AMI Worldwide acquired by CEVA Logistics

CEVA Logistics is expanding its operations in Africa after acquiring a majority stake in Dubai-based AMI Worldwide.

From 1st July over 1,000 AMI Worldwide employees in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa and its almost 1,000 employees, will join CEVA.

Three inland services facilities in Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast that are operated by CEVA parent company CMA CGM will also join CEVA’s African network, offering freight forwarding services.

Mathieu Friedberg, chief executive officer at CEVA Logistics, said: “Businesses across the African continent enjoy significant growth prospects and logistics solutions are crucial to materialising these opportunities, by ensuring supply chains work well and trade flows run smoothly.”