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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
East Africa’s growing status as Africa’s new hot spot in the oil and gas industry is drawing international firms of all types to open offices in some of the region’s major cities. Panalpina, the freight forwarding and logistics company, is one of those companies that has expanded into the region opening an office in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
The company says the new office will support its growth strategy for the region and will leverage on opportunities for growth exist predominantly in the energy and infrastructure sectors.According to Panalpina’s country managing director in Kenya JuergenPaliko the Nairobi office will give customers in these expanding economies a single point of contact, and direct access to the company’s global network and services in air freight, ocean freight and logistics.
“Kenya is East Africa’s largest economy and a gateway to the region, especially Uganda and Rwanda. With the Nairobi office in place, Panalpina is now able to take a more focused approach to cultivating local business and also trade lanes from the Middle East and Asia into Kenya,” says ,” Juergen.
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