180 managers from 140 freight forwarding companies attending the joint meeting of ALN and ALNA

The 9th annual meeting of Africa Logistics Network (ALN) will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 8th to 11th of October 2023.
Again, a combined meeting together with ALNA, Airfreight Logistics Network for Africa, the sister network of ALN arrived at its 2nd in-person meeting.
The growth of the networks have been impressive in the last years: ALN counts on 220 members, 80 of them in Africa and 140 in the other Continents. The 100% of Africa covered with at least one member. ALNA already have more than 100 members but is growing very fast since the restart of the meetings face to face.

“My father Alessandro founded ALN because we wanted to be stronger in Africa with our Freight Forwarding company – says Marcello Saponaro, Chairman of Africa Logistics Network-. Not to have yet another "network". The goal was to have the best network of Small and Medium sized Enterprises Worldwide and covering 100% of Africa, to support our company and to support every member of ALN”.
“And we did it – says Marcello Saponaro – “.

The main part to the conference is dedicated to the one-to-one meetings between participating members of the Networks but there will be many opportunities to reinforce friendships and confidence during the social time: the time spent during lunches and dinners.

As usual, an important moment is the Africa Logistics Awards ceremony that will be held during the Gala dinner at Cultiva Kenya Farm Restaurant on Oct 9th.

Two companies, members of ALN or ALNA, for each of the six categories will be awarded.
Worldwide Top Agents
Africa Top Agents
Middle East Top Agents
Asia & Oceania Top Agents
Americas Top Agents
Europe Top Agents

The vote between ALN and ALNA members will take place 15 days before the event. After the 3 days meeting, the group is going to spend one day as tourists into the Nairobi National Park. ALN and ALNA teams want to thank all members attending the meeting and particularly the two official sponsors of the event: the italian shipping line Ignazio Messina & C. and the german break bulk carrier based in Bremen BOCS GmbH.