Multimix Academy, ARC signs MoU to deepen supply chain capacity

Multimix Academy, a capacity building firm with specialisation in Global Trade, Logistics and Supply chain, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Africa Resource Centre (ARC), a private sector health initiative supported by Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, to deepen supply chain capabilities in Nigeria and improve deliverables in the health sector across Africa.

Under the partnership, Multimix Academy will serve as a consultant and will be directly involved with assisting five pilot universities under the scheme to develop curriculum and train faculty members to effectively deliver on the project.

In Nigeria, the Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation works in collaboration with government, private sector, and civil society organisations (CSOs) to lift people out of poverty through intervention programmes in HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

Speaking after the MoU signing ceremony, Obiora Madu, CEO of Multimix Academy, said the MoU was signed to help improve logistics and supply chain that will in the long-run bring effective deliverables to curb health challenges and make medicines and other health products available to the end users.

According to Madu, there are two dimensions to supply chain challenge in Africa including the physical logistics infrastructure challenge and the soft infrastructure challenge, which have to do with having the right professionals for the job.

“Investigation by Bill and Melinda Gate revealed that inadequacy of physical and soft infrastructure in the supply chain explains why vaccines keep coming into Nigeria and other African countries without getting to the people in dire need of it. As a result, after years of huge investment, Bill and Melinda discovered that mortality rates have been on the rise against it’s vision and aim,” Madu said.

The MoU, Madu added, will proffer solution that is why ARC decided to work with Universities through Multimix in building capacity.

Multimix Academy is a capacity building firm that provides high quality international business and logistics education and intervention. The academy’s vision is to partner with clients in creating and delivering quality and most innovative workforce solutions and services that enable them to keep abreast with changing business needs.

As a consulting firm, it dedicates itself to assisting organisations translate their best ideas into tangible results for growth and development.

AMAKA ANAGOR