Africa market special with OLA Energy and vida e caffè

OLA Energy’s Head of Retail Amged EL-Hanbali and vida e caffè CEO Darren Levy join us for this episode of Shop Talk LIVE, hosted by Nicholas Scherzer with special guest, Craig Phillipson, MD of Shopworks.

Darren Levy shares with us vida e caffè’s growth journey and innovation, from home delivery to drive-thru – their retail partnerships – including a look at their latest partnership at a Shell location in Cape Town. And discusses their growth across the continent from Ghana to Mauritius.

Amged EL-Hanbali, Head of Retail at OLA Energy, gives an insight into OLA Energy talking about the companies new strategic direction and huge investments in their network of +1,200 sites across 17 countries in Africa. He discusses emerging trends from EV recharging for motorbikes through to the creation of retail destinations at their service stations.

Craig Philipson, MD at Shopworks, together with Amged talks about the work they’ve been doing together in Côte d’Ivoire and Keyna to optimise ranges and space utilisation through store planning and category management.

One quarter of the World’s population will live in Africa by 2050. Economies are growing fast and new partnerships are driving a revolution in customer experience across the continent.