Vukani Mngxati.

Accenture has announced a strategic collaboration with Imperial Logistics to deliver intelligent, customer-centric supply chain transformation across Africa.

In a statement, the companies confirmed that as part of the initiative, Accenture will execute Imperial’s current supply chain and control tower contracts, as well as drive new skills and capabilities into these services.

Vukani Mngxati, CEO of Accenture in Africa, said, “This initiative is a first of its kind on the African continent - specifically in the logistics industry, with the ambition of supporting clients in getting products in and out of Africa. These services and capabilities - previously executed from Imperial – recently joined Accenture, becoming a critical accelerator of Imperial’s efforts to drive business growth and digital transformation.”

"Both Accenture and Imperial Logistics have set bold strategic objectives to drive growth across the African continent. As part of this effort, employees from Imperial's digital and IT Lead Logistics unit have transferred to Accenture. We are delighted to welcome these talented members to our team. They bring with them the skills and experience required to further enable our end-to-end supply chain offerings across the continent."

Mohammed Akoojee, group CEO at Imperial, added: “At Imperial Logistics, we are excited about this collaboration with Accenture where we will be able to scale and inject new skills and offerings at speed, improve solutions for clients, as well as leverage control tower and service capabilities. This partnership will focus on integrated solutions for large clients, leveraging the combined capabilities of both Imperial Logistics and Accenture.”

The companies said the partnership will support clients “with end-to-end supply chain transformation needs, bringing together capabilities to co-create solutions with new and existing clients”, effectively bringing together a local and global network of operational expertise to unlock value across the supply chain.