Thinkingfromthefield.
Perspectives on terminal operations, security and the digitisation of Africa's transport infrastructure.
03 articles · 3 topics
Terminal operations6 min read
Why terminal data needs a single source of truth before it needs AI
Advanced analytics fails on fragmented data. The unglamorous first step is one operational record every system agrees on.
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Security5 min read
Perimeter management is an operations problem first
A fence sensor is only useful if it knows what is supposed to be moving. Linking perimeter to operations changes what an alarm means.
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Africa8 min read
Gateway ports and corridor economics: what East Africa teaches the rest of the continent
Mombasa and Dar es Salaam show that terminal efficiency is only half the story. The corridor behind the port decides the cost of trade.
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