Move to optimize healthcare logistics in Africa
AD Ports Group and Burjeel Holdings, a leading super-specialty healthcare services provider in MENA, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore creating a joint venture (JV) that would fast-track the delivery of high-quality medical supplies and services across Africa.
The effort seeks to support the UAE’s broader humanitarian aid mission to strengthen healthcare infrastructure and ensure timely access to essential medicines and services in underserved regions of the African continent.
AD Ports Group, with Burjeel Holdings’ subsidiaries and its healthcare-management arm Operonix, will assess opportunities to leverage AD Ports Group’s extensive logistics footprint to facilitate the handling, inland transportation, specialized warehousing, and distribution of medical supplies, equipment, and pharmaceuticals across Africa.
Collaboration
A collaboration would combine AD Ports Group’s physical and digital distribution networks with Burjeel’s platforms and services to optimize healthcare supply and services delivery through smarter inventory management, and efficient logistics.
The JV partners could also co-invest in each other’s projects within the scope of their shared objectives, jointly advancing healthcare logistics projects that bring a long-term impact across Africa.
“With Burjeel, AD Ports Group is committed to following the guidance of our wise leadership in the UAE by deploying the commercial potential of our African business assets to produce tangible benefits for the societies in which we operate,” stated Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO, AD Ports Group.
“This MoU with AD Ports Group would allow us to capitalize on its advantages and accelerate the delivery of exemplary medical care combined with state-of-the-art technology,” commented Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, Founder and Chairman, Burjeel Holdings.
