, we can bring you our vast experience with both public and private Supply Chains for the main challenges you face today.
Among our wide range of services, you will find the one that fits your needs: • Climate-proof infrastructure design, feasibility studies, detailed designs, and preparation of tender documents for the extension of a basin,
For any question, opportunity, or challenge you are facing, contact our International Business Development Leader:
Tom D’Haeyer International Business Development Leader Tom.Dhaeyer@anteagroup.be +32 494 53 31 87
Lomé Container Terminal has told its story.
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