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Built ToughS2, EP4 - Miishe Addy, CEO & Co-Founder of Jetstream Africa - Streamlining Africa’s complex supply chains to boost tradeIn 2017, Miishe Addy moved to Accra, Ghana to teach at a technology incubator. She also pursued a side hustle exporting coconut oil and byproducts. Miishe wanted to ship her products to Lagos, Nigeria, but she abandoned her plans after running into logistical challenges. Facing the complexity and fragmentation of African supply chains, Miishe sought the guidance of an advisor, Solomon Torgbor, who worked for Maersk. They found that the supply chain problem was not unique to her venture but affected all businesses across Africa. In 2018, they founded Jetstream to simplify supply chains. Their mission? To support African...2023-08-0734 min
Cornell Emerging Markets Institute - She-Suite Innovators PodcastEmbedded Finance In Digital Freight ForwardingWe are joined today by Miishe Addy, CEO of Jetstream Africa. Jetstream Africa is an operator of an e-logistics and embedded finance platform designed to accelerate the speed of African supply chains. The company's platform digitizes key aspects of the logistics process, by using data, market coordination, and a network of freight carriers, customs agents, and ground transporters. They are on a mission to enable shippers to mitigate the cost of inefficiencies and improve transparency in the pricing, cargo tracking, and customs regulation process.About The She-Suite Innovators PodcastA series in which...2022-10-0536 min
Afro-CatalystMiishe Addy on Why Africa's Supply Chains Are Overdue for DisruptionConsumers are used to getting what they want when they want it; no questions asked. But COVID-19 has exposed the complex realities of the trillion-dollar logistics industry–and how we’re all at its mercy, whether we like it or not. The pandemic has also accelerated the push to digitize this shockingly manual sector. In Africa, home to the highest shipping costs in the world, these shifts are long overdue. And one woman, Miishe Addy, is determined to shape the trajectory of the supply chain revolution at this historic inflexion point. Her company Jetstream Africa enables people doing business in t...2022-02-0914 min
The FlipJourney to the Last MileAs we continue our season on value chains, in this episode, we explore logistics. The cost of goods and food is disproportionately higher in Africa than anywhere else in the world, with consumers in some markets, spending 50% or more of their total income on food alone. A major reason for these high prices is logistics. So how do we fix this? How do we improve the efficiency of logistics on the African continent, and ultimately drive down the cost of goods? [04:20] - On the role of containerization and efficient ports, with Jet...2021-10-2840 min
ThePMHourShe Took Her Skills to Africa and Got RichMiishe Addy is an American born, Harvard educated sista who took her skills to Ghana because of a need to do something more and make an impact. She started a company called Jetstream Africa and the rest is history. ThePMHour gives our praises to this amazing woman. https://linktr.ee/thepmhour
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ThePMHourShe Took Her Skills to Africa and Got RichMiishe Addy is an American born, Harvard educated sista who took her skills to Ghana because of a need to do something more and make an impact. She started a company called Jetstream Africa and the rest is history. ThePMHour gives our praises to this amazing woman. https://linktr.ee/thepmhour --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thepmhour/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thepmhour/support2021-05-1113 min
ProjectifiedPMI’s Future 50: Rising Young Project LeadersA new generation of leaders is creating, transforming and defining The Project Economy. Meet a few members of PMI’s Future 50, a group of rising project leaders who are making their mark with bold thinking—and innovative projects. Kenneth Harris II, senior satellite engineer, Joint Polar Satellite System, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, talks about his career journey and the future of project teams and STEM talent. Geetha Gopal, PMP, senior infrastructure projects manager, Panasonic Asia Pacific, Singapore, discusses the value of data, embracing AI and machine learning, and creating change within organizations. Miishe Addy, c...2020-07-1523 min
#CitiTrends#CitiTrends S06 Ep9: AFCTA, Payments and Cross Border collaborations - A Case For Tech in West AfricaOn the show this week we hear from Miishe Addy and Solomon Torgbor of Jetstream as they talk about the impact of Covid-19 on trade, trade in the West African subregion, API’s and collaborations between tech players in the ecosystem to enable payments, commerce and movement of logistics.
Enjoy a great conversation. 2020-03-1855 min