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Accra, March 12, GNA – DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, has expanded its network of DHL Service Points in Sub-Saharan Africa from the initial 300 to more than 1000.
The move is an aggressive expansion into the market which is aimed to further cement the company’s leading position in Africa.
It will also serve as platform to offer local consumers and small businesses an efficient and convenient way of shipping overseas.
This was contained a statement issued by the company and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.
The logistics and express company, which is present in 52 Sub-Saharan Africa markets, has been looking to improve access for cash and account customers, creating enhanced accessibility for customers and increasing connectivity between African markets and more than 220 countries and territories that DHL currently serves worldwide.
Mr Kader Coulibaly, General Manager for DHL Express Ghana indicated that the 2012 Global Connectedness Index, which measured the state of globalisation showed that Sub-Saharan Africa remained the globe’s least connected continent.
He said the sub-region did averagely the largest increase from 2010 to 2011 and boasted the top five ‘gainers’ such as Ghana, Mozambique, Togo, Guinea and Zambia.
He noted that there was still major opportunity to improve connectivity across the continent, adding that access to logistics services and international markets were key to the enhancement.
The logistics operator had also identified the need for increased convenience for small to medium enterprises (SMEs), as a recent study by global information and analytics company, IHS, showed that accessibility to international markets was a driver of the success of small businesses.
Mr Coulibaly said the SME sector was growing at an amazing pace adding: ‘This investment will help to connect African SME’s to the rest of the world.’
‘Africa is a complex market to operate in but we’ve proven that, with a bit of creativity, you can expand your footprint and provide a way to service the continent’s growth,’ he said.
‘Ensuring the people within Africa access to global markets, and transfer skills, goods and information, means we are able to support and spur on the continued African resurgence. Expanding our retail presence is just the first step,’ he added.
GNA