Benjamin Nitsche, H. Mensah, Frank Straube, Vianney Barigye
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摘要
背景:非洲大陆拥有快速增长的年轻人口,经济潜力巨大,但尚未得到充分开发。建立非洲自由贸易区是非洲联盟促进繁荣的主要举措之一。尽管非洲自由贸易区已经生效,但其潜力尚未得到充分挖掘。本研究调查了与非洲自由贸易区相关的物流挑战,以及未来价值链的潜在解决方案和发展路径。研究方法:本研究基于两个阶段的研究过程。首先,对 19 位行业专家采用 "名义小组技术"(Nominal Group Technique),对当前面临的挑战和应对策略进行研究,并对非洲自由贸易区的潜在发展路径进行归纳。其次,对其他行业专家进行问卷调查,以评估第一阶段的结果。结果:文章揭示了几乎尚未开发的物流挑战领域,这些挑战阻碍了非洲自由贸易区发挥其潜力。文章解释了应对当前挑战的战略领域,并概述了非洲自由贸易区将如何在中期塑造供应链的初步迹象。结论:文章强调了物流在泛非价值链发展中的重要性,并着重指出了中期内可能出现的潜在发展路径。文章还强调,为克服当前的物流挑战并利用非洲自由贸易区的潜力,政界、商界和研究机构之间的合作需求日益增长。
Leveraging the Potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area: Logistics Challenges and Development Paths for Future Value Chains in Africa
Background: With a rapidly growing young population, the African continent provides a high but barely exploited economic potential. Creating an African free trade zone is one of the African Union’s major initiatives to increase prosperity. Even though the AfCFTA has already come into force, its potential has not yet been fully exploited. This study investigates the logistics challenges associated with the AfCFTA and potential solutions and development paths for future value chains. Methods: The study builds upon a two-stage research process. First, applying the Nominal Group Technique with a group of 19 industry experts, current challenges and strategies to deal with them are conducted, and statements about potential development paths emerging from the AfCFTA are synthesized. Second, a questionnaire among additional industry experts is done to assess the results of the first stage. Results: The article sheds light on the barely untapped field of logistics challenges hindering the AfCFTA to leverage its potential. Strategy fields to address current challenges are explained, and the first indications of how the AfCFTA will shape supply chains in the mid-term are outlined. Conclusions: The article underlines the importance of logistics in the development of pan-African value chains and highlights potential development paths that may arise in the medium term. It also emphasizes the growing need for cooperation between politics, business, and research to overcome current logistics challenges and leverage the potential of the AfCFTA.