Motion & Means

Motion & Means

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Motion & Means episodes

  • Transported: Africa’s Weekly Mobility Watch

    This episode offers a weekly analysis of the African transportation and logistics sector from May 26 to June 1, 2025, highlighting its dynamic nature and critical role in the continent's economic development. It examines significant financial resolutions, new infrastructure investments, and strategic expansions in aviation across various regions. The report also addresses persistent operational challenges like port congestion and the impact of regional instability on logistics. Furthermore, it spotlights key policy initiatives and major projects that aim to enhance connectivity and foster sustainable transport solutions throughout Africa.

    34 min
  • African Maritime Sector: Investments, Security, and Trade Shifts

    From sources around the world, we provide a detailed review of the African maritime sector from late May to early June 2025 in this episode. They highlight significant shipping and trade developments, including the introduction of large container vessels to West Africa and shifts in crude oil flows to Europe. The text also underscores persistent maritime security concerns, particularly piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and drug trafficking, while noting cooperative efforts and challenges like radar system failures. Furthermore, the sources discuss ongoing efforts to improve port infrastructure and logistics, reform state-owned entities, and develop the fisheries and aquaculture sectors across the continent, all within a context of evolving policy, governance, and environmental considerations.

    18 min
  • Inserting Africa into Global Supply Chains (Repost)
    African is said to be into global shipping networks due to increased investment in container terminals. The panel made up of Dr George vandyck, Jeffrey Botchway, Dr Alberta Sagoe and myself Jonas Aryee discusses this development after presenting the facts.
    1 hr 26 min
  • Voices of Ghanaian Shipping Practitioners on Ghana’s Proposed Maritime Cabotage Bill
    In this Episode, Ghanaian Shipping Practitioners share their perspective on the proposed cabotage bill by the Ghana Maritime Authority. Among the voices you will hear are Chief Mohammed Obosu who wrote an article in a popular Ghanaian media that was widely circulated. You will also hear the voices of Dr George van Dyck, Senior Lecturer at the Regional Maritime University and Co-convener, Maritime Initiative Africa, Jeffrey Botchway of Masser Afrique and Maria Ogbugo, a maritime practitioner with local ship owning/operating experience.
    1 hr 38 min
  • May 2021 Maritime Review: Inserting Africa into Global Shipping Networks
    Africa rising has been a mantra in business cycles for a while now. How about Shipping that drives businesses. It is emerging that African is gradually moving from the periphery to the centre. How eminent is this? What is the evidence to show this mobility towards integrating into the global shipping network? Are there bottlenecks to this vision? Take a listen to the presentation and subsequent discussion I had with George vanDyck of Maritime Initiative Africa and Jeffrey Botchway of Masser Afrique.
    1 hr 18 min
  • April 2021 Maritime News Review
    Our April Review of Maritime Affairs was led by Jeffrey Botchway. Your usual co-hosts Dr George vanDyck, Dr Alberta Sagoe and Jonas Aryee discussed the following topical issues relating to news that made the rounds in April 2021
    1. Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal project in Ghana
    2. Land-Source pollution of the sea and coast
    3. Corruption and Technology
    4. Blue economy
    5. Ocean security
    2 hr 3 min
  • March 2021 Maritime News Review
    Dr George vanDyck led the discussion in our maritime news review for March 2021. Amongst the topical issues that came up are
    1. Ship scrapping
    2. Working conditions of crews on Fishing Vessels in West Africa
    3.  The grounding of Ever Given and related issues and
    4. Port Concessions in West Africa in the midst of the Bollore- MPS Ghana Port Terminal saga contract saga in Ghana
    1 hr 38 min
  • Reported Irregularities by France's Bollore in Port Concession Deal in the Port of Tema, Ghana
    France 24 reported that the french industrial group Bollore have been fined 12 million euros for bribing the Togolese president to gain favours at the port of Lome. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210226-bollor%C3%A9-group-fined-%E2%82%AC12-million-in-african-corruption-case
     
    A new damning report has surfaced alleging that that same tactic had been used on Ghana and other West African countries.
    39 min
  • Borders, Transport Corridors of Africa, AfCFTA and a Little Bit of Wine with Paul Nugent
    Now, this is a story about how borders are central parts of a country and not periphery in the true sense. Prof Nugent relates how urbanization in border towns like Aflao in Ghana can march that of much regional capital in countries. Unfortunately, land borders do not see the same attention in terms of road infrastructure, computerization of immigration and customs processes and the border post. He makes an example of how South Africa wine has huge market potential in Africa yet producers look west and east.
     
    Paul Nugent, Professor of Comparative African History & African Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Prof. Nugent leads a research project dubbed AFRIGOS which is investigating asks how far respacing is genuinely forging institutions that are facilitating or obstructing the movement of people and goods amongst other social-cultural objectives.
    1 hr 24 min
  • February 2021 Maritime Sector Review
    I am happy to introduce my colleagues and new co-host of the monthly maritime transportation news of Africa review.
    Dr vanDyck is a Lecturer and consultant at the Regional Maritime University. He specialises in port management and Logistics and Supply Chain. A product of the Shanghai Maritime University, China; Cranfield University, Uk.
    Jeffrey is a post-graduate of Maritime Law from Southampton University, UK and the founder of Masser Afrique. He also reached Part-time at the Regional Maritime University.
    Dr Alberta J Sagoe is Executive Director of the Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute and a Post Doc at the Center for Coastal Management at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
    1 hr 50 min

About Motion & Means

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Welcome to Motion & Means, the podcast exploring the critical link between how we move and how we thrive. We delve into the world of transportation, not just as a way to get from A to B, but as a fundamental enabler of opportunity and a powerful force for economic equalization.