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Africa - Pharma's Final Frontier
1. Africa: pharma’s final frontier
understanding the pharmaceutical supply chain
in the world’s fastest-growing consumer market
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Table of Contents
Foreword 3
1. Introduction 4
2. Challenges in Africa’s pharmaceutical logistics market 5
People 5
Legislation and regulations 5
Infrastructure 6
Counterfeit medicines 6
3. The current situation 7
4. A new pharmaceutical supply chain model 8
Strategic 8
Tactical 8
Operational 8
5. Conclusion 10
6. Bibliography 11
Agility’s role in the pharmaceutical sector 12
3. Foreword
robust supply chain in order to create sustainable solutions. One of the critical factors to overcome is
visibility – visibility of the physical, financial and information flows. This document provides a brief
overview of the current conditions and of some of the pressing issues. It also presents a way of
addressing these issues in a way that ensures secured medicines are delivered safely to the right
patients at the right time.
Please contact me or a member of our team if you have any questions about Agility and our ability to
meet your supply chain challenges in Africa or elsewhere.
Sincerely,
Leif Krönkvist
Vice President, Global Life Science
Agility Global Integrated Logistics
Africa is on everyone's radar. It is the world's fastest-growing
continent, a place of unparalleled opportunity. Yet about half of child
deaths globally occur in the Sub-Saharan region, and malaria and
other disease remain stubborn threats.
There are a lot of contradictions when it comes to Africa. First of all,
Africa is one continent but not one market, zone or country. The
variety in culture, climate and language across a landmass five times
larger than China demands a regional approach coupled with local
adaptation.
Regardless of the financial or political climate, Africa needs a more
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4. Introduction
chapter one:
The world’s population, 2.5 billion in 1950,
stands at 7 billion today, and is expected to
grow to 9.6 billion by 2050 (United Nations,
2013). Population growth is already straining
food supply at a time when global climate
change poses a threat to output from
traditional areas and means of production.
Africa holds 60% of the world’s undeveloped
arable land, so it is poised to play an essential
role in future global food production, a
development that will drive broader economic
growth across the continent (AGRA, 2013).
Sizeable discoveries of oil and gas will help
Africa become energy sufficient and transform
itself into a global exporter and energy power.
Of Africa’s 54 countries, 16 already export oil.
Together, they hold an estimated 20% of the
world’s total reserves. East Africa’s gas reserves
are among the largest in the world (KPMG,
2013).
Consumer spending in Africa has been rising
sharply and is expected to reach $1.4 trillion
(USD) by 2020 (McKinsey Global Institute,
2010). Twenty-two Sub-Saharan African
countries have already attained “middle
income” status (The World Bank, 2015). Since
2000, Africa’s average annual growth rate has
been higher than the average growth rate of
the world economy (United Nations, 2014).
Despite this strong economic outlook, many
African countries continue to struggle with
development challenges. Sub-Saharan Africa
accounts for 11% of the world’s population,
but it bears 24% percent of the global disease
burden and is home to a mere 1% of global
health spending (World Health Organization,
2006). More than one in four Africans remain
chronically undernourished (Stop Hunger
Now, 2015), and 115 people die every hour
from diseases linked to poor sanitation and
contaminated water (United Nations, 2015).
Governments and international institutions
have made large commitments to reducing
the incidence of communicable diseases.
Those commitments are showing results. For
example, the number of new HIV infections
has decreased by one third since 2000; and
between 2003 and 2012 the number of
patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy
climbed from 100,000 to 7.5 million.
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer,
diabetes and cardiovascular disease have
become more prevalent as the middle class has
expanded. That has fed demand for additional
medicines.
So when it comes to medicines, where are the
hurdles in Africa between production and
patient? This document will highlight some
major opportunities and challenges and show
how the pharmaceutical logistics industry can
respond.
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(Geoffrey White, 2015)
“For the first time, the world needs Africa more than Africa needs the world.” 1
Geoffrey White, CEO Agility Africa
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11. Bibliography
Adewale Tinubu, C. O. (2015, January 21). The
African Renaissance Breakfast Debate, WEF
Davos 2015. (C. o. Michael Elliot, Interviewer)
Davos , Switzerland .
AGRA. (2013). Africa agriculture status report.
Geoffrey White, C. A. (2015, January 21).
Africa's time is now. Agility Tradelanes
Magazine, Issue 24, 10.
International Monetary Fund. (2013). Women,
Work, and the Economy: Macroeconomic
Gains from Gender Equity.
JICA Research institute. (2013). Development
Challenges in Africa.
KPMG. (2013). Oil and gas in Africa - Africa's
reserves, potential and prospects.
McKinsey Global Institute. (2010). Lions on the
move: The progress and potential of African
economies.
NEPAD. (2015). African Medicines Regulatory
Harmonization Programme (AMRH).
Retrieved 01 29, 2015
Bob Diamond, C. O. (2015, January 21). The
African Renaissance Breakfast Debate, WEF
Davos 2015. (C. o. Michael Elliot, Interviewer)
Davos , Switzerland .
Paul Bulcke, C. N. (2015, January 21). The
African Renaissance Breakfast Debate, WEF
Davos 2015. (C. o. Michael Elliot, Interviewer)
Stop Hunger Now. (2015). Hunger facts.
Retrieved 01 21, 2015, from
http://www.stophungernow.org/hunger-facts
World Bank. (2011). Africa's Power
Infrastructure.
World Bank. (2015). World Bank Open Data.
Retrieved 01 21, 2015, from
http://data.worldbank.org/
United Nations. (2013). World Population
Prospects - The 2012 Revision.
United Nations. (2014). Economic
development in Africa.
United Nations. (2015, 01 22). Water for life.
Retrieved from
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World Health Organization. (2006, 11 14).
Counterfeit medicines. Retrieved 02 02, 2015,
from
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erfeit/impact/ImpactF_S/en/
World Health Organization. (2006). Working
together for health.
World Health Organization. (2010). Report of
the situation of counterfeit medicines based
on data collection tool.
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12. Contact us for more information
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Agility’s role in the
pharmaceutical sector
From its roots in emerging markets, Agility
brings efficiency to supply chains in some of
the globe’s most challenging environments,
offering unmatched personal service, a global
footprint and customized capabilities in
developed countries and emerging economies
alike.
Agility’s solutions meet the unique
requirements of the pharmaceutical industry
by providing a range of services, including;
storage in multiple temperature zones, cold-
chain solutions, reverse logistics, and advanced
tracking and tracing technologies which
ensure total supply chain visibility and
reporting on merchandise flows across all
modes of transport.
Agility leverages these capabilities around the
world to help build access to new markets and
new opportunities for its customers.
In Africa, Agility is building 70 distribution
parks over the next 5 years. This pan-African
network of international-standard logistics
parks will provide a logistics platform into the
fast-growing African market for international
companies and, equally important, a route for
intra-African trade and for export of African-
produced goods.
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