Will ports’ congestion jeopardise Santa’s Supply Chain?

DIGILOGIC asked three experts from Germany, Egypt and Nigeria to share their insights on the causes, outlook and opportunities (if any) of the current ports’ congestions. The discussion quickly turned into a lively exchange on the role of innovation to support the logistics industry in such turmoil and the programmes both Egytrans and startport have in place to engage and attract innovators.

Our speakers:

Abir Leheta, Chairman & CEO, Egytrans Leheta was elected as Chairman and CEO of Egytrans, the leading national transport and logistics provider, in 2015, thereby becoming the first woman chair in the 45-year history of the company. Leheta joined the family business upon graduation, spending her earlier career days rotating through various departments and learning the business operations. Recognized by Forbes as one of the Middle East’s 100 Power Businesswomen in 2020, she holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science with a Minor in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo. Egytrans launched Logivators a 6 months incubation program designed for startups in the transportation and logistics sector where they will gain extensive knowledge and experience from industry experts and market leaders.

Tonye Membere-Otaji, CEO, founder of MVX

, A startup based in Austin (Texas, USA) and Lagos (Nigeria) that’s changing the freight forwarding and trade finance space with the help of technology. Before MVX, he led the Strategy and Commercial at a West African shipping and logistics company. Prior to that, Tonye was Co-founder & Creative Director of Membere and Longe, a design and technology agency. His passion for the blue economy and the role it plays in economic development is the inspiration behind MVX; the goal is to be at the centre of accelerating the seamless movement of trade logistics in and out of the Africa.

Alexander Garbar, Deputy Head of Corporate Development and Strategy at Duisport - Duisburger Hafen AG

Since November 2021 he is the Managing Director, startport GmbH in Duisburg, Germany and since 2020 is he’s the Deputy Head of Corporate Development and Strategy, Duisburger Hafen AG in Duisburg, Germany. He led the establishment of the Accelerator Program of the Port of Duisburg.

The webinar was moderated by Thorsten Huelsmann, CEO Digital Hub Management who coordinates DIGILOGIC project and designed with Prototipi leading the Dissemination & Communication activities.


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