John Magnay, A2i Representative in East Africa (middle) & Roudy Akiki, CT Technologies (right).
Roudy Akiki, Chief Commercial Officer Africa at A2i member CT Technologies, recently went to Uganda to advance concrete commercial discussions and meet with clients. The settings of his journey were supported by Access2innovation and the Danish Embassy in Uganda.
A2i: Roudy Akiki, how was your journey?
Roudy Akiki: “It was great to be back in Uganda on the ground.”
A2i: How did A2i and the Danish Embassy help you?
Roudy Akiki: “A2i and the Danish Embassy supported us in identifying key leads with a clear need for our solutions. A2i coordinated the entire visit and structured the agenda to ensure meetings with relevant stakeholders, enabling us to present our offers with the objective of converting these opportunities into confirmed orders and generating new business in the country.”
A2i: Did that raise the outcome of the journey?
Roudy Akiki: “Yes – a big thank you to Access2Innovation and the Danish Embassy in Uganda for their continued support and collaboration in enabling impactful cold chain projects across East Africa.”
A2i: What was your program?
Roudy Akiki: “During this visit, I had the pleasure of touring the flower farms of one of our key clients, the largest flower exporter in the country, beautifully located on the shores of Lake Victoria. The visit continued with a tour of a state-of-the-art export cold store facility at Entebbe Airport, developed by Fresh Handling Ltd. a multi-stakeholder company including this exporter, and designed specifically to handle perishable exports, particularly flowers. That is another advanced cold chain project delivered by CT Technologies in Africa, now in its final stages before becoming fully operational. Beyond ongoing projects, I also met with new clients and investors with strong, well-defined inquiries, and we are actively working on converting these discussions into new cold chain projects in the near term.”
