Africa’s First Airport Cargo Community System to be Developed by Kale Logistics Solutions

Mumbai, India— Kale Logistics is set to develop Africa’s first Airport Cargo Community System, and celebrated the landmark achievement alongside Mozambique Airport Handling Service (MAHS).

MAHS is a leading airport handling service company assisting aircraft, passengers, cargo, and mail in the airports of Mozambique, as the country sees year-on-year growth of air traffic: with fast-growing demand for capacity and soaring air cargo volumes, Mozambique is poised for exponential growth in the coming years.

With international growth and demand for logistics, Mozambique has the potential to soon become a multi-modal cargo hub within Africa, and MAHS has invested in streamlining its operations digitally to be able to leverage this growth advantage.

“Kale has been the torch bearer of air cargo digitization across the world, and we are proud to be the first adopters of its ACS in Africa. We strongly believe its technology-enabled solution will build strong business synergies for us in the long run,” said Mr. Tubias Fondo, IT and Communications Head, Mozambique Airport Handling Service.

Lack of trade information visibility for all stakeholders across airports is a major challenge in the country, and the trade facilitation bodies in the country are striving to bring in transparency for overall operations – with MAHS prioritizing high quality operations at its bases.

In the first phase, integration of finance and customs systems is to be installed along with the latest GALAXY 3.0 – Kale’s flagship airport cargo digital management system.

MAHS is looking to mitigate its critical challenges: revenue leakage, lack of visibility and transparency, eliminating physical paper trails, and, most importantly, data interchange between stakeholders.

“We at Kale are excited to deploy Africa’s first ACS. We are proud to bring our expertise and best practices to this collaboration, ensuring the highest standards of service and innovation. Developing ACS for a major player like MAHS in Mozambique is a milestone for Kale,” said Vineet Malhotra, Co-founder and Director of Kale.

“We are committed to offer the best-in-class service for MAHS and look forward to having a long-lasting business relationship with them.”

Kale’s Airport Cargo Community System (ACS) provides stakeholders with enhanced visibility and transparency, enabling the real-time tracking and monitoring of cargo movements, incorporating automated regulatory compliance checks. These further streamline operations and ensure adherence to industry standards.

Initially, the services are to be extended to eight airports in which MAHS is operating, followed by a further 12 in the subsequent phase.