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Newsflash 435 of 18 September 2007 SA Global Competitiveness Hub Conference: Expanding Regionally Beyond |
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Dear MCLI Reader |
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The Southern
Africa Global Competitiveness Hub, in partnership with USAID and the US
Commercial Service, hosted a conference in Sandton
on September the 6th which looked at the challenges and opportunities for
business and development in Southern Africa, with the keynote address on this
topic delivered by Eric Long of SAB Miller, a company with vast experience of
business expansion into Africa. |
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The conference
also dealt with the concept, impact and role of transport corridors in the
Southern African region, and how these transport corridors can create
competitive access to markets. Panellists were drawn from MCLI and the Walvis
Bay Corridor Group. The session on customs dealt with issues affecting
transport such as 24 hour and one stop border posts. And new initiatives
being implemented to make customs processing faster and more efficient.
This particular item looked at the SAD 500 (Single Administrative Document)
the automation of forms, the integrated border management system and the
results of the World Customs Organisation Time Release Studies. |
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Other items
covered included a case study of UTi’s
successes and challenges in expanding their services into the region,
logistics considerations from clearing and forwarding to bond guarantees, the
DTI’s South African strategy for Southern Africa and potential linkages
with American business, and major issues on sea and airports operations and
logistics into and out of the region. |
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MCLI would like
to congratulate the SA Global Competitiveness Hub and its partners for an excellent
opportunity to consider the issues of business expansion into the greater
SADC region and for providing a key opportunity for participants to network
with stakeholders and potential business partners. |
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Click HERE to
download the presentations. |
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