DHL Express
Delivering the IT Solutions Needed for Seamless Business Operations
For over a decade, Vodacom Business has supported DHL Express with the IT infrastructure needed to maintain its leading position within the logistics industry across the African continent. As a business that depends on a reliable network, DHL Express’s IT infrastructure and system uptime are critical to providing the quality service that their customers expect. DHL Express needed an IT and communications partner who could scale and grow with them. Over the past 10 years, Vodacom Business has done just that. “Our business is about being able to efficiently and timeously provide services to our customers,” says Ken Balman, Head of IT DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa. “We needed a technology partner that could cover our multinational footprint while supporting and driving our digital agenda. Vo...
DHL Debuts Digital Road Freight Platform in Uganda
Image sourced from Transport Advancement DHL Global Forwarding – an international provider of air, sea and road freight services – has launched its digital road freight platform Saloodo! to shippers and transport providers in Uganda, connecting the country to its growing digital network on the African continent. With a total road network of over 129 000 kilometres, it is no surprise that almost 95% of cargo freight in the country relies almost entirely on road transportation. However, similar to the situation in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, there remains infrastructural challenges – a top priority to address as laid out by the Ugandan government in its National Development Plan II and Vision 2040. A 2016 World Bank report found that imports of transport and logistics services make up 55...
