Africa and South Asia Pacific CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, the forwarding arm of DHL, the world's leading logistics company, Amadou Diallo, on Monday announced plans to launch four Oil & Energy Centers of Excellence across Africa over the next 12 months in Cape Town, South Africa, Luanda, Angola, Accra, Ghana (for West Africa) and Mombasa, Kenya (for East Africa).
The centers will offer customers specialist expertise in oil and energy logistics, as the continent is poised to become a global energy powerhouse. Oil and energy production within Africa grew from 370 million tonnes in 2000 to 459 million tonnes in 2009 and the continent is expected to maintain, if not exceed, this growth rate in the medium-term.
African oil production capacity is anticipated to reach 7.4 million barrels a day by 2014 and with the growing global demand for energy Africa has become a key investment destination. Amadou Diallo, CEO, Africa and South Asia Pacific, DHL Global Forwarding said: "With 10 percent of the world's oil in Africa, a swiftly growing economy, businesses and investors around the world are tapping into the potential of Africa.
DHL's Oil and Energy Centers of Excellence will give customers the ability to consult our logistics experts who not only know logistics, but understand the intricacies of the oil and energy sector, to build an effective supply chain solution that can leverage our connections across 220 countries and territories around the world."-PR