Coastal states see opportunity as the landlocked pay the price

A ship docked at the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Sometime in August 2021, Senga, a start-up logistics firm, analysed the troubles for landlocked countries doing export-import business in the region.

Among the problems it found was that goods were taking longer to exit ports and the landlocked countries were completely dependent on the physical and trading infrastructure of transit countries.