Aero Africa — the Hong Kong based neutral air cargo solutions group — has recently launched its digital airfreight rate platform to cater to the needs of the African freight & logistics community.

It said the new airfreight gateway and consolidation portal will be available exclusively to freight forwarders & transport-related companies, providing instant air freight wholesale rates, consolidation schedules, and digital bookings from major global hubs to 84 airports in Africa starting in Southern Africa by June 2021.

Aero-Africa noted that the new platform is powered by Hashmove, a digital transformation provider based in the U.A.E.

“Combining our extensive experience and expertise in air freight, with Hashmove’s technological capabilities, will open up new and innovative ways for African logistics providers to conduct airfreight business, which will transform traditional notions of efficiency and routes to market,” said Jade Da Costa, CCO of Aero Africa.

He noted that this is only the first of many initiatives that the group is launching this year, which will “bring enhanced value” to the African logistics community.

Aero Africa operates neutral scheduled air freight consolidations services from Asia and Europe to selected gateways in Africa.

“The portal will enable us to digitize effectively the air cargo logistics B2B community and to provide full visibility and transparency to our client’s airfreight import business. The platform has been built tailored to the needs of the African logistics market,” Da Costa added. 

Abdur Rehman, co-founder and EVP Engineering of HashMove noted that with the digital platform, freight forwarders globally can now get “exclusive and instant access” to millions of air cargo rates into Africa on the new Aero Africa platform powered by HashMove.

Rehman said the platform will be launched this summer.