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The US is pushing for friend-shoring pacts with Asia and Africa looking for more commitment in deal.

Pundits advise that the US is better off supporting the African Union’s Agenda 2063 even though the US strategy is exclusive for Sub-Saharan Africa. However, that part of Africa is still accounted for in the continent-wide Agenda 2063. It would bode well for all parties concerned if US support to Sub Sahara Africa served to help the region better place itself in the overall African vision.

There is the matter of friend-shoring as well, Africa feels the US gave Asia a much better deal, more explicit, more concrete, specific and committed than it ever did with the motherland. How will it play out? Will the US-China trade war help Africa secure a better deal from China than the US?

Even though the strategy does mention a willingness to facilitate ‘new geographic groupings’, it is not specific as to what these new alliances are and what they will mean in terms …

Africa EU Logistics (www.theexchange.africa)

As part of its overall mission, DIGILOGIC aims at developing a trend radar of the latest digital logistics technology trends with a focus on Africa. The trend radar is foreseen to be a dynamic, living tool that captures the development of business and especially technology.

It will be continuously extended and enriched with examples from industry and research, which is why DIGILOGIC interviews experts for their perspectives on the digital logistics sector in Africa.

Fabio Scala is the founder of FurtherAfrica, a business intelligence platform for senior professionals looking for information on finance, development, the economy and investment opportunities in Africa.

As part of the DIGILOGIC project’s High-Level Advisory Board of experts, Fabio helps us with his fellow industry experts supporting the project by assessing our results, raising awareness of the project, and taking part in our activities. It is within his capacity that he joined Toyin Dania for this …