{"id":744,"date":"2023-08-13T16:02:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercuryfreight.co.za\/?p=744"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T14:25:36","slug":"last-mile-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercuryfreight.co.za\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Last-mile delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"post-title\">Last-mile delivery: Growing opportunity storm in Africa.<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><\/span>Logistics News<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>Well-functioning transport networks are the heartbeat for many nations, bringing with them several social and economic opportunities at city, regional, and country levels. For Africa, last-mile delivery is a growing opportunity storm transport sector. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What gave rise to the storm, who will ride or sink and where are the highest areas with potential? African cities are seeing extraordinary growth, with over 60 percent of Africans expected to live in cities by 2030. With this comes higher demands for efficient supply chains for growing urban areas and the remaining rural space to avoid expansion of the rural-urban divide. The year 2020 highlighted the extent of this crack in many local supply chains, but also accelerated the growing e-commerce in Africa....<\/span><span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3 et_clickable  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Read full article here:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.logisticsnews.co.za\/Article\/last-mile-delivery-growing-opportunity-storm-in-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #003366; text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.logisticsnews.co.za\/Article\/last-mile-delivery-growing-opportunity-storm-in-africa<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_post_nav_0 et_pb_posts_nav nav-single et_block_module\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well-functioning transport networks are the heartbeat for many nations, bringing with them several social and economic opportunities at city, regional, and country levels. 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